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2023 March Student Spotlights

Mar. 14, 2023—The Graduate School would like to shine the spotlight on the following students: Chris Tasich – has been selected as a finalist for the Presidential Management Fellows Program, which is a very competitive federal program with 8.5% of applicants selected. Chris also served as president and treasurer of GSC in 17-18 and 18-19.     Heather...

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2023 February Student Spotlights

Feb. 8, 2023—The Graduate School would like to shine a light on the following students: Jason Russell, Pharmacology – defended his dissertation on February 7th!       Tiffany Richardson, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics – will be defending her dissertation on February 21st!     Ivette Perez, Biochemistry – received the 2023 Karpay Award in Structural Biology!...

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November Graduate Student Spotlights

Nov. 8, 2022—Yan Sun, an Epidemiology Ph.D. student, had her first author paper published in Cancers  Vanderbilt Ph.D. students and postdocs who traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Federal STEM Policy and Advocacy seminar Nathaniel Tran, a third-year Health Policy Ph.D. student, was awarded the Laurence G. Branch Doctoral Student Research Award by the Aging & Public Health section of the American Public...

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A Conversation With Alumnus Sonia Boyapti

Jul. 15, 2022—Justin Gung, Assistant Director of Leadership Annual Giving & Alumni Engagement, spoke with Sonia Boyapti about her time at Vanderbilt and how she remains involved in her Alma Mater.  Justin: What was your area of concentration at the Graduate School? What are you focused on now? Sonia: After receiving a master’s degree in biomedical engineering...

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May 2022 Student Spotlights

May. 17, 2022—This month, we are celebrating the following Graduate School students for their achievements! Hari Srinivasan; an incoming Ph.D. student in neuroscience– , has been named to the 2022 cohort of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans. This merit-based graduate award for immigrants and children of immigrants provides 30 fellows annually with...

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2022 Graduate School Endowed Awards

Apr. 26, 2022—Congratulations to all Graduate Students who have received these prestigious awards! We look forward to celebrating you and your accomplishments. EDWARD FERGUSON JR. GRADUATE AWARD The Edward Ferguson Jr. Graduate Award provides scholarship awards to support graduate students at the Graduate School who demonstrate excellence in research. The $5,000 award provides financial support to deserving...

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Conversation with Alumnus Dante Mossi

Apr. 26, 2022—Justin Gung, Assistant Director of Leadership Annual Giving & Alumni Engagement, spoke with Dante Mossi about his concentration at Vanderbilt and his collaboration with the Graduate School:  Justin Gung: What was your area of concentration at the Graduate School? What are you doing now, at this point in your career? Did you “end up” with a career in...

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