Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Jennifer Gaddy, PhD
July 11, 2024

Jennifer Gaddy receives grants from March of Dimes, Burroughs Wellcome Fund

She studies infection of the female reproductive tract in the context of pregnancy.

By Paul Govern
January 16, 2024

‘Molecular Muse’ exhibit features Artist-in-Residence program’s science-inspired art

The “Molecular Muse” art exhibit on display in Light Hall is a sampling of pieces from the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation Artist-in-Residence (VI4-AiR) program, which brings together scientists and artists to create and promote art as a visual science communication tool.

By Leigh MacMillan
July 28, 2023

VI4 Artist-in-Residence exhibition opens Aug. 7

The Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation Artist-in-Residence Program (VI4-AiR) invites the public to the opening celebration of its “Molecular Muse” exhibition Aug. 7 at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery.

By Anthony Czelusniak
November 17, 2021

Grant helps early-career researchers affected by COVID-19

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received $550,000 from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s (DDCF) COVID-19 Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists.

By Paul Govern
June 21, 2021

Two VUMC physician-scientists win Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards

Two physician-scientist Instructors in Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) — Jeeyeon Cha, MD, PhD, and Celestine Wanjalla, MD, PhD — are among 12 recipients of the 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Career Award for Medical Scientists.

By Bill Snyder
March 11, 2021

HBCU scholars program expanding enrollment

The James Puckette Carter Scholars Program, the result of a partnership between Meharry Medical College (MMC), Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF), intended to increase the number of physicians who attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in health care, is expanding to double its enrollment capacity.

By Matt Schorr
October 29, 2020

Grant helps expand VI4’s Artist-in-Residence program

An innovative Vanderbilt program that brings together scientists and artists with the shared goal of scientific communication is set to expand with support from a three-year grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 3, 2020

Bick receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists

Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Genetic Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is a recipient of the 2020 Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Career Award for Medical Scientists.
By Bill Snyder
June 21, 2018

Burroughs Wellcome Fund award expands opportunities for physician-scientists

Vanderbilt University has received a five-year, $2.5-million Physician Scientist Institutional Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to help bolster the dwindling number of active physician-scientists in the United States.
By Bill Snyder
February 4, 2016

New BRET course offers scientists business, management training

When it comes to discovery, scientists are among the smartest people around. They may not be as skilled at managing their labs or businesses, however.
By Bill Snyder
July 31, 2014

Cassat lands Burroughs Wellcome Fund award

James Cassat, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, has received a Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Career Award for Medical Scientists.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 22, 2013

Burroughs Wellcome Fund lauds Bhave’s research

Gautam Bhave, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine, is receiving the Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2013 Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS) for his research on the role of peridoxasin and protein halogenation in diabetic nephropathy.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 24, 2013

Medical Center limited submission opportunity: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

By VUMC News and Communications