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April 24, 2014
Vermund lands alumni award from Columbia
Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, has received the 2014 Allan Rosenfield Alumni Award for Excellence from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. -
April 17, 2014
Competition showcases commercial viability of ideas
A strategy for commercializing an optical 3-D scanner that can ensure all cancerous breast tissue is removed during surgery, thereby avoiding the need for a second operation, has won top honors at this year’s TechVenture Challenge. -
April 16, 2014
Channel drug restores glucose balance
A new compound that activates potassium channels could be used to treat disorders of glucose homeostasis. -
April 10, 2014
Discovery Lecture to feature two pioneers in dyslexia care, research
Sally Shaywitz, M.D., and Bennett Shaywitz, M.D., co-directors of the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, April 17. -
April 10, 2014
Study tracks new lung cancer drug target
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have identified a potential new drug target in subtypes of lung cancer that are difficult to treat. -
March 27, 2014
Gut woes of preemies focus of microbiome effort
A multidisciplinary team of microbiome researchers at Vanderbilt University is shedding light on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a disease of prematurity that kills hundreds of babies and costs the U.S. health care system an estimated $5 billion a year.