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Group of dancers in teal costumes perform synchronized high kicks on a brightly lit stage with multicolored curtains, viewed from the audience.
June 26, 2023

Irish step dancing and science share equal billing in Maureen Gannon’s world

She is known for her diabetes research. She’s also pretty proud of her polished lift, a high, straight-legged kick that shows both flexibility and gracefulness.

Janet Darnell stands with her hands clasped in a brick-paved plaza outside a medical clinic, wearing glasses and a striped cardigan.
May 6, 2022

Janet Darnell received a lifesaving lung transplant. Five months later she received lifesaving surgery for colon cancer. She calls herself a “walking miracle.”

Without the lung transplant, the cancer may never have been detected.

Portrait of Rob Hood, MD, wearing glasses, a brown tweed jacket, blue shirt, and tie in an indoor setting.
December 26, 2018

Rob Hood, recognized as top leader, gives all the credit to his team

“So much of what our team has succeeded in is owed to Dr. Hood’s immeasurable support and wisdom.”

Scientist in a white lab coat using a micropipette in a laboratory.
April 18, 2018

Micropipette’s “accuracy is beautiful” for medical researcher Jun Qian

Being able to manipulate things too small to be seen is still a source of amazement

Group of university course members standing on the steps of the Tennessee State Capitol, with the columned building and a statue behind them.
March 6, 2017

University Course students meet with legislators during visit to General Assembly

Students from a University Course on the nation’s health care policies spent an immersive day at the Tennessee State Capitol recently, meeting with legislators and discussing issues.

A researcher holds a small transparent implantable artificial kidney device in a laboratory, with computer screens displaying technical graphics in the background.
February 12, 2016

VU Inside: Dr. William Fissell’s Artificial Kidney

Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William Fissell IV is making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. He is building an artificial implantable kidney with microchip filters and living kidney cells that will be powered by a patient’s own heart.