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April 27, 2017

Barnett named co-chair of VUSM Admissions Committee

Joey Barnett, Ph.D., has been named co-chair of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Admissions Committee, effective July 1.

By Kathy Whitney
April 27, 2017

Hudson to receive Protein Society’s Brändén Award

Vanderbilt University biochemist Billy Hudson, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2017 Carl Brändén Award by The Protein Society for exceptional contributions to science, education and service.

By Bill Snyder
April 27, 2017

School of Medicine students recognized with national awards

Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students were recently recognized with national awards for their accomplishments.

By Kathy Whitney
April 27, 2017

Nobel laureate and memory expert Kandel set for next Discovery Lecture

Nobel laureate Eric R. Kandel, M.D., renowned for his studies of learning and memory, will give the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, May 4.

By Leigh MacMillan
elderly Asian mother and adult daughter
April 27, 2017

Protein structure may aid in treating Alzheimer’s disease

A new protein structure may guide the development of Alzheimer’s therapeutics.

By Leigh MacMillan
April 27, 2017

VUMC employees celebrated for their culture of caring

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s biggest asset – the 22,000 employees who through everything they do touch the lives of millions of patients and their families each year – were honored at last week’s “Celebrate the Difference YOU Make Every Day.”

By Nancy Humphrey
April 27, 2017

Faculty members join March for Science

Among the thousands of scientists and their supporters who participated in Saturday’s March for Science in Nashville and in Washington, D.C., were several faculty members from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University.
By Bill Snyder
April 27, 2017

HIV-infected people have higher risk of heart failure

The first large study to report that HIV-infected people have a significantly higher risk of heart failure in the antiretroviral therapy era has been published in JAMA Cardiology.
By Jessica Pasley
April 27, 2017

Children at risk for complications from brown recluse spider bites: study

Medical complications of brown recluse spider bites are uncommon but they can be severe, particularly in children, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) reported April 19.
By Bill Snyder
April 24, 2017

Vanderbilt’s Christine Lovly elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation

By VUMC News and Communications
April 21, 2017

Wisecaver named Vanderbilt ‘Postdoc of the Year’

Accomplished postdocs and faculty "Mentor of the Year" honored at annual Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association and Shared Resources Symposium April 19.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 20, 2017

Vanderbilt’s W. Kimryn Rathmell named to ASCI leadership post

W. Kimryn Rathmell, director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named vice president of The American Society for Clinical Investigation.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 20, 2017

Perdikis named Department of Plastic Surgery chair

Galen Perdikis, M.D., professor and chair of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, has been named professor and chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Plastic Surgery. His appointment is effective Aug. 1.
By Jill Clendening
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