Graduate Students Category
2023 July Graduate Student Spotlights
Jul. 11, 2023—Each month, The Graduate School recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated exceptional dedication and hard work in their scholarly pursuits, research, and community involvement. We would like to highlight the following graduate students for their achievements: Laura Teal, Ph.D. Pharmacology – successfully defended her dissertation in Pharmacology on June 29, 2023. Laura...
2023 May Student Spotlights
May. 15, 2023—The Graduate School would like to shine a spotlight on the following Graduate Students: Amanda Howa, Ph.D. Epidemiology – was awarded the Student Leadership Award at the Epidemiology Award Ceremony. Fangcheng Yuan, Ph.D. Epidemiology – was also awarded the Student Leadership Award at the Epidemiology Award Ceremony. Congratulations all!
2023 April Student Spotlights
Apr. 6, 2023—The Graduate School would like to shine a spotlight on the following graduate students! Adoma Manful, MPH – a second-year Epidemiology Ph.D. student, was one of 12 participants selected for the 2023 Society for Epidemiologic Research’s Student Workshop for her proposal entitled “Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening”. Creea Shannon – a Biomedical Informatics...
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...
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!...
2023 January Student Spotlights
Jan. 13, 2023—The Graduate School would like to celebrate the following students: Alyssa Nelson & Jeremy Espano – taught a class in nanoscience and nanotechnology to a group of 8th and 9th graders as part of the Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (SAVY) program. SAVY serves gifted and high-achieving students in kindergarten through grade 6 throughout the...
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...
Graduate Leadership Institute offers workshops, grant funding
Aug. 24, 2022—The Russel G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute aims to help students be intentional in your training at Vanderbilt. GLI provides students with the skills, tools, and self-awareness that will allow them to lead at all levels through programming that facilitates a greater understanding of personal leadership style and interactions with others. It will also help...
August 2022 Student Spotlights
Aug. 24, 2022—This month, we are celebrating the following Graduate School students for their achievements! Miguel Cuj, Ph.D. student in Anthropology – has been awarded the Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. This will allow Miguel to do fieldwork regarding K’iche’ Maya women’s foldaways in Guatemala. Congratulations Miguel! Mary Catherine Sullivan, Ph.D. student in Political Science...
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...