New Faculty 2016 Archive — Page 1 of 1

Smiling woman in a white Vanderbilt University School of Nursing coat and blue scrubs, standing outside a medical center entrance.
October 25, 2016

New faculty: Susanna Rudy is developing a national fellowship standard for ENPs

New Instructor in Nursing Susanna Rudy brings to Vanderbilt a wealth of experience. She’s a board-certified nurse practitioner in emergency, family and adult-gerontology acute care who earned a master’s degree in forensic science before earning master of science in nursing and doctor of nursing practice degrees, the latter two from Vanderbilt.

A man in a white lab coat stands in front of a large illuminated brain exhibit at Nashville’s Adventure Science Center.
October 13, 2016

New faculty: David Sweatt studies how brain chemistry affects learning and memory

Homecoming came early this year for Vanderbilt alumnus David Sweatt, who joined the faculty as chair of Pharmacology this summer, 30 years after receiving his Ph.D. from the department he now leads.

Portrait of Kenny Tao wearing glasses and a light blue shirt, standing with arms crossed against an abstract red-and-black swirling background.
October 10, 2016

New faculty: Kenny Tao uses optical coherence tomography to improve delicate eye surgeries

Kenny Tao, a new assistant professor of biomedical engineering, brings his innovations in the field of optical coherence tomography and his wry sense of humor to Vanderbilt’s laboratories and classrooms.

Gold-and-orange abstract background featuring a large translucent Vanderbilt University logo and repeated “VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY” text.
October 4, 2016

New Medical Faculty 2016