Research

Matthew Springer, director of the National Center on Performance Incentives, is one of the Peabody researchers who will be presenting new research at the American Educational Research Association Conference in New Orleans April 8-12. (Anne Rayner / Vanderbilt) The latest research on the nation’s key education issues, from incentive pay… Read More

Research from Peabody College faculty members Donna Ford and Rich Milner is featured in the latest volume released by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Read More

There is a new dark-horse entry in the cosmological sweepstakes. Cosmologists Alan Guth, left, and Paul Steinhardt In the last 50 years, the Big Bang theory has gradually become the standard scientific model for how the universe began and has been written into the grade school science… Read More

If you hear a booming voice singing Beethoven’s Ninth or Verdi’s Requiem in Wesley Place Garage one morning, it’s probably Carl Johnson practicing his repertoire for the Nashville Symphony Chorus. Read More

Although an evaluation of existing treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders found positive results in some studies, better information is needed to target the right treatments to specific children. Read More

Jonathan Haines, director, Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research (Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt researchers, who helped organize a consortium including the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and the Boston University School of Medicine, have identified four new genes linked to… Read More

Researchers have identified a gene that increases the risk for developing sick sinus syndrome – the most common cause for implanting a cardiac pacemaker. Read More

Vanderbilt has received a $10.3 million federal grant to establish a national research resource for mass spectometry. Read More

The brain’s ability to process multiple sensory inputs continues to develop well into childhood, a recent study shows. Read More

A private carbon labeling system could help make a dent in greenhouse gas emissions by leveraging consumer purchasing power. Read More

Brain Blast 2011 featured 35 different ways to learn about the brain, guided by Vanderbilt neuroscience graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty members and other volunteers. More than 100 neuroscientists participated. Read More

A gene signature may be useful in predicting outcomes for patients with rhabdomysarcoma, a form of cancer most commonly diagnosed in children. Read More

People who smoke mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer or die from the disease than are smokers of non-mentholated brands, a new study shows. Read More

Cora Marrett, nominated to serve as deputy director of NSF, speaking at the NSF regional grants conference at Loews Vanderbilt March 21. (Susan Urmy / Vanderbilt) The Loews Vanderbilt Hotel was bustling with scientists, engineers and research administrators March 21 and 22 when Vanderbilt University hosted its… Read More

Vanderbilt professor receives $585,000 March of Dimes grant to identify genes that may predict preterm birth and help in the development of drugs to prevent it. Read More

Combining targeted therapies may increase their effectiveness in treating a common and aggressive form of breast cancer. Read More

Researchers define the protein interactions that establish our organs' lining. Read More

A clear safety culture and “conceptual toolkit” are needed to reduce medical mistakes, research from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management finds. Read More

New molecular views of an enzyme may inform therapies for neurological, psychiatric or cardiac diseases. Read More

A new study finds that when nurses' workloads increase during shifts because of high patient turnover, mortality risk also increases. Read More