VUSM student lauded for Mobile Market

VU mourns loss of Pediatrics icon Sell

Sarah H. Sell, M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, one of the key players in the development of the childhood vaccine to protect against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children younger than 5, died Saturday, Oct. 6. She was 99.

Harvard’s Poussaint to deliver Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, will deliver Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s 11th annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in 208 Light Hall.

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VUSM students land Heart Association scholarships

Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students have been selected to receive the American Heart Association’s Student Scholarship in Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke.

Brothers’ efforts in Lwala honored by the Peace Corps

The Peace Corps has selected Milton and Fred Ochieng’ as this year’s recipients of their annual Director’s Award.