Bill Snyder Archive — Page 89 of 121

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a gray-haired man with a mustache and beard wearing glasses, a white coat, and tie against a light background.
January 21, 2016

Vanderbilt’s Powers named president-elect of ADA

Alvin Powers, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, has been named president-elect, Medicine and Science, of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for 2016.

By Bill Snyder
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January 21, 2016

McLaughlin named a reviewing editor for neuroscience journal

BethAnn McLaughlin, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been invited to serve as a reviewing editor for the Journal of Neuroscience, the flagship publication of the Society of Neuroscience, one of the world’s largest scientific societies.

By Bill Snyder
Insulin in vials
January 14, 2016

Major grants bolster VUMC diabetes research

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received more than $11 million in new grant support aimed at slowing the growing burden of diabetes.

By Bill Snyder
Illustration of human intestinal tract
January 14, 2016

Crystal structure reveals secrets of virulent bacterium

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have obtained the crystal structure of a toxin from the bacterium Clostridium difficile (“C. diff”) — the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea in the United States.

By Bill Snyder
Man sitting in a bright hallway and reading a green-and-white folder or booklet.
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
Black-and-white head-and-shoulders sketch of a smiling woman with curly hair and glasses.
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