Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 180 of 390

April 6, 2017

VUMC named among ‘100 Great Hospitals in America’

Once again, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America.”

By Vanderbilt Health News
April 6, 2017

Three students named Goldwater Scholars for 2017

Vanderbilt students Lauren Branscombe, Joshua Fleck and David Zhang have been recognized in this year’s Goldwater Scholars competition. They are among a group of 240 scholars selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,286 mathematics, science and engineering students nationwide.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Journey of an engineer turned entrepreneur: WiseWear CEO disrupts wearables market
April 4, 2017

Journey of an engineer turned entrepreneur: WiseWear CEO disrupts wearables market

By Vanderbilt Health News
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein (courtesy of the United Nations)
April 4, 2017

MEDIA ADVISORY: U.N. speaker to link human rights and fake news

A United Nations official will speak at Vanderbilt Law School about “fake news” as a human rights problem.

By Vanderbilt Health News
April 3, 2017

Vanderbilt investigator lands Stand Up To Cancer grant for “smart” nanoparticles cancer research

John Wilson, Ph.D., assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received an Innovative Research Grant from Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Wilson is among 10 early-career scientists to receive the grant awards focused on immuno-oncology.

March 31, 2017

A molecular clue to longevity

In budding yeast, accumulation of a certain type of RNA in the nucleus increased life span, offering a new clue to longevity.

By Laura Daniel