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MGC student Dave Baker counsels patients across the state
May. 11, 2023—Genetic counseling student Dave Baker completed cancer genetics rotations in each of Tennessee’s Grand Divisions By: Lexie Little Dave Baker looked out at the road ahead. Nearly three hours of his five-hour drive between Kalispell and Bozeman, Montana, had passed since leaving the clinic where he shadowed genetic counselor Tiana Pallister. All the while, he...
National Public Health Week is April 3-9
Mar. 29, 2023—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program will celebrate National Public Health Week while launching its Public Health Student Association (PHSA). National Public Health Week, an initiative of the American Public Health Association (APHA), will celebrate how cultural connections and intersections affect health, wellbeing, and public health systems. Vanderbilt MPH and...
MGC ‘near peers’ provide reassurance, support
Feb. 23, 2022—Students in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine master of genetic counseling program match with peer mentors and mentees to establish a sense of community By: Lexie Little As Kelsey Schulz waited to enter their classroom at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) for the first time, they drummed their fingers on the straps of...
Q&A: Molly Cromer (MSMP ’23) explores medical physics
Feb. 16, 2022—Our Medical Physics students come from across the country to study with the faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in both diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy tracks at the master’s level and in diagnostic imaging at the doctoral level. Molly Cromer is a first-year master of science in medical physics student studying radiation therapy....