Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

From left, 2024 Vanderbilt Prize winner Sarah Tishkoff and Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar Kimberlyn Ellis. (photo by Susan Urmy)

Evolution, genomics and disease: a very special Discovery Lecture

Sarah Tishkoff described her groundbreaking research during a talk titled “African Evolutionary Genomics: Reconstructing Human Evolution and the Genetic Basis of Complex Adaptive Traits.”

Vanderbilt Prize winner to discuss ‘evolutionary genomics’ on March 6

Tishkoff’s groundbreaking research at the University of Pennsylvania has broad implications for understanding and treating human disease.

Kimberlyn Ellis selected as 2024 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Ellis is a computational geneticist with a long-term goal of bridging genomics, bioethics and health policy to promote equitable precision medicine for minority populations.

Sarah Tishkoff named to receive the 2024 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Sarah Tishkoff, PhD, and her collaborators have created one of the world’s largest databases of African diversity derived from genetic samples from more than 9,000 people representing more than 200 diverse ethnic groups.

By Bill Snyder

From left, John Kuriyan, PhD, Vanderbilt Prize recipient Frances Ashcroft, PhD, Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar Yasminye Pettway, Kathleen Gould, PhD, and Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD. (photo by Donn Jones)

March 26, 2024

Vanderbilt Prize winner’s lecture focused on the joy of discovery

During her Discovery Lecture on March 21, Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, recipient of the 2023 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, spoke on the joy science has given her.

By Bill Snyder

March 4, 2024

Dame Frances Ashcroft to deliver March 21 Vanderbilt Prize Lecture

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, recipient of the 2023 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, will deliver her Vanderbilt Prize Discovery Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in 208 Light Hall.