chancellor's lecture series

Patrick J. Kennedy (left) and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt)
March 14, 2018

Silence, denial keeps America steeped in opioid addiction, Kennedy says

Former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy advocated for better treatment of mental health issues and spoke candidly about his struggles during a Chancellor’s Lecture Series discussion on Tuesday.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 12, 2017

Chancellor invites campus community to series of January events promoting mental health and well-being

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a series of January events designed to further conversations around healthy help-seeking behavior and creating a culture in which the stigma of seeking support can be eradicated.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 28, 2016

Churchwell to discuss ‘Creativity and Applied Physics’ April 11

Dr. André Churchwell, senior associate dean for diversity affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will share his personal insights on the role of art in all of its creative forms and its relationship to applied physics in the solution of humankind’s medical woes when he delivers the next installment of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series April 11.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 16, 2013

VUCast: Startling brain-related study on critically ill patients

In the latest VUCast: ICU patients are leaving hospitals with a dementia-like disease; What’s the fate of the Republican Party?; Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham; and It’s time to celebrate — the Rate My Professor 2013 rankings are in. All this and more in Vanderbilt’s online newscast. Watch now.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 6, 2012

Personalized medicine focus of Chancellor’s Lecture

The first Chancellor’s Lecture of the academic year, entitled “Genomes, Hype and a Realistic Pathway to Personalized Medicine,” will be given Wednesday, Sept. 12, by Dan Roden, M.D., assistant vice chancellor for Personalized Medicine at Vanderbilt University.

By Bill Snyder