Research Blog

June 19, 2014

Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance awards grants to support community engagement in celebration of its 15-year anniversary

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance is awarding grants to support activities that promote ongoing, mutually beneficial, health research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 29, 2014

Faculty meeting highlights VUSM achievements

Despite a challenging health care landscape, Vanderbilt University Medical Center continues to advance the highest-quality patient care, train the next generation of physician leaders and push forward the frontiers of biomedical science.

By Bill Snyder
May 28, 2014

Ben Folds featured at ‘Music and Mind’ symposium

Ben Folds is featured at “Music and the Mind,” a free symposium sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute June 12.

By Bill Snyder
May 1, 2014

Cutting-edge research to be showcased in May

By Bill Snyder
April 28, 2014

Construction of new Engineering and Science Building at Vanderbilt set to begin May 2014

Vanderbilt University’s Board of Trust has approved the construction of a seven-story tower on campus as part of an effort to further strengthen the institution’s growing reputation as a major producer of intellectual leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 17, 2014

Redesign of nursing workflow seeing success

In 2008, Vanderbilt nurses participated in a nationwide survey to determine how they spent their time, and it revealed that only 16 percent was spent on direct patient care, while 28 percent was spent on documentation.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 3, 2014

Agarwal’s macular diseases research lands high honor

Walk into ophthalmologist Anita Agarwal’s office at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute and there is something remarkably different about the décor.
By Jessica Pasley
February 27, 2014

ASPET honors Lindsley’s pharmacology research

Vanderbilt University’s Craig Lindsley, Ph.D., has won the 2014 John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology for young investigators from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).
By Bill Snyder
February 13, 2014

Otolaryngology society lauds Wanna’s research efforts

George Wanna, M.D., assistant professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, has been named to receive the Harris P. Mosher Award from the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society Inc., also known as the Triological Society.
By Craig Boerner
February 13, 2014

Gore honored by Zhejiang University

John Gore, Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt University Institute for Imaging Science, was named an honorary professor of Zhejiang University, China, during his recent visit to Zhejiang University School of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 6, 2014

Discovery Lecture sheds light on properties of motion

Ron Vale, Ph.D., co-discoverer of the molecular “motor” kinesin, spent the first 10 minutes of his Flexner Discovery Lecture last week talking not about science, but about science communication.
By Bill Snyder
February 5, 2014

Childhood cancer researcher awarded $250,000 ‘Lemonade Stand’ grant

By VUMC News and Communications
January 21, 2014

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center receives $100,000 ovarian cancer research grant from Kay Yow Cancer Fund

By VUMC News and Communications
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