Bill Snyder

VU research shines at international AIDS meet

Vanderbilt University’s Vikrant Sahasrabuddhe, M.D., MPH, DrPH, received the IAS/ANRS Young Investigator Award at the International AIDS Conference last week in Washington, D.C.

VU hosts international vascular biology research meeting

More than 100 students, faculty and scientists from around the world attended a four-day program on vascular biology research last week at Vanderbilt University.

Early HIV treatment also can prevent TB: study

Anti-retroviral therapy can prevent tuberculosis, even in people with early HIV disease.

High school student speeds anti-obesity research at VU

A California high school student helped accelerate an anti-obesity drug discovery program at Vanderbilt University this summer — and provided the proof-of-principle for a new technique that could save the lab an estimated $250,000 in the process.

By Bill Snyder

Clinical and translational research at Vanderbilt will be funded over the next five years, thanks to a $46 million renewal grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. (Mary Donaldson/Vanderbilt)

July 12, 2012

Vanderbilt’s CTSA lands $46 million renewal

Vanderbilt University’s largest single government research grant, its Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), has been renewed for another five years for $46 million.