Vanderbilt Prize Scholar Archive

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April 5, 2023

Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar nominations sought

Nominations for the 2023 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar are invited through April 28.

By Bill Snyder
October 25, 2018

Rothamel selected as Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Katherine Rothamel, a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been selected as the 2017 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.

By Bill Snyder
July 3, 2018

Nominations for Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar now open for female graduate students in biomedical sciences

Nominations for the Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar are now open. The deadline is Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at 5 p.m.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 6, 2017

Vanderbilt Prize winner Fuchs explores skin’s many wonders

Skin is a marvelous organ that protects the body, senses the external world and even expresses emotion. In the hands of Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., recipient of the 2016 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, skin also lies squarely in the intersection of normal growth, wound repair and cancer.

By Bill Snyder
March 26, 2015

Nominations for Vanderbilt Prize Scholar sought

Nominations for this year’s Vanderbilt Prize Scholar are now being accepted. The deadline is April 24.

By Doug Campbell
May 8, 2014

Vanderbilt Prize winner encourages big dreams

Science and beauty are linked, for when a scientist makes a discovery, “she sees something truly beautiful for the first time and reveals that beauty to the world.”

By Bill Snyder