Bill Snyder

March 28, 2011

Science fair tickles the brains of participants

Brain Blast 2011 featured 35 different ways to learn about the brain, guided by Vanderbilt neuroscience graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty members and other volunteers. More than 100 neuroscientists participated.

By Bill Snyder
March 24, 2011

Cancer Center study snuffs out menthol myths

People who smoke mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer or die from the disease than are smokers of non-mentholated brands, a new study shows.

By Bill Snyder
March 11, 2011

Neuroscience drug discovery center opens at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has established a new Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery to accelerate research that may lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and other disorders of the brain.

By Bill Snyder
February 25, 2010

Two Vanderbilt scientists win Sloan research fellowships

Physicist Andreas Berlind and human geneticist Marylyn Ritchie at Vanderbilt University have each won two-year, $50,000 research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation aimed at encouraging promising young scholars.

By Bill Snyder
October 21, 2009

Vanderbilt scientists receive federal funding for two unconventional research projects

Figuring out how biological clocks evolved and extracting clues to environmental factors that cause cancer from electronic medical records: These are the goals of two projects that have been funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program.

By Bill Snyder
February 11, 2008

Vanderbilt’s Emergency Department to Test All Adult Patients for HIV

This month, Vanderbilt University Medical Center will begin routine and rapid HIV testing of all adults seen in the Emergency Department unless they “opt out” of the procedure.

By Bill Snyder
December 18, 2007

Vanderbilt awarded $4.4 million by the Michael J. Fox Foundation; Goal is to develop new class of Parkinson’s disease drugs

A drug discovery team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by Jeffrey Conn has been awarded a $4.4 million "LEAPS" grant by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to jump-start development of a new class of Parkinson's diseasedrugs.
By Bill Snyder
May 4, 2006

Aeras and Vanderbilt University Announce License Deal for New TB Vaccine

The Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation of Bethesda, Md., and Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tenn., announced that the two organizations had executed an exclusive license for a tuberculosis vaccine.
By Bill Snyder
May 4, 2006

Vanderbilt develops new tuberculosis vaccine

A Vanderbilt-led team of researchers has developed a new vaccine technology that may prevent the spread of tuberculosis, which kills more than two million people worldwide each year.
By Bill Snyder
October 7, 2003

Vanderbilt to participate in worldwide test of HIV vaccine

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is participating in worldwide tests of a potential vaccine that can stimulate important immune responses against the virus that causes AIDS.
By Bill Snyder
May 27, 2003

Vanderbilt, Meharry establish new Center for AIDS Research

Vanderbilt and Meharry have been collaborating with NIH for several years on research involving HIV/AIDS, which is spread primarily by sexual contact and intravenous drug use. The goal of the new grant is to encourage further collaboration between the schools, and train new investigators to advance AIDS treatment and prevention.
By Bill Snyder
1 … 113 114 115