Bill Snyder Archive — Page 87 of 119

January 11, 2016

Improving colonoscopy prep

Providing an educational booklet on colonoscopy preparation increased the odds of an adequate quality of bowel preparation by more than two-fold.

By Bill Snyder
January 7, 2016

Baylor’s Angelaki set to deliver next Flexner Discovery Lecture

Dora Angelaki, Ph.D., the Wilhelmina Robertson Professor and chair of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, will provide a “computational perspective on autism” during the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 14.

By Bill Snyder
January 7, 2016

Nominations sought for Academic Enterprise Faculty Awards

Feb. 4 is the deadline for submitting nominations for the 2016 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Academic Enterprise Faculty Awards for teaching, clinical service and research.

By Bill Snyder
DNA sequence
January 5, 2016

Vanderbilt study raises questions about reporting incidental genetic findings

A genetic test that suggests a patient may be at increased risk for potentially fatal heart rhythms is very often not as ominous as it sounds.

By Bill Snyder
December 17, 2015

Nominations sought for this year’s Vanderbilt Prize Scholar

Nominations for this year’s Vanderbilt Prize Scholar are now being accepted. The deadline is Feb. 8, 2016.

By Bill Snyder
December 15, 2015

Gore named fellow of National Academy of Inventors

John Gore, director of the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Fellowship is granted to “academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on society.”

By Bill Snyder