Gordon Bernard

August 9, 2023

VUMC receives $51 million in NIH grants to improve efficiency of conducting clinical trials across the US

Vanderbilt researchers have been awarded two five-year federal grants totaling $51 million to harness new and existing approaches for boosting recruitment and removing roadblocks to the efficiency of conducting clinical trials throughout the country.

By Bill Snyder
Gordon Bernard, MD, right, with Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, and Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD. (p(photo by Erin O. Smith)
July 20, 2023

Reception honors Gordon Bernard’s decades of service and contributions

Gordon Bernard, MD, was honored at a reception on July 19 in recognition of his contributions to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for more than 40 years.

By VUMC News and Communications
From left, Frank Harrell Jr., PhD, Paul Harris, PhD, Wesley Self, MD, James Chappell, MD, PhD, Gordon Bernard, MD, Jana Shirey-Rice, PhD, and Jillian Rhoads, PhD, play key roles in a national effort to advance the understanding and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia and sepsis.
May 4, 2023

VUMC to coordinate national effort to reduce ARDS, pneumonia, sepsis

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $31.6 million federal grant to lead a national effort to better understand acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia and sepsis.

By Bill Snyder
Gordon Bernard, MD, is stepping down from his institutional leadership roles next summer to focus on his research interests.
December 16, 2022

VUMC Announces VICTR Leadership Transition

By Bill Snyder
The clinical trial group includes, from left, Gordon Bernard, MD, Katherine Cahill, MD, Kevin Niswender, MD, PhD, Pingsheng Wu, PhD, and R. Stokes Peebles, MD.
November 10, 2022

Clinical trial at VUMC tests novel treatment for asthma

VUMC has begun enrolling patients with asthma in a clinical trial of a novel treatment: a medication approved to treat diabetes and obesity.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 22, 2022

Self named co-principal investigator of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award

Wesley Self, MD, MPH, a physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named co-principal investigator (co-PI) of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA).  

By Bill Snyder
April 6, 2022

Major grant renewal to provide five more years of support for VICTR

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has competed successfully for a third renewal of its Clinical and Translational Science Award by the National Institutes of Health.
By Bill Snyder
August 21, 2020

VUMC awarded $34 million to lead nationwide convalescent plasma study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a one-year, $34-million grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct a nationwide study of “convalescent plasma” as a treatment for COVID-19.
By Bill Snyder
July 23, 2020

VUMC’s program to repurpose drugs lands international acclaim

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is attracting international attention for its proposal to repurpose existing drugs for new uses in ways that can dramatically improve access to medicines by billions of people throughout the world.
By Bill Snyder
July 10, 2020

VUMC team fills COVID information gaps for web users

For the world’s web users, Vanderbilt University Medical Center is working with Google to address COVID-19 information gaps.
By Paul Govern
June 24, 2020

VICTR named to key role to streamline COVID-19 research response

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR), which provides comprehensive support for clinical and translational research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has been named Administrative Coordinating Center (ACC) of a national effort to streamline the research response to life-threatening lung and heart problems caused by COVID-19.
By Bill Snyder
February 19, 2020

Vanderbilt University Medical Center among top 100 proposals for MacArthur Foundation $100 million grant

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today unveiled a grant proposal from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) as one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the “Top 100,” in its 100&Change competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world’s most critical societal challenges.
By Bill Snyder
January 16, 2020

Wilkins named CTSA co-principal investigator

Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, has joined Gordon Bernard, MD, as co-principal investigator of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award.
By Bill Snyder
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