Community & Giving Archive — Page 34 of 34
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February 6, 2008
Vanderbilt-Peruvian partnership addresses silent epidemic of diabetes; Center for the Americas collaboration provides multi-specialty approach
Mobile cameras, high-resolution digital imaging and funding from the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt University are among the key components of a cross-cultural pilot program to prevent vision loss in at-risk Latin Americans. -
December 18, 2007
Vanderbilt awarded $4.4 million by the Michael J. Fox Foundation
A drug discovery team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by Jeffrey Conn., Ph.D., has been awarded a $4.4 million "LEAPS" grant by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to jump-start development of a new class of Parkinson's disease drugs. -
December 18, 2007
Vanderbilt awarded $4.4 million by the Michael J. Fox Foundation; Goal is to develop new class of Parkinson’s disease drugs
A drug discovery team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by Jeffrey Conn has been awarded a $4.4 million "LEAPS" grant by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to jump-start development of a new class of Parkinson's diseasedrugs. -
February 23, 2007
Vanderbilt-Ingram clinic space expanding to meet needs of patients
When the dust settles on a new renovation project involving Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center‘s Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic, waiting room space and exam rooms will nearly double to help meet the needs of an ever increasing number of cancer patients in Middle Tennessee and beyond. -
January 10, 2007
VUSN‘s Susan Cooper Named Tennessee‘s Commissioner of Health
Susan Cooper, M.S.N., assistant dean for Practice at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, has been named the new Commissioner of Health for the state of Tennessee by Gov. Phil Bredesen. -
December 9, 2005
Niswender named Culpeper Scholar
Vanderbilt University's Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of three 2006 Charles E. Culpeper Medical scholars, according to Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships. -
June 15, 2005
Vanderbilt-Ingram Announces New Research Institute To Focus On Earliest Possible Detection Of Cancers
The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will launch a new research institute, jump-started with a $10 million gift from West Tennessee businessman Jim Ayers, to develop techniques to detect cancers at their earliest, most curable stages, Vanderbilt officials announced today.