Emily Waltenbaugh

Congratulations to Dr. Ben Reisman (M4) on winning an abstract award at FASEB Hematologic Malignancies Conference! Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Lim (M4) on having an abstract accepted for an oral presentation at the Association of University Radiologists Annual meeting! Rachel Brown (G5) won Best Long… Read More

Background: I was born and raised in Nashville, in L.A., also fondly known as “Lower Antioch”. I attended college in Mississippi (Mississippi University for Women) and started a career as an archivist. I lived in Central Illinois for five years while my husband was in graduate school. We… Read More

HDAC inhibitors stimulate LIFR when it is repressed by hypoxia or PTHrP in breast cancer. Edwards CM, Clements ME, Vecchi LA 3rd, Johnson JA, Johnson RW. J Bone Oncol. 2021 Dec 1;31:100407. doi: 10.1016/j.jbo.2021.100407. eCollection 2021 Dec. Breast cancer… Read More

From printmaking to pediatric practice, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Steven Scaglione looks to connect with people By: Lexie Little Steven Scaglione (MD ’22) Steven Scaglione dusts shavings off his most recent wood carving. Working groove after groove, day after day, an image assembles that he readies to ink… Read More

As a winter weather crisis crept across Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students responded to needs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center by Lexie Little The news coverage continued. Snow blanketed the mid-state as temperatures plummeted. Cars sat stranded on ramps and side roads as ice crackled across asphalt. Read More

Shane Welsh, a former radiation safety technician, finds his way to VUSM for a Master of Science in Medical Physics by Lexie Little As Shane Welsh sat in Livermore, California, he contemplated whether he should stay. A North Dakota native, he remained unphased by the prospect of moving across the… Read More

A third-year Doctor of Medical Physics (DMP) student finds a career through training at VUSM by Lexie Little Doctor of Medical Physics (DMP) student Kenji Nanto knows the power of an image. Studying diagnostic imaging at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), he grasps information about the amalgamation of particles… Read More

A third-year Doctor of Medical Physics (DMP) student finds a career through training at VUSM by Lexie Little Doctor of Medical Physics (DMP) student Kenji Nanto knows the power of an image. Studying diagnostic imaging at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), he grasps information about the amalgamation of particles… Read More

M1 James Yang remains at Vanderbilt for medical school after working on cancer research by Lexie Little In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a Jack Russell terrier named Sadie scampers and plays in the mild plateau breeze. Leaves crunch under her feet as she anxiously paws at the ground, waiting on her human… Read More

Noah Thompson Orfield, PhD, brings in-depth scientific experience to inform his medical education by Lexie Little While all students who graduate from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine MD curriculum leave with the title “Doctor,” those in the Medical Innovators Development Program (MIDP) enter with that form… Read More