Research

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    SEEN: Brains, minds and education

    In the fall of 2012, Vanderbilt launched the nation’s first educational neuroscience doctoral program. This interdisciplinary program brings together Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development and the Vanderbilt Brain Institute to research educational issues within the context of brain science. Read More

    Apr 10, 2013

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    Tabletop plasma generator brings Jupiter’s core to the lab

    A Vanderbilt engineering graduate student has created a small-scale, efficient way to produce high-energy density plasma--the state of matter found in the center of stars and gas giants like Jupiter--with a tabletop device. Read More

    Apr 9, 2013

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    Grant bolsters liver tumor surgery techniques

    A team led by Vanderbilt University biomedical engineer Michael Miga, associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and Neurological Surgery, has been awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to enhance image-guided surgery techniques for safely removing liver tumors. Read More

    Apr 8, 2013

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    ME student selected for 2013 NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program

    Theodore Malik Russell has received early acceptance notice to take part in the 2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md. Read More

    Apr 8, 2013

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    Women with elite education opting out of full-time careers

    ...first-of-its-kind research by Vanderbilt professor of law and economics Joni Hersch shows that female graduates of elite undergraduate universities are working much fewer hours than their counterparts from less selective institutions. Read More

    Apr 8, 2013

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    The accordion: the Rodney Dangerfield of instruments

    Helena Simonett, associate director of the Center for Latin American Studies and adjunct assistant professor at the Blair School of Music, both at Vanderbilt University, believes that the saga of the “the little man’s piano” can tell us something aboutAmerica, especially in terms of class. Read More

    Apr 5, 2013

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    Cancer studies reveal new genetic variants

    The future of cancer is becoming clearer. And it’s not looking so good for cancer. Read More

    Apr 4, 2013

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    Vanderbilt researchers work to balance flu vaccine debate

    Research in the last two years to examine the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine has raised public doubt about the flu shot's effectiveness. But two Vanderbilt researchers co-wrote an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently to help balance the current debate. Read More

    Apr 4, 2013

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    VU’s Arteaga to lead American Association for Cancer Research

    Carlos Arteaga, M.D., professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology at Vanderbilt, has been elected president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2013-2014. Read More

    Apr 4, 2013

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    “Silent” B cells trigger autoimmunity

    Immune cells that recognize self antigens (e.g. insulin), but are functionally silent, can trigger autoimmune diseases such as diabetes. Read More

    Apr 3, 2013

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    Pint’s lab brings first ALD systems to Vanderbilt

    Cary Pint’s lab – Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory in Olin Hall – is close to completion and it brings to Vanderbilt its first two atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, relatively small tools that deposit atomically thin layers of material on virtually any surface. Read More

    Apr 2, 2013

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    Telerobotic system designed to treat bladder cancer

    An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt and Columbia Universities has designed a robotic microsurgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat. Read More

    Apr 2, 2013

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    The trouble with car title loans is NOT people losing their cars

    Less than 10 percent of vehicles involved in car title loans end up being repossessed, according to a new study by a professor from Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

    Apr 1, 2013

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    Fingers and toes: joint forming factor

    The gene Has2 participates in signaling that is important in developing fingers and toes, and may have relevance for cancer development. Read More

    Apr 1, 2013

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    New report offers road map for Nashville public schools

    Addressing demographic shifts, revamping school governance and improving public communication are among the recommendations made for Metro Nashville Public Schools by Claire Smrekar, associate professor of leadership, policy and organization, Vanderbilt senior Hilary Knudson and Candice McQueen, dean of education at David Lipscomb University, in a new report. Read More

    Mar 29, 2013

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    The Atlantic: The touch-screen generation

    Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology. What will it mean for their development? Georgene Troseth, associate professor of psychology, has studied how toddlers interact with screens and is quoted. Read More

    Mar 29, 2013

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    The Hill: Remembering the chemical atttacks against the Kurds

    Twenty-five years ago this March, Iraqi forces coordinated a calculated campaign of genocide against the Kurds, an atrocity that should remind the world that it must rally to the aid of those who suffer from brutal regimes, writes Michael Newton, professor of the practice of law. Read More

    Mar 29, 2013

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    The Tennessean: Preschool effects greatest for those who need it most

    While critics of expanded preschool argue that their cognitive effects fade out after the first few years of schooling, they ignore a body of longer-term evidence that indicates impoverished students who experience a high-quality preschool program are less likely to repeat grades, to spend time in special education, to become teen parents or to get arrested, writes Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development. Read More

    Mar 29, 2013

  • Clinical and translational research at Vanderbilt will be funded over the next five years, thanks to a $46 million renewal grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. (Mary Donaldson/Vanderbilt)

    LiveScience: ‘Mind-blowing’ bacteria reveal inner workings of some infectious diseases

    According to Seth Bordenstein, assistant professor of biological sciences, studying Wolbachia has yielded some surprising new insights on microbial evolution that could help us understand, treat and prevent certain infectious diseases. "It's what gets me up every day and keeps me excited about doing this work." Read More

    Mar 29, 2013

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    Study aimed at keeping executive expertise in government

    Losing experienced employees from federal service jobs can have serious consequences, and there's a good way to lessen the chances of that happening, a new study shows. Read More

    Mar 29, 2013