Year: 2016
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Team to study RSV’s role in asthma formation
Investigators in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine recently received a $4.5 million Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Center (AADCRC) grant from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Young bone patient’s progress serves as inspiration to others
Janelly Martinez-Amador grabbed headlines and hearts around the world three years ago when news spread of her remarkable fight for survival against a rare metabolic disease at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Reimschisel selected as a Macy Faculty Scholar
Tyler Reimschisel, M.D., director of the Division of Developmental Medicine and the Center for Child Development, has been selected for the 2016 Class of Macy Faculty Scholars. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Dog Days of Summer
Last week, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt held a “Dog Days of Summer Paw-ty” for patients and families. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Harvard’s Vago named Osher Center research director
David Vago, Ph.D., will join the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation on Sept. 1 as director of research. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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VUMC lauded for organ donation awareness efforts
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded Platinum status by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a leader in organ, eye and tissue donation awareness. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Memorial service offers chance for sharing, reflection
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) held a Memorial Service for Recent Victims of Violence in America and the World on Wednesday to give faculty, staff and students an opportunity to reflect and share their thoughts and feelings about recent national events that have resulted in violent and senseless deaths. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Wright loves her patients and their mysteries
Everyone knew everyone in Patty Wright’s hometown of Scottsville, Kentucky, population 4,336. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Osheroff to direct Academy for Excellence in Education
Neil Osheroff, Ph.D., has been named director of the Academy for Excellence in Education. He succeeds Lillian Nanney, Ph.D., who served as director since the Academy’s inception in 2007. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Two receive Research to Prevent Blindness grants
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded two grants to faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Using virtual reality to help teenagers with autism learn how to drive
A team of engineers and psychologists have developed a virtual reality driving simulator designed to help teenagers with autism spectrum disorder learn to drive, a key skill in allowing them to live independent and productive lives. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Super-eruptions may give only a year’s warning before they blow
A microscopic analysis of quartz crystals from an ancient California super-eruption indicates that the process of decompression preceding the eruption took place less than a year before. Read MoreJul 20, 2016
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Young Alumni Homecoming is October 21-22
Come to campus Oct. 21–22 to meet up with your friends from the Classes of 2012–2016. It all starts Friday, Oct. 21, with the Young Alumni Homecoming Party. Revisit your favorite Nashville hot spots and then get ready to cheer on the ‘Dores at the Homecoming Tailgate before they take… Read MoreJul 20, 2016
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Homecoming is for all Vanderbilt alumni
All alumni, family and friends are invited back for Homecoming, October 21–22. Read MoreJul 20, 2016
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New graduates, meet fellow alumni through your Vanderbilt chapter
Your local Vanderbilt chapter is a great way to start feeling at home in your new city. You will meet alumni at events like happy hours, Commodore Classrooms and game-watch parties and many will host Welcome Parties for new graduates in September and October. Make sure you update your mailing address to receive information about events in your city. Read MoreJul 20, 2016
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Four steps to building your career through the Vanderbilt network
The first steps on your career path can be the most daunting. As you seek to advance your career, the Vanderbilt network can help. Read MoreJul 20, 2016
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Four steps to advancing your career through Vanderbilt
Advancing your career requires just as much effort as finding your first job. Read MoreJul 20, 2016
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Breast cancer: finding the smoking gun
A new method developed at Vanderbilt may help “inventory” all tumor-promoting genes. Read MoreJul 20, 2016
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Harrell to step down as chair of Biostatistics
Frank Harrell Jr., Ph.D., professor of Biostatistics and founding chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Biostatistics in 2003, will step down as chair after the completion of a national search for his successor. Read MoreJul 19, 2016
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Diabetes drugs may ease addiction
Drugs that are being used clinically to treat obesity and diabetes may also have a role in treating drug abuse. Read MoreJul 18, 2016