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New graduate student Kaitlyn Gallagher, right, is all smiles after Kathy Gould, PhD, senior associate dean for Biomedical Research Education and Training, helps her into her lab coat. Admitted to the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP) in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Gallagher was among 117 new PhD students welcomed during the recent ceremony in Langford Auditorium. (All photos by Erin O. Smith)
September 15, 2023

‘Simple Beginnings’ ceremony welcomes doctoral students

“Simple Beginnings” is Vanderbilt University’s annual ceremony that welcomes each new class of doctoral students in the biomedical and biological sciences.

Aspirnaut student Nayla Ramos Vega, 15, wants to be a neurosurgeon.
July 19, 2023

Summer program gives high schoolers taste of discovery

Since the Aspirnaut high school summer research internship program was launched in 2009, 334 students from 34 states have participated. To date, nearly 90 of them have gone to earn MD degrees, PhDs, or both.

Portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and glasses, wearing a light-colored blazer and standing in front of a framed artwork.
July 22, 2020

Amidon named 2020 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Katherine Amidon, a PhD student in the Department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University, has been selected as the 2020 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.

Portrait of Seth Bordenstein, PhD, wearing a gray blazer over a black shirt in a bright indoor hallway.
February 27, 2020

Bordenstein honored by Genetics Society of America

The Genetics Society of America has recognized Seth Bordenstein, PhD, an evolutionary geneticist and microbiologist at Vanderbilt, for an initiative that brings real-world scientific research into middle school, high school and college biology classes.

Two people pose in a lecture hall, with rows of seats and framed portraits on the brick wall behind them.
February 6, 2020

Genetics and EHRs

Lisa Bastarache, MS, research assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics, and Tony Capra, PhD, associate professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Informatics, described the intersection of genetics and electronic health records during last week’s Cutting-Edge Discovery Lecture.

Smiling adult carrying a smiling young child in a blue polka-dot dress and large white hair bow outdoors.
October 2, 2019

Research team sorts out drug screen false positive results

Vanderbilt investigators have identified 13 previously unknown drug compounds that cause false positive screenings for amphetamines, buprenorphine (an opioid), cannabinoids and methadone.