Year: 2013

Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will begin the 2013-2014 Flexner Discovery Lecture Series next Thursday, Aug. 29, with a discussion of “Advances in Addiction Science.” Read More

Robert and Michele McClellan expected the experience of their infant son’s birth via cesarean section to be like that of other women who had had the procedure — unable to witness their son’s exit from the womb and for him to be immediately whisked away. Read More

Gautam Bhave, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine, is receiving the Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2013 Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS) for his research on the role of peridoxasin and protein halogenation in diabetic nephropathy. Read More

Utpal Davé, M.D., and Sandra Zinkel, M.D., Ph.D., have each received one-year, $100,000 “bridge grants” from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to support research that has not been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) due to budget cuts. Read More

A telemedicine initiative in Vanderbilt’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is working to make follow-up hearing tests for newborns more accessible in rural areas of Tennessee, while teaching young pediatric audiology and pediatric speech language pathology students to treat patients remotely. Read More

Stephanie Duke, LPN, is quick and focused when she moves from patient to patient at the Vanderbilt Hillsboro Medical Group clinic. She says there is plenty going on here to keep her interest. Read More

Jeffrey Palmucci, B.S., CRA, RT(R), director of Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has received the Gold Award from the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA). Read More

A worrisome new avian influenza virus, called H7N9, emerged this spring in Eastern China. Read More

Beginning Sept. 1, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Courtyard Café will offer a healthy entrée station from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday-Thursday. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has received a $427,499 award from the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) grants for 2013-14, marking the 10th consecutive year that VUSN has received the grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Read More

The nuclear receptor TR3 contributes to ovarian cancer cell death in response to platinum-based chemotherapy – and may be a good target for overcoming cell resistance to certain treatments. Read More

(Vanderbilt University) Registration is now closed to reserve tickets to the Vanderbilt vs. Austin Peay football game Sept. 7, part of Tailgate 2013. Due to the popularity of the event, all Tailgate 2013 game tickets have been allocated. Beginning at 6:15 p.m. on Sept. 7, any unclaimed… Read More

Adale Sholock is the new director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, while Chris Purcell joins Vanderbilt as director of the Office of LGBTQI Life. Read More

Every year, the incoming class of first-year students gathers on The Ingram Commons lawn for a photo.  Zoom in to see an up-close look at the Class of 2017. You can download a high-res version of the photo on our flickr page. Read More

The 2013 Service Awards Celebration will be held Sept. 10 in Langford Auditorium. (Vanderbilt University) The Vanderbilt community is invited to attend the combined university and medical center Service Awards Celebration from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in Langford Auditorium. Sponsored by Employee Celebration, the… Read More

Astronomers have found a clever new way to slice and dice the flickering light from a distant star in a way that reveals the strength of gravity on its surface. Read More

The 90-minute sessions start Monday, Aug. 26, and will be held in Light Hall and Sarratt Student Center. The updated system launches Sept. 3. Read More

Vanderbilt Plant Operations and Campus Planning have recently completed several projects aimed at improving accessibility on campus. Read More

More can be done with sun-powered electricity source, writes Dennis Hall, vice provost for research, dean of the Graduate School, professor of physics and professor of electrical engineering. Read More

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