Whitney grew-up in a small town in northern Mississippi, the middle of five daughters. After graduating from Rhodes College with a degree in chemistry, she moved to Nashville and worked as a research assistant for several years at Vanderbilt University. Whitney then headed to medical school at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where she completed combined MD/PhD training and studied CD8+ T cells and immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Despite developing a love for cheese curds and snow tubing while in Minnesota, Whitney was ready to head back south and returns to Vanderbilt as a Harrison Society trainee. She plans to pursue a fellowship in Cardiology and conduct research with a focus on the immunological mechanisms of cardiovascular disease. Outside of science, Whitney enjoys visiting art museums, watching SEC sports, and going to trampoline parks and water parks with her nephew.
PhD - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2023
MD - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2023
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307