Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

From left, 2024 Vanderbilt Prize winner Sarah Tishkoff and Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar Kimberlyn Ellis. (photo by Susan Urmy)
March 10, 2025

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.”

By Bill Snyder
Sarah Tishkoff, PhD
February 13, 2025

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.

By Bill Snyder
October 7, 2024

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.

By Leigh MacMillan
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
September 6, 2023

Update: Dame Frances Ashcroft to deliver Sept. 14 Vanderbilt Prize Lecture

Renowned diabetes expert 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, Sept. 14, in 208 Light Hall.

By Bill Snyder
July 6, 2023

Yasminye Pettway selected as the 2023 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Yasminye Pettway has been selected as the 2023 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.

By Bill Snyder
May 18, 2023

Vanderbilt Prize lecture highlights diversity, mentoring

Ruth Lehmann, PhD, director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, delivered last week's Vanderbilt Prize Discovery Lecture.
By Bill Snyder
April 26, 2023

Lehmann’s Vanderbilt Prize Lecture set for May 11

Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science winner Ruth Lehmann, PhD, will deliver her Vanderbilt Prize Discovery Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 11, in 208 Light Hall.
By Bill Snyder
August 17, 2022

Vanderbilt Prize winner Lehmann’s Discovery Lecture postponed

Ruth Lehmann, PhD, recipient of the 2022 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, will deliver her Vanderbilt Prize Discovery Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in 208 Light Hall.
By Bill Snyder
July 13, 2022

Grad student Shelton selected as Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Catherine Shelton has been selected as the 2022 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.
By Bill Snyder
May 10, 2022

Nominations sought for the 2022 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Nominations for the 2022 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar are invited through May 27.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 21, 2022

Regev’s Discovery Lecture

Aviv Regev, PhD, recipient of the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, gave her Vanderbilt Prize Discovery Lecture on April 14.
By Bill Snyder
August 11, 2021

Vega selected as 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Paige Vega, a PhD student in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University, has been selected as the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.
By Bill Snyder
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