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Gordon Bernard, M.D., talks with Ph.D. students in Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s nursing science program about resources available through Vanderbilt’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. At the same meeting, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., recognized VUSN’s innovative approach to doctoral education through its distance-learning format.