MSTP News

By Avinth Reddy (G2) Reading this article, one might think that what I do all day is walking and/or running. This is in part true, because I try to walk ~30,000 steps a day. To do this, my day starts very early. I get up at 4:30 am and try… Read More

G2 Hike Members of the G2 class enjoyed a nice Labor Day weekend hiking adventure. It was an exciting hike filled with many firsts: Anvith’s first unpaved hike, Casey and Dayle’s first time at Sonic, and Dani’s first yellowjacket sting! M1 Funtimes Members… Read More

Drew Kittleson A two–year longitudinal investigation of insula subregional cortical thickness and surface area in early psychosis. Kittleson AR, Woodward ND, McHugo M, Liu J, Vandekar SN, Armstrong K, Rogers B, Heckers S, Sheffield JM. Schizophr Res. 2025 Aug… Read More

By Neil Chada (G4) Sameer Chopra, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt MSTP Class of 2009 I had the pleasure to connect with our very own Vandy MSTP alum Sameer Chopra MD, PhD ’09 and am excited to share snippets with our community. Dr. Chopra is a medical oncologist who currently serves as… Read More

By: Leigh Ann Gardner (MSTP Senior Grants Manager) Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, image courtesy of Association for Women in Science. September 5: Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, founder of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, was born in Panama in 1920 to a family of physicians. After immigrating to the United States in… Read More

William R. Maples. Image Courtesy Smithsonian Magazine and Florida Gulf Coats University Library Archives and Special Collections By: Leigh Ann Gardner August 7: Forensic anthropologist William R. Maples, known for leading the team that identified the remains of the Romanov family and helped solve the murder of civil rights leader… Read More

Submitted by: Hannah Giannini, G2 I started doing yoga the summer before freshman year of college because I was bored after I got home in the afternoons after working my summer job. Within a month, I fell in love with it. My yoga made me feel independent because I was… Read More

  Atlee Witt Changes in functional connectivity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis spinal cord measured via region-based and data-driven analyses. Witt AA, Combes AJE, Sengupta A, Zhang X, Stubblefield S, McKnight CD, McGonigle T, McGrath M, Stewart I, Sweeney G, Prock LE, Houston D, Vandekar S, O’Grady KP, Rogers B,… Read More

By Kaitlin McKernan (G4)   MSTP students, faculty and staff gather at Leadership Workshop II. The MSTP held its 10th Biennial Leadership Workshop II on Saturday, August 16th, 2025. Leadership Workshop II (LWII) is attended by upper-year MSTP students (G4/G5+ and M4s), and it is a structured curriculum aimed at… Read More