Bill Snyder Archive — Page 109 of 121

Six adults stand in a row on an auditorium stage against a black curtain; the third person from the left wears a red cardigan, and several wear conference badges.
October 10, 2013

Clinical and translational research highlighted at retreat

Kathleen Neuzil, M.D., MPH, known internationally for her efforts to expand vaccine access and delivery around the world, credited her Vanderbilt University mentors last week for guiding her to a career path that allowed her to “make a difference.”

By Bill Snyder
Carl Zimmer, wearing glasses, a suit, and striped tie, gestures with both hands while speaking at a lectern.
October 10, 2013

Discovery Lecturer makes case for stronger science

The occasional failings of science tend to draw big headlines — findings that can’t be replicated or increasing numbers of papers that are retracted because studies were improperly or even fraudulently conducted.

By Bill Snyder
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October 3, 2013

VUMC poised to overcome health care challenges: Balser

While the national economy appears to be getting stronger, health care has entered a national recession, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, told a packed audience of approximately 1,100 Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students in Langford Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon while making his annual State of the Medical Center address.

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of Alan Bentley wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie.
September 26, 2013

VU’s technology commercialization efforts make strides

Over the past three years, Vanderbilt University more than quadrupled earnings from its technology commercialization efforts — to more than $24.5 million in the 2013 fiscal year that ended June 30, officials have announced.

By Bill Snyder
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September 26, 2013

Noted science writer Zimmer set for next Discovery Lecture

Award-winning New York Times science writer and columnist Carl Zimmer will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 3, on setting science “right” when it goes “wrong.”

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of Judith Warner wearing a black top indoors, with a brick wall and window behind her.
September 26, 2013

Best-selling author Warner kicks off Conte Center events

Judith Warner, award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller “Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety,” will speak at Nashville’s Adventure Science Center at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8.

By Bill Snyder