Vanderbilt Brain Institute

Olivia Leow. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
January 15, 2025

Glioma Warriors — Alliance takes on brain cancer

Glioma is a cancer that afflicts people of all ages, including children. It is the deadliest pediatric cancer, and it’s also perplexing, evading the advances made in recent decades for other cancers.

By Tom Wilemon
June 29, 2023

Ayaka Sugiura, PhD, and Camille Wang receive P.E.O. Scholar Awards

Ayaka Sugiura, PhD, and Camille Wang, aspiring physician-scientists in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Vanderbilt, are among this year’s recipients of highly competitive P.E.O. Scholar Awards.

By Bill Snyder
October 17, 2022

Three Vanderbilt faculty elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Three Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected this year to membership in the National Academy of Medicine, a prestigious, non-governmental organization that advises the nation and the world on important aspects of medical science, health care and public health.

By Bill Snyder and Kiya Gaskin
October 29, 2020

Histamine circuits in brain reward center

Histamine — commonly associated with allergies — also has a signaling role in the brain’s reward center and may offer a novel target for treating addiction.

By Leigh MacMillan
array of test tubes with pipette dropping fluid into one
September 20, 2019

Guengerich, Sanders-Bush named ASPET fellows

Vanderbilt University’s F. Peter (Fred) Guengerich, PhD, and Elaine Sanders-Bush, PhD, are among 22 prominent scientists named this week to the inaugural class of fellows of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).

By Bill Snyder
August 23, 2018

Enzyme helps build motor that drives neuron death

Vanderbilt scientists have discovered a signaling mechanism that tells neurons to die, findings that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 29, 2018

Brain Blast 2018

Philip Weissend, 3, and his father, Brian Weissend, learn about reflexes with the help of Vanderbilt MD/PhD student Bola Adebesin during this year’s Brain Blast event hosted by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 12, 2018

Lisa Monteggia to lead Vanderbilt Brain Institute

Leading neuroscientist Lisa Monteggia has been named the Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente announced today.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 22, 2018

Brain Awareness events highlight mind’s wonders

Research on circadian rhythms, longevity and the brain’s pleasure system will be featured during this year’s Brain Awareness events sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute.
By Bill Snyder
March 16, 2017

Brain Blast!

Hammed Aljohani, 5, shares what he’s discovered about fruit flies with his older brother, Ruwwad Aljohani, 8, with the help of Vanderbilt neuroscience graduate student Nicholas Smith on Saturday during the annual “Brain Blast.”
By VUMC News and Communications
March 2, 2017

Events highlight wonders, mysteries of the human brain

Research on Alzheimer’s disease, hearing loss and how synaptic networks form will be featured during this year’s Brain Awareness Month in March sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute.
By Bill Snyder
November 4, 2016

Probing drug abuse circuitry

Vanderbilt researchers have identified cocaine-induced modifications at specific neuronal connections, which could aid the development of new therapies for substance abuse disorders.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 15, 2016

Symposium explores using music to improve social skills, ease PTSD

The Science of Song symposium explored the use of music and singing to help people with developmental disabilities like autism improve their social skills, and others with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recover from the traumatic events they’ve experienced.
By Bill Snyder