Education, Training, and Career Development
The overarching vision for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) Education, Training, and Career Development Program is to coordinate complementary transdisciplinary education and mentoring programs and to be a model for cohesive and innovative growth of cancer education. The programs, highlighted below, are integrated with other campus- and catchment-wide activities to merge our guiding principles of: 1) developing, mentoring and promoting a diverse, inclusive and mutually respectful workforce through the continuum of cancer education and training; 2) developing and disseminating innovative and creative learning strategies that support an ever-evolving cancer workforce with a high level of cancer literacy; and 3) providing career development offerings at all levels.
Elementary and Middle School Programs
- Stem Exploration Experience for Kids
- Day of Discovery
- Scientist in the Classroom
- Gilliam Scientific Outreach Program
High School and Undergraduate Programs
Aspirnaut Program- Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach
- The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt
- Research Experience for High School Students
- Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy
- The Molecular and Cellular Biology Summer Program
- Research Experience for Undergraduates in Chemical Biology
- Leadership Alliance
- MSTP Summer Research Program
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center: Discover Cancer Research Program (CURE)
- Promoting Academic Excellence through Community Engagement and Reach Multicultural Scholars Program
- Summer Research Internship Program in Biomedical Informatics
- U54 MVTCP Summer Program
- Bachelor Degree Programs
- Undergraduate Clinical Research Internship Program
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program for LGBTI Health
- Summer Healthcare Experience (SHE) in Oncology
- Vanderbilt-Excellence in Cancer Research, Education, and Leadership (V-EXCEL) Program
Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs
BRET Office- ASPIRE Program- Program in Cancer Biology
- Cancer Biology Students are among the Dean’s Award Recipients for excellence in graduate student productivity
- Doctoral Programs
- Master of Public Health Program
- Master of Science in Clinical Investigation
Fellowship/Residency/Allied Health Programs
- Allied Health Programs
- Medical Scientist Training Program - PI, Chris Williams, MD
- Physician-Scientist Training Program
- Oncology Nurse Practitioner Program
- Vanderbilt Education Research and Training in Cancer and Leadership (VERTICAL) Program
Faculty Career Enhancement Programs
- Graduate Medical Education
- Faculty Affairs Mid-Career Leadership Development Program
- VICC Supported Faculty Training Courses
- Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine
Institutional Training Grants
- Microenvironmental Influences in Cancer Training Program - PI, Jin Chen, MD, PhD
- Biochemical and Chemical Training in Cancer Research Program - PI, Scott Hiebert, PhD
- Integrated Biological Systems Training in Oncology - PI, William Tansey, PhD
- Vanderbilt Integrated Molecular Oncology Training Research Program (VIMORTP) - PI, Kim Rathmell, MD, PhD
- Training Program in Stem Cell and Regenerative Developmental Biology- PI, Christopher Wright, DPhil
- Immunological Mechanisms of Disease Program - PIs, Amy Major, PhD, Jeff Rathmell, PhD
- Vanderbilt Training Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer (MAGEC) - PI, Xiou-Ou Shu, MD, PhD
- Surgical Oncology Training Program - PI, Jim Goldenring, MD, PhD
- Conducting Child Health Care in Vulnerable Populations - PIs, Derek Williams, MD, MPH, Sheri Barkin, MD
- Training in Pharmacological Sciences - PI, Joey Barnett, PhD
- Clinical and Translational Research Training Program in Pulmonary Medicine - PI, Gordon Bernard, MD
- Interdisciplinary Training Program in Lung Research- PI, Timothy Blackwell, MD
- Molecular Biophysics Training Grant at Vanderbilt - PI, Walter Chazin, PhD
- Training Program on Genetic Variation and Human Phenotypes - PI, Nancy Cox, PhD
- VGM: Vanderbilt Genomic Medicine Training Program - PIs, Josh Denny, PhD, Nancy Cox, PhD, and Dan Roden, MD
- Postdoctoral Training in Biomedical MRI and MRS - PI, John Gore, PhD
- Training Program in Environmental Toxicology - Director, Peter Guengerich, PhD
- Training Program in Innovative Engineering Research in Surgery and Intervention - PI, Michael Miga, PhD
- Training in Gastroenterology - PI, Richard M. Peek, MD
- Chemical Biology Interface Training Grant - PIs, Gary Sulikowski, PhD, Brian Bachmann, PhD
- Medical Scientist Training Program - PI, Chris Williams, MD
Additional Training Grant Opportunities
VICC Education Initiatives
VICC Education Initiatives are led and coordinated by Dr. Ann Richmond, Associate Director for Research Education. Dr. Richmond and her team lead cohesive and transdisciplinary education and mentoring programs that integrate with other efforts campus-wide and include a diverse array of opportunities to ensure that a robust, cancer-focused infrastructure for education and training is maintained throughout the Vanderbilt Research community with VICC as the hub. Highlighted below are some of the ongoing initiatives that serve to promote all levels of education and leverages the robust infrastructure at Vanderbilt.
Education Resources
