association of american medical colleges

October 30, 2023

Crowe, Osheroff honored by AAMC

Vanderbilt’s James E. Crowe, Jr, MD, and Neil Osheroff, PhD, are among 12 individuals honored by the Association of American Medical Colleges during its 2023 Awards Recognition Event.

By Bill Snyder
December 14, 2022

VUMC well represented at Association of American Medical Colleges annual meeting

Several Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty were featured in the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Nashville.

By Bill Snyder
April 21, 2022

AAMC launches Health Equity Inventory at VUMC

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has launched a pilot project with Vanderbilt University Medical Center to develop a cloud-based tool to inventory community-based activities to address health inequities.

By Taylor Engdahl
July 22, 2021

Osheroff elected to AAMC council leadership post

Neil Osheroff, PhD, professor of Biochemistry and Medicine, has been elected to a leadership position for a council of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

By Leigh MacMillan
September 24, 2019

Pettepher to receive AAMC Distinguished Teacher Award

Cathy Pettepher, PhD, is the recipient of the 2019 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

By Kathy Whitney
November 30, 2017

Conference brings researchers, community advocates together

All too often, community and research are disconnected. Clinical studies move forward with little to no input from the populations they impact, and local voices are left out of the conversation.

By Matt Schorr
November 9, 2017

AAMC lauds Hill’s contributions to health care equity

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) honored nine individuals and one medical school for their outstanding contributions to academic medicine at an awards presentation Nov. 5 at the AAMC’s Annual Meeting in Boston.
By Kathy Whitney
December 11, 2014

VUSM student making impact on LGBT health

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Kristen Eckstrand, Ph.D., is making a national impact on the way health care is delivered to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities.
By Jessica Pasley
February 13, 2014

Sandberg, Weaver named to AAMC faculty council

By Jill Clendening
January 30, 2014

Alliance’s patient engagement efforts lauded

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core received national recognition for its development of community review boards to strengthen patient-centered research.
By Bill Snyder
September 27, 2012

VU Research Studio Program lauded at AAMC meeting

Vanderbilt University’s Clinical and Translational Research Studio program has won the Award with Distinction for Innovations in Research Training and Education from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
By Bill Snyder
September 27, 2012

AAMC meet highlights need for research funds

During a meeting in Nashville last week, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) called on academic medical centers to make the case for continued, strong federal investment in biomedical research.
By Bill Snyder