Month: May 2015
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Peek named editor-in-chief of leading gastroenterology journal
Richard Peek, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center, has been appointed to a five-year term as editor-in-chief of the medical journal Gastroenterology beginning July 2016. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Photo: Postdoc research awards
Ashley Stokes, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute of Imaging Science, received the 2015 Postdoc of the Year award last week at the annual Postdoctoral Research and Shared Resources Symposium in Light Hall. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Vanderbilt again leaps into top tier of national hospital quality list
Vanderbilt University Hospital has garnered a spring 2015 patient safety grade of “A” from the Leapfrog Group, a coalition of public and private purchasers of employee health coverage that works to encourage health care safety, quality and affordability. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Hill honored by national medical student association
George C. Hill, Ph.D., professor of Medical Education and Administration, emeritus, was recently named the 2015 Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Hall of Heroes recipient. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Senior Day speaker Walter Isaacson
Watch video of Senior Day speaker author Walter Isaacson addressing graduates and their families in Memorial Gymnasium. Isaacson, author of The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution and the former editor of TIME magazine, spoke on “Timeless Leadership.” Isaacson received the Nichols-Chancellor’s… Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Three from VUMC honored by NBJ for community health contributions
Three members of the Vanderbilt community were recently named to Nashville Business Journal’s 2015 class of Health Care Heroes. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Task force named to prioritize Academic Strategic Plan health initiatives
A new faculty task force has been appointed to prioritize and refine the eight health-related initiatives in the Academic Strategic Plan and to inventory existing health-related interdisciplinary centers and institutes at Vanderbilt. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Photo: Learning expert speaks
(photo by Joe Howell) Stanford University neurobiologist Eric Knudsen, Ph.D., well known for his studies of learning and attention in birds, delivered last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture in Light Hall. For a complete schedule of the Flexner Discovery Lecture series and archived video of previous lectures, go… Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Findings reveal new target in quest to ease schizophrenia
Vanderbilt University researchers have uncovered a surprising finding that could lead to the development of new, more effective therapies for schizophrenia, which affects more than 2 million Americans. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Event showcases Vanderbilt’s personalized medicine efforts
More than 100 clinician-scientists, geneticists, biomedical informatics experts, bio-statisticians, policy experts and students gathered for Personalized Medicine Day on May 1 at the Student Life Center. The depth and breadth of Vanderbilt’s ongoing investment in personalized medicine was on display in lectures, panel discussions and poster sessions. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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MEDIA ADVISORY: New Vanderbilt Poll results to be discussed May 13 at Vanderbilt
Results from the new Vanderbilt Poll will be discussed at a news conference May 13 in the Student Life Center. Read MoreMay 6, 2015
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Neurofibromin fine-tunes bone growth
The protein neurofibromin acts as a brake in a signaling pathway that is important in bone development, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read MoreMay 6, 2015
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Enjoy ‘summer school’ with Vanderbilt Osher Lifelong Learning
Alice Randall, Robert Fry, Susan Kevra, Mat Britain and Mitchell Korn are Vanderbilt faculty teaching in Osher Lifelong Learning Institute classes for summer 2015. Read MoreMay 5, 2015
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Kachnic to join VUMC as new chair of Radiation Oncology
Lisa Kachnic, M.D., professor and chair of Radiation Oncology and associate director of Multidisciplinary Cancer Research at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), and chief of Radiation Oncology at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named the new professor and chair of the Vanderbilt Department of Radiation Oncology. She will join the faculty on Sept. 21. Read MoreMay 5, 2015
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Get discount on Nashville Venom tickets
Vanderbilt employees can get discounted tickets to the Nashville Venom arena football team’s May 17 game at Municipal Auditorium. Kick off is at 2 p.m. Read MoreMay 5, 2015
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Class of 2015: Caroline Hatfield mines insight from studying the female image
If you’re funny, you don’t have to be perfect. That’s what senior Caroline Hatfield discovered in a research project about the cultural expectations by which female celebrities are judged compared to how society judges female comedians. Read MoreMay 5, 2015
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Class of 2015: Nolan Michael Smith combines coding and collaboration
Engineering senior Nolan Michael Smith never expected to be sitting in a laboratory waiting for a toddler to sign off on an app he designed. But that’s what happened when the computer science major agreed to collaborate with researchers at Peabody College. Read MoreMay 5, 2015
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Vanderbilt Child and Family Center sponsors Virtual Dementia Tour
The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center partnered with Senior Helpers to sponsor the inaugural Virtual Dementia Tour April 22. Read MoreMay 5, 2015
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Making the ‘where’ as important as the ‘what’ in brand identity
Vanderbilt law professor Daniel Gervais will work with negotiators in Switzerland to reach an agreement on protecting the geographic identifiers of products such as champagne. Read MoreMay 4, 2015
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Faculty study group releases vision, priorities for graduate education
Recruiting and retaining exceptional and diverse graduate students who will go on to become leaders in their fields is the top priority for graduate education at Vanderbilt, a report from a faculty study group says. Read MoreMay 4, 2015