Research
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Policymakers: Teachers’ input is vital
Tennessee lawmakers encouraged aspiring teachers to use their unique perspective to impact education policy decisions during a panel discussion May 5. Read MoreMay 9, 2016
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Panic-proofing, not preventing bubbles, should be focus of U.S. financial policy
A Vanderbilt law professor says Wall Street should be required to make a simple change to protect itself from runs on the market like that in 2008: eliminate the use of short-term debt to fund investments. Read MoreMay 9, 2016
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Search launched for director of Vanderbilt Brain Institute; Emeson to serve as interim
A national search will be launched this fall for the Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente announced today. Current VBI Associate Director Ron Emeson will begin a term as interim director effective July 1. Read MoreMay 9, 2016
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Special education researcher honored by White House
President Barack Obama honored Christopher J. Lemons during the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers at the White House May 5. Read MoreMay 6, 2016
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Engineering students design low-cost health care devices
How about shrink wrapping your hand to have an MRI? Or having a light in a cast to help heal diabetic foot ulcers? These are just some of the devices developed by Vanderbilt engineering students for Design Day 2016. Read MoreMay 6, 2016
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Current cancer drug discovery method flawed: VUMC study
The primary method used to test compounds for anti-cancer activity in cells is flawed, Vanderbilt University researchers reported May 2 in Nature Methods. Read MoreMay 5, 2016
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Faculty awards honor clinical, teaching, research excellence
Less than a week has passed since the reorganization that separated Vanderbilt University from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) became effective April 29, but early signs are very positive, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of VUMC and dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said Tuesday during his Spring Faculty Meeting and Awards Program. Read MoreMay 5, 2016
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Research shows youth sports hazing victims often in denial
The true incidence of hazing in youth sports is unknown because victims don’t report the mistreatment or fail to recognize it as hazing, according to a review of scientific literature on the subject by a team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) researchers. Read MoreMay 5, 2016
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Anesthesiology resident lands research awards
Anesthesiology resident Loren Smith, M.D., Ph.D., recently received two national research awards: the Margaret Wood Resident Research Award, from the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA); and the 2016 Young Investigator Award, from the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA). Read MoreMay 5, 2016
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Drug combos for glioblastoma
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that activation of a certain signaling pathway protects brain cancers from targeted therapies, suggesting that using therapeutics that block both pathways may be a promising treatment. Read MoreMay 3, 2016
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Improving natural killer cancer therapy
A newly discovered mechanism that helps cancer cells avoid destruction by immune system cells may improve immunotherapies. Read MoreApr 29, 2016
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An Argonaute’s voyage to cancer
A genetic mutation that promotes cancer development blocks the normal sorting of a protein called “Argonaute 2.” Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Vanderbilt and UCLA debut SpotCheck website to evaluate political ads
In an election season that will shatter the record for money spent on a presidential campaign, political scientists at Vanderbilt and UCLA have created SpotCheck, a new approach for assessing political ads using internet-based surveys. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Investigators explore African ancestry, Alzheimer’s risk
Higher genomic levels of African ancestry are associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a consortium of investigators reported recently in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Study sheds light on link between autism, GI issues
Researchers at Columbia and Vanderbilt universities have made an important discovery in mice that has implications for understanding the gastrointestinal (GI) problems experienced by some children with autism. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Ehrenfeld to direct VUSM’s education research program
Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D., MPH, associate professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, Surgery and Health Policy, has been named director of education research for the Office of Health Sciences Education. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Study links COPD with increased bacterial invasion
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common smoking-related lung illness and the third leading cause of death in the United States. Scientists have long believed that inhaling toxic gases and particles from tobacco smoke causes inflammation of the small airways in the lungs, leading to the development of COPD. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Zanic’s research recognized with 2016 Searle Scholarship
An expert in the dynamic behavior of the microtubule cytoskeleton at Vanderbilt University is among 15 scientists in the chemical and biological sciences nationwide who have been named 2016 Searle Scholars. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Scientists establish first map of the sea lion brain
A team of neuroscientists at Vanderbilt University has taken an important step toward uncovering the mystery behind the California sea lion's prodigious intelligence by conducting the first comprehensive study of their central nervous systems. Read MoreApr 27, 2016
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College affordability has declined in all 50 states: Report
College affordability has declined in all 50 states since 2008, according to a new report. Read MoreApr 27, 2016