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In recognition of Better Hearing and Speech Month in May, the Vanderbilt Audiology Clinic in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is offering free hearing screenings to Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center employees May 1-3. Read More

The Center for Research on Men’s Health at Vanderbilt University is conducting a weight-loss program in the Nashville area. TailorMade: Solutions for Your Health is specifically tailored to overweight and obese African American men ages 35-64. Read More

On Friday, April 26, at 2:07 a.m., Vanderbilt University Public Safety was notified of an armed robbery that occurred in the shuttle lot near Natchez Trace. Read More

Qiangjun Zhou, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, will present "Molecular Mechanism of Neurotransmitter Release: Locked Until the Last Millisecond" on Tuesday, April 30, at 11 a.m. The talk will be in MRBIII, Room 3131. The event is hosted by the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. Read More

Valentina Greco, professor of genetics at Yale University, will present "Principles of Tissue Dynamics and Function Captured by Live Imaging" on Monday, April 29, beginning at 12:15 p.m. The lectured will be in MRBIII, Room 1220. Read More

Get ready to be inspired by real-life Vanderbilt success stories. Health Plus has invited five Vanderbilt employees to share their successes with weight loss, healthy living, and working with a lifestyle coach. Read More

Join Vanderbilt in celebrating Global Employee Health and Fitness Month in May. Health Plus will offer Know Your Numbers stations throughout the month for staff to check blood pressure and BMI. Participants will be entered into a drawing for great prizes. Read More

The Regression Modeling Strategies (RMS) short course, taught by Dr. Frank Harrell, runs Tuesday, May 14, through Friday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily and is held in Vanderbilt's Alumni Hall, Room 201. This course is intended for statisticians and related quantitative researchers who want to learn some general model development strategies, including approaches to missing data imputation, data reduction, model validation, and relaxing linearity assumptions. Read More

Adam Habib, vice chancellor and principal of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, will join Jeff Balser, dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and chief executive officer of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Edwin Trevathan, director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health and Amos Christie Chair in Global Health, for a conversation on Thursday, May 2, on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may submit one proposal for the Edward Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant Program. The foundation supports early stage investigators engaged in basic biomedical research that has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis or treatment of disease. Read More

“Ambassadors of Autism,” a fine art exhibit designed to raise awareness of autism, those who are on the spectrum and their abilities, and those dealing with autism in various roles, will open at the Curb Center at Vanderbilt on Friday, April 26. An opening reception is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Read More

Author Andrea Wulf will speak at Vanderbilt about her book, The Invention of Nature, on Monday, April 29, at 4:00 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. Read More

The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust welcomes inquiries from organizations seeking funding for projects that meet its funding interests in ornamental horticulture. Vanderbilt may submit one application to the grant program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one proposal to the American Honda Foundation's Grants for Youth Education and Scientific Education. The American Honda Foundation engages in grant making that reflects the basic tenets, beliefs and philosophies of Honda companies, which are characterized by the following qualities: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward-thinking, scientific, humanistic and innovative. We support youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in addition to the environment. Read More

Northwestern University professor Joel Mokyr will discuss “Secular Stagnation: Is Economic Growth a Matter of the Past?” on Tuesday, April 23, in Wilson Hall, Room 126. Read More

Typical children age 3-17 years needed for a research study that will look at how eye movements and brain activity measure response to spoken words. Participation in this study requires a one-time visit to Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for one hour. Read More

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2020 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program. This program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2020 Pew Biomedical Scholars Award. The award supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to human health.  Read More

Health Plus offers "Babies and You", a work site prenatal health promotion program for faculty/staff, spouses, and/or dependent children who become pregnant. Read More

A new session of the Weight Watchers at Work program is about to begin. You’re invited to an open house on Wednesday, April 17, beginning at 11 a.m. in 5163 Doctors’ Office Tower at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More