Bill Snyder
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Research at U.S. academic medical centers faces threats to sustainable support
Unstable federal research funding and reductions in health care revenue for academic medical centers threatens to undermine the nation’s biomedical research enterprise, and in turn clinical medicine, which the nation needs now more than ever. Read MoreMay 28, 2015
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VUMC Academic Enterprise Faculty Award winners announced
The 2015 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Academic Enterprise Faculty Awards, which were presented during the May 19 Spring Faculty meeting, included awards for Excellence in Teaching and Outstanding Contributions to Research. Read MoreMay 26, 2015
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Spring Faculty meeting explores VUMC’s future course
The financial reorganization and separation of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center into separate nonprofit entities remains on schedule to occur in early 2016. Read MoreMay 26, 2015
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‘Redesigned’ antibodies may control HIV: study
With the help of a computer program called “Rosetta,” researchers at Vanderbilt University have “redesigned” an antibody that has increased potency and can neutralize more strains of the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than can any known natural antibody. Read MoreMay 21, 2015
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NIH director set for Discovery Lecture
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., will deliver a special Discovery Lecture at Vanderbilt University Medical Center next Thursday, May 28. Read MoreMay 21, 2015
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VU lands $9 million NIH grant to design better flu vaccines
Vanderbilt University researchers have received a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to design more effective flu vaccines and novel antibody therapies. Read MoreMay 15, 2015
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Supportive environment spurs Biomedical Sciences graduates
“It takes a village to raise a scientist.” That’s how Shenika Poindexter describes Vanderbilt University’s approach to graduate training in the biomedical sciences. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Faculty teaching, research award winners announced
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Spring Faculty Meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, in 208 Light Hall. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Discovery Lecture to feature panel
Three Vanderbilt University scientists will describe “gene-environment interactions in cancer etiology and prevention” at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 21, in 208 Light Hall. Read MoreMay 14, 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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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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Kids more likely to react to blood transfusions
Pediatric patients have a significantly higher incidence of transfusion reactions compared to adults, according to a study by Vanderbilt University researchers. Read MoreMay 4, 2015
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Event celebrates new holders of endowed chairs at Vanderbilt
Seven faculty members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements during a celebration April 22 at the Student Life Center. Read MoreApr 24, 2015
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Study reveals biomarker of post-injury spinal cord function
Vanderbilt University researchers have demonstrated, for the first time in a primate model, that injury disrupts neural signaling in the spinal cord and that these changes can be measured non-invasively with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Read MoreApr 23, 2015
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Event celebrates new holders of endowed chairs at Vanderbilt
Seven faculty members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements during a celebration on Wednesday at the Student Life Center. Read MoreApr 23, 2015
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Stanford’s Knudsen set for Discovery Lecture
Stanford University neurobiologist Eric Knudsen, Ph.D., well known for his studies of learning and attention in birds, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture at 4 p.m. April 30 in 208 Light Hall. Read MoreApr 23, 2015
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Lecture explores efforts to move pharmacogenetics into the clinic
Preemptive genotyping: It sounds like a surprise attack, and it is. Read MoreApr 23, 2015
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Vermund named assistant vice chancellor for Global Health
Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., has been named assistant vice chancellor for Global Health in recognition of the growing importance of globalization to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s research, teaching and patient care missions. Read MoreApr 9, 2015
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VU joins national effort to speed Ebola therapy testing
Vanderbilt University researchers have joined a multi-center effort led by Pennsylvania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. to accelerate development of potential antibody therapies against the often-lethal Ebola virus. Read MoreApr 8, 2015
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Panel explores real-world impact of health policy research
Humility, persuasion and a good sense of timing are essential for translating health policy research into real world practice that actually improves the health of Americans, according to former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen. Read MoreApr 2, 2015