Bill Snyder

May 9, 2013

Clinical Pharmacology celebrates milestone

The 50th anniversary of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology will be celebrated Thursday, June 6, with a daylong scientific symposium and luncheon in the Student Life Center.

By Bill Snyder
May 9, 2013

Personal touch: Family’s story drives home impact of research

For 30 minutes Tuesday, Terry Marlin, father of two young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, was the professor, telling his story to a group of Vanderbilt University graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

By Bill Snyder
May 2, 2013

Five elected to Association of American Physicians

By Bill Snyder
May 2, 2013

Female scientists share advice at first-ever symposium

By Bill Snyder
May 2, 2013

Awards given at Postdoctoral Research Symposium

By Bill Snyder
April 25, 2013

Events honor, celebrate VU’s women scientists

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is celebrating its women scientists with five events this month that feature inspiring women sharing their research achievements and lives.

By Bill Snyder
April 25, 2013

Coordinated messaging key to federal support: Cooper

In an era of budget cutting and belt-tightening, how can science get more support from the federal government?
By Bill Snyder
April 25, 2013

Yale’s Steitz set to deliver Vanderbilt Prize Lecture May 2

Joan Steitz, Ph.D., recipient of the 2012 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, will deliver her Vanderbilt Prize Lecture on Thursday, May 2.
By Bill Snyder
April 25, 2013

Food variety drives overeating in mouse model of obesity syndrome

Dietary variety – not high-fat or sugary foods – appears to stimulate overeating in a mouse model of an inherited obesity syndrome.
By Bill Snyder
April 18, 2013

BMI gene study expands to people of African ancestry

An international team of scientists, including six from Vanderbilt University, has identified the first unique genetic determinants of body mass index (BMI) in people of African ancestry.
By Bill Snyder
April 18, 2013

Vanderbilt’s Hong, Niswender elected to ASCI

Charles Hong, M.D., Ph.D., and Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D., have been elected to membership in the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the nation’s most respected medical honor societies.
By Bill Snyder
April 18, 2013

‘Challenge’ reveals students’ tech transfer ingenuity

A strategy for commercializing a wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) has won top honors at this year’s TechVenture Challenge.
By Bill Snyder