VUMC News and Communications

April 23, 2008

Video: Marino Autism Research Institute Scientific Symposium: “Environment and Autism Etiology”

Watch videos from the April 22 Marino Autism Research Institute Scientific Symposium at Vanderbilt University. The purpose of the symposium was to provide researchers with a platform to discuss the role of environment in increasing autism risk and impact on the diversity of behavioral and medical symptoms.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 22, 2008

Video: "Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet"

Steve Squyres, lead scientist of the Mars Exploration Mission, talks about his passion for the red planet and the amazing journey to build and launch the Rovers.
April 22, 2008

Video: “Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet”

Steve Squyres, lead scientist of the Mars Exploration Mission, talks about his passion for the red planet and the amazing journey to build and launch the Rovers.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 21, 2008

Autism Researchers Use Earth Day Symposium to Focus on Environmental Factors Influencing Autism Vulnerability

Confronted with evidence that one in six children are battling some type of developmental disorder, the nation\’s leading autism researchers seek to discover the impact of environmental agents on autism risk.
April 21, 2008

Jeff Balser Named Interim Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for Research for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named interim dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
April 18, 2008

Vanderbilt Burn Expertise to Assist Federal Battlefield Injuries Project

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of three clinical sites testing new products to replace burned skin as part of a massive federal grant program announced Thursday. The collaborative effort is expected to boost treatment options for soldiers injured in war zones.
April 15, 2008

New method of measuring insulin promises improvements in diabetes treatment

A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body\'s insulin-producing cells in real time.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 11, 2008

Video: "Grand Scientific Challenges in Energy"

Michelle V. Buchanan, associate laboratory director for physical sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, spoke at the Hall Engineering Lecture Series.
April 11, 2008

Video: “Grand Scientific Challenges in Energy”

Michelle V. Buchanan, associate laboratory director for physical sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, spoke at the Hall Engineering Lecture Series.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 10, 2008

Video: "Genomics, Religion, and Communication: Traversing Perspectives, Vocabularies, and Findings"

Watch video of discussion from the Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture conference, "Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care."
April 10, 2008

Video: “Genomics, Religion, and Communication: Traversing Perspectives, Vocabularies, and Findings”

Watch video of discussion from the Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture conference, "Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care."
By VUMC News and Communications
April 9, 2008

Video: "Science Education in the 21st Century: Using the Tools of Physics to Teach Physics"

Carl E. Wieman from the University of British Columbia who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of a new state of matter talks about the future of science education.
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