Month: July 2017

As a teenager, Ashley Duhon realized she wanted to become a doctor so she could help people, like her mother, who suffer from medical complications due to type 1 diabetes. Read More

Kaye Harris, MSN, R.N., manager of Supplemental Staffing Programs, has received a Patriotic Employer Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a program of the Department of Defense. Read More

Sara Van Driest, M.D., Ph.D., who is developing methods for precision dosing of pediatric medications at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has received a 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Read More

The Vanderbilt Task Force for Empowerment and Well-Being, a group formed earlier this year to investigate and implement ways to prevent burnout among physicians, will be using an online tool to gather information in the next few weeks to help it with its work. Read More

A workshop on the basement membrane hosted earlier this month by Vanderbilt University Medical Center attracted 75 top scientists from around the world and broke new ground in understanding molecules that make up this key biological structure. Read More

On the same day 48 years after the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing, individuals from throughout the Vanderbilt community reflected on that historic event — a milestone marking the ultimate synthesis of innovative thinking and technology — as they shared their own explorations and mission moments during StrategyShare17. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a third consecutive Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the organization announced in a conference call on July 20. Read More

Read about the latest faculty and staff awards and achievements. Read More

Vanderbilt may submit two applications from each school for the Procter & Gamble Higher Education Grant Program. Read More

H. Alex Brown, Ph.D., the Bixler-Johnson-Mayes Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, died from cancer Tuesday, July 25, at his home. He was 56. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Global Education Office, home of the undergraduate study abroad program, has announced the winners of its 2017 photo contest. This year's photos capture landscapes and life in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Oceania and the Middle East. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt astronomers, working with the Center for Teaching, have developed an online course on celestial navigation that the NROTC is using to reintroduce training in celestial navigation. Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate up to two faculty members for the Simons Foundation Investigator Program in Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems (MMLS). Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate one faculty member for the Simons Foundation Investigator Program in Math+X. Read More

More than a dozen undergraduates will make presentations on their learning and work experiences at the Nashville Zoo, Nashville Wine Auction, Republic Schools and more. Read More

The Vanderbilt Task Force for Empowerment and Well-Being, a group formed earlier this year to investigate and implement ways to prevent burnout among physicians, will be using an online tool to gather information in the next few weeks to help it with its work. An email containing a link to… Read More

On Aug. 21 millions of people will look skyward as day turns into night when the first coast-to-coast solar eclipse in nearly a century passes over Middle Tennessee. Read More

Join the Outdoor Recreation Center for its used equipment sale on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 8 to 10 a.m. Tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, kayaks and other outdoor recreational equipment will be for sale. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers report a structure of a human metabolic enzyme bound to its substrate 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone. Read More

New Staff Orientation plays a key role in onboarding new staff and welcoming them to the Vanderbilt community. In an ongoing effort to improve the experience and make a lasting impression on our new colleagues, HR has decided to extend the orientation program. Read More