School of Medicine

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.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 1, 2017

Kudos: Read about faculty and staff awards, appointments and achievements

Read about the latest faculty and staff awards, appointments and achievements.

By VUMC News and Communications
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February 22, 2017

Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart’s biomechanical properties

Scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart’s amazing biomechanical properties in order to study cardiac disease, develop heart drugs.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 20, 2017

David Owens second guest on ‘The Zeppos Report’

David Owens, a leading thinker on innovation and creativity who helped design the Wond’ry, is Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos’ guest on the second episode of “The Zeppos Report.”

By VUMC News and Communications
February 16, 2017

Neurologist Dalmau set for next Discovery Lecture

Josep Dalmau, M.D., Ph.D., renowned for his studies of immune disorders affecting the brain and spinal cord, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 23.

By Leigh MacMillan
February 9, 2017

Forum highlights research achievements

Communication and collaboration were major themes of the inaugural Research Enterprise Forum sponsored jointly by Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) Feb. 3 in Light Hall.

By Bill Snyder
February 9, 2017

Sanders named to key VUSM Basic Sciences role

Charles Sanders, Ph.D., has been named associate dean for Research in the Basic Sciences of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
By Kathy Whitney
February 6, 2017

Twelve faculty members selected as 2017 Chancellor Faculty Fellows

The 2017 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows comprises highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from across the university.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 2, 2017

Hasty named to new VUSM Basic Sciences role

Alyssa Hasty, Ph.D., professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, has been named Associate Dean for Faculty Development for Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
By Kathy Whitney
February 2, 2017

New Physician Science Doctoral Program graduates first student

As a fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Bradley Richmond, M.D., saw a lot of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an inflammatory lung disease caused most often by long-term exposure to cigarette smoke.
By Bill Snyder
February 1, 2017

Early experience with federal health coverage suggests how future Medicaid reforms may work

Proposed Medicaid reforms are similar to the capped federal financing system in place during the '50s and early '60s, when states generally reimbursed a much smaller proportion of health care for the needy.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 26, 2017

Spring Faculty Meeting set for April 27

The annual Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Spring Faculty Meeting and Awards Program will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in 208 Light Hall.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 24, 2017

Richard Kogan, psychiatrist and concert pianist, is Leonard Visiting Scholar, Feb. 8 and 9

His piano performances have been reviewed by The New York Times, which praised his "exquisite playing," and by The Boston Globe, which wrote, "Kogan has somehow managed to excel at the world's two most demanding professions."
By VUMC News and Communications