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Researchers chart new informatics path in tracking disease risk

In a study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, Vanderbilt University’s Jonathan Mosley, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues use genetic correlation to hitch together two unrelated sets of data, one from a longstanding epidemiological cohort and the other from electronic health records. Read More

Commons Reading announced for 2017-18

"Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South" will serve as the Commons Reading for a second year in 2017-18, with members of the incoming first-year class exploring additional themes of the book and participating in new and expanded programming. Read More

A target to heal tiny lungs

The protein beta-catenin may be a good target for therapies to treat lung disease that is a common complication of preterm birth. Read More

Vanderbilt named a top producer of U.S. Fulbright students

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has announced that Vanderbilt University is among the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright U.S. students in 2016-17. Read More

Roundtable: ‘Trade and Migration with Mexico: Facts Versus Rhetoric’ Monday, Feb. 27

A discussion centered around issues of trade and migration with Mexico will be held on Monday, Feb. 27, at the First Amendment Center. Read More

VU Theatre performs absurdist comedy ‘GNIT’

VU Theatre will perform "GNIT," an absurdist comedy partly based on Henrick Ibsen's "Peer Gynt," through Friday, Feb. 24, at Neely Auditorium. Read More

Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart’s biomechanical properties

Scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart’s amazing biomechanical properties in order to study cardiac disease, develop heart drugs. Read More

Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South – Andrew Maraniss, 2.22.17

Watch video of ‘Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South’ by Andrew Maraniss on February 22, 2017. “STRONG INSIDE: Perry… Read More

First Academic Pathways Postdoctoral Fellows Symposium to be held March 2

The Vanderbilt community is invited to attend the finalists' symposium March 2 at Sarratt, featuring research from the humanities, social sciences and life/physical/biomedical sciences. Read More

WOW: ‘Global health and development initiatives in Guinea, the Congo and Kenya’ March 15

International Student and Scholar Services invites you to World on Wednesdays, where the Vanderbilt community engages in presentations, informal conversations and topical lectures on global issues. Read More

Feast your ears on Roomful of Teeth at Employee Appreciation concert, reception March 15

Vanderbilt University employees and their guests are invited to feast their ears on the unique sounds of Grammy Award-winning a cappella group Roomful of Teeth March 15, when the group performs at Ingram Hall as part of the Blair School of Music Spring Concert Series. Read More

Using the Internet for good

Ash Wednesday services offered at Children’s Hospital

Ash Wednesday services will be offered for patients, families, visitors and staff at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

A chance for a cure

Hospice and heart

Get assisted-living care advice at lunch session March 1

On March 1, the Vanderbilt Child and Family Center’s “Boomers, Elders and More” series welcomes Sandra F. Simmons, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatrics, to help employees learn more about how to choose a care facility that meets their loved ones’ needs. Read More

My Southern Health: Tips to encourage healthier eating as a family

Getting the entire family committed to healthier eating might seem overwhelming, but with a few small changes, you can make a big difference. Read More

Risk of death in sickle cell disease

Two factors commonly used to evaluate patients with sickle cell disease are associated with each other and can predict increased mortality, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Heinrich named AERA Fellow

Vanderbilt education professor Carolyn J. Heinrich is among 14 scholars selected as 2017 fellows by the American Educational Research Association. Read More

New system will guide behavior analysis in the classroom

Blair Lloyd's study is supported by a $400,000 early career grant from the Institute of Education Sciences. Read More