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April 6, 2025

Congratulations to Soham Saraf on his election to Student Body President at Vanderbilt University! What an honor for President Soham and Vice President Teguono Okotete to represent the 7000+ undergraduate students at Vanderbilt!
April 5, 2025
Sarah Qaddo wins the Accolade Award from Vanderbilt University for her outstanding academic achievement and participation in extracurricular activities! Congratulations, Sarah!!!

March 21, 2025

Dean lab alum Walt Siv matched for Pediatrics at Emory University! Congratulations, Walt!!! We are so proud of you!
March 6, 2025
Tyler Rodgers is awarded the VUSRP Drs. Sidney and Becca Fleischer fellowship from Vanderbilt to support his summer research in the Dean lab. Congratulations, Tyler!!!

November 16, 2024

Taverlyn Shepard wins best presentation award in Physiology and Pharmacology at the ABRCMS meeting in Pittsburgh for her poster presentation on how dietary protein tunes the liver-alpha cell axis. Outstanding job, Taye!
July 18, 2024

Jade Stanley wins award at the Midwest Islet Club meeting at University of Chicago for her oral presentation at the meeting. Outstanding job again, Jade!
July 17, 2024
Danielle receives the Robert L. Sorenson Young Investigator award from the Midwest Islet Club meeting at University of Chicago for her contribution to the field of islet biology.


June 21, 2024

Jade Stanley delivers oral presentation at the American Diabetes Associations 84th Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida.
Outstanding job, Jade!!!
June 1, 2024
Anna Marie Schornack is awarded support from the NIDDK funded Vanderbilt Molecular Endocrinology Training Program T32 grant. Congratulations, Anna!!!

May 22, 2024
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Nelson Chang visit the Dean Lab for the month of May. Nelson is a graduate student at Western University in London, Ontario in Savita Dhanvantari's lab. Nelson presented his work from both labs at the Vanderbilt Diabetes Day and won an award for his poster presentation! Congratulations, Nelson! We hope that the Dean lab showed you our famous Southern hospitality!
May 13, 2024
Sarah Qaddo is awarded a fellowship to support her summer research at Harvard University. Congratulations, Sarah!!! We'll miss you and see you again in the Fall!

March 20, 2024

Angelina Ehara is awarded the VUSRP fellowship from Vanderbilt to support her summer research in the Dean lab. Congratulations, Angelina!!!
December 9, 2023
Soham Saraf is awarded the SyBBURE fellowship from Vanderbilt Searle Undergraduate Research Program to support his research for the remainder of his degree. Congratulations, Soham!!!

June 16, 2023
Jade Stanley delivers talk at ENDO 2023 in Chicago. Wins "Excellence in Endocrinology" Award.


May 16, 2023
Austin Reuter, PharmD earns doctorate from Belmont! Congratulations, Austin!
May 4, 2023
Madushika Wimalarathne, PhD graduates and joins the Dean lab as a postdoc! Welcome to Nashville, Madushika!

May 1, 2023
Jade Stanley earns NIDDK Predoctoral F31 NRSA award to support her work on arginine regulation of alpha cell function and proliferation! Outstanding job, Jade!

February 24, 2023
Jade Stanley named an Endocrine Society Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) fellow for 2023. Attends FLARE symposium in Los Angeles! Way to go, Jade!

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