Research
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NIH awards $11.6 million grant to Vanderbilt, Miami and Meharry for new center to study precision medicine and health disparities
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the University of Miami and Meharry Medical College were recently awarded a five-year, $11.6 million grant to launch a new center that will enable research using precision medicine to eradicate health disparities, specifically those among African-Americans and Latinos. Read MoreMay 25, 2016
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Chloride “switch” turns on membrane formation: study
Chloride plays a key role in the formation of the basement membrane, a suprastructure on the outside of cells that undergirds and guides the function of most of the tissues of the body. Read MoreMay 23, 2016
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Brazil: Impeachment, Zika, and the Summer Olympics 2016
Latin American historian Marshall Eakin will discuss the impact of recent political and economic turmoil in Brazil on the Summer Olympics when he speaks at 6:30 p.m. June 6 at the Williamson County Library. Read MoreMay 20, 2016
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School for Science and Math honors 23 MNPS seniors
The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt honored 23 high school students from five Metro Nashville Public Schools. Read MoreMay 19, 2016
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For women re-entering workforce, sharing personal information may get you hired
New first-of-its-kind research from two Vanderbilt Law School economists contradicts conventional wisdom and finds a female applicant strongly raises her chances of getting hired if she gives personal information clarifying her resume gaps. Read MoreMay 19, 2016
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The Chronicle of Higher Education: Building a Better ‘Bridge’ to the Ph.D.
The Fisk-Vanderbilt Master's-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program, which supports minority STEM graduate students, is the subject of a feature story in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read MoreMay 19, 2016
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Vanderbilt Poll: Trump leads Clinton in Tennessee by nine points
Donald Trump is leading in the presidential election in Tennessee, but his support slipped noticeably after the Indiana Primary on May 3. Read MoreMay 19, 2016
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New center to study genomic privacy concerns
Researchers at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine have received a four-year, $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a new center for the study of privacy concerns associated with the use of genomic information, the NIH announced this week. Read MoreMay 19, 2016
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VUMC to be site for national malnutrition study
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the test site for a nationwide initiative to address the longstanding problem of malnutrition in hospital patients. Read MoreMay 19, 2016
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Slave records digital archive receives ACLS Extension Grant
The American Council of Learned Societies has awarded a digital extension grant to a project historian Jane Landers has led since 2003 to preserve endangered African and Afro-descended slave records. Read MoreMay 18, 2016
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Free symposium on autism, neuroscience and perceptual thinking
“Neuro-diverse: A Symposium on Autism, Neuroscience and Perceptual Thinking” and an associated evening lecture – both free and open to the public – will take place on the Vanderbilt campus Monday, May 23. Read MoreMay 18, 2016
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Isler named one of ‘National Geographic’s’ first Emerging Explorers
Observational astrophysicist Jedidah Isler, a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt, has been selected as a member of the National Geographic Society's inaugural class of Emerging Explorers. Read MoreMay 18, 2016
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Study finds menthol cigarettes do not further increase smokers’ cardiovascular disease, stroke risk
Smoking is deleterious to health, but smokers who prefer menthol cigarettes to nonmenthol can breathe a sigh of relief…for now. Read MoreMay 17, 2016
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New pain medicine from a fungus?
Collybolide – a natural product isolated from a mushroom – is a promising candidate for the development of non-addictive pain medicines. Read MoreMay 13, 2016
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Student rocketeers win fourth national championship in a row
Vanderbilt student rocketeers have won NASA’s Orbital-ATK University Student Launch competition for the fourth year in a row. Read MoreMay 12, 2016
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Symposium highlights research contributions of postdoctoral fellows
It is widely assumed that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are insensitive to pain due to the wide prevalence of self-injurious behaviors. A new study at Vanderbilt University Medical Center suggests that this may not be true. Read MoreMay 12, 2016
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COX-2 blocker could help PTSD
COX-2 inhibitors – used clinically to reduce inflammation and pain – may find new applications for treating PTSD and other stress-related psychiatric disorders like major depression. Read MoreMay 12, 2016
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Family, food and fun: Vanderbilt helps empower kid chefs
Vanderbilt and several community partners have collaborated on a nutrition program in which children help their families eat healthier cuisine. Read MoreMay 11, 2016
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When a company brings shame to workers, employees look for the exit
Workers who heavily tied their personal identity to their job felt the strongest sense of shame when their company was caught doing something bad, according to new research. Read MoreMay 9, 2016
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New study supports natural causes, not alien activity, explain mystery star’s behavior
The results of a new study make it far less likely that KIC 8462852, popularly known as Tabby’s star, is the home of industrious aliens who are gradually enclosing it in a vast shell called a Dyson sphere, a theory that went viral over the past year. Read MoreMay 9, 2016