Bill Snyder

Scott Pearson, MD, professor of Surgery (back row with tie), and James Patton, PhD, Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences (on Pearson’s left), celebrate year two of the Master’s Program in Biomedical Sciences they co-direct with the 16 students enrolled this year plus some of the 10 students from last year’s class. The program prepares students for a broad array of health professional careers. Patton directs the Vanderbilt University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Pearson is a core faculty member of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. For more information, visit https://gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/postbac.
September 9, 2019

Year two for Master’s Program in Biomedical Sciences

Vanderbilt’s Master’s Program in Biomedical Sciences prepares students for a broad array of health professional careers.

By Bill Snyder
September 5, 2019

Science educations start from Simple Beginnings

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine welcomed 118 new doctoral students last week during the 10th annual Simple Beginnings ceremony.

By Bill Snyder
September 5, 2019

The plus and minus of microtubules

Understanding the dynamic regulation of cytoskeletal microtubules may suggest new ways to treat disorders ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to cancer.

By Bill Snyder
September 5, 2019

Zebrafish aid effort to regenerate damaged retinas

According to a new study, the tiny zebrafish may hold the secret to regenerating damaged retinas in humans.

By Bill Snyder
September 4, 2019

Partnership to help bring Zika virus therapy to clinic

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are partnering with the Dutch biopharmaceutical firm Batavia Biosciences and Nashville-based IDBiologics to bring to the clinic a highly potent Zika virus neutralizing antibody they isolated three years ago.

By Bill Snyder
September 4, 2019

Vanderbilt Prize winner Seidman to speak Sept. 12

Christine Seidman, MD, recipient of the 2019 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, will deliver her Vanderbilt Prize lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in 208 Light Hall.

By Bill Snyder
August 29, 2019

Aspirnaut education program reaches decade mark

Ten years on, a unique summer research program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center designed primarily for rural high school students with limited resources is achieving its goal of increasing the number of the nation’s scientists and engineers.
By Bill Snyder
August 22, 2019

How nerves may lose their insulation

Vanderbilt’s Bruce Carter and colleagues have discovered how genetic changes in the protein PMP22 may contribute to a disease of peripheral nerves.
By Bill Snyder
August 22, 2019

Discovery may point to better treatments for Type 1 diabetes

Researchers have made a paradigm-shifting discovery that could lead to new treatments, better health and longer life for patients with Type 1 diabetes.
By Bill Snyder
August 21, 2019

VUMC mourns loss of renowned scientist Jane Park

Jane Park, PhD, an active member of the Vanderbilt University faculty for 60 years and widow of pioneering diabetes researcher Charles Rawlinson “Rollo” Park, MD, died Aug. 19 in Nashville. She was 94.
By Bill Snyder
August 15, 2019

Research excellence honored

Graduate student Christian Meyer recently received the 2019 Richard Armstrong Prize for Research Excellence.
By Bill Snyder
August 15, 2019

REDCap data management tool reaches million user mark

Fifteen years after it was launched, REDCap, Vanderbilt University’s research data management tool, has reached 1 million users throughout the world.
By Bill Snyder