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VUCast: Engineers help dog walk, caving for clues, and students on the run!
In the latest VUCast: See a rescue dog walk again, thanks to Vanderbilt engineering students; learn what we found when we followed climate researchers underground; and the Class of 2019 runs for the Commodores! Watch now. Read MoreSep 10, 2015
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Grants spur effort to add genetic data to EMR
Vanderbilt University researchers have received two major federal grants — totaling $7.6 million over four years — to support groundbreaking research aimed at making genetic information a routine part of patients’ electronic medical records. Read MoreSep 10, 2015
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Diabetes trial targets body’s ability to produce insulin
Kiersten Eaddy had long looked forward to her high school graduation day and joining her classmates to celebrate the accomplishment. Read MoreSep 10, 2015
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Initiative seeks to bolster ‘rediscovery research’
The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) is partnering with a public charity, Cures Within Reach, to encourage “rediscovery research,” the “repurposing” of already approved medical treatments to other conditions or diseases for which there are no “universally” effective therapies. Read MoreSep 10, 2015
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Dean Kim, general counsel, North American business units, Bridgestone Americas
The J.D./M.B.A. Dean Kim earned at Vanderbilt in 1997 was an excellent preparation for his current position, where he uses both his legal and management expertise. Since June 2014, Kim has managed the legal departments of four different Bridgestone subsidiaries. He had spent the three years before his promotion last… Read MoreSep 9, 2015
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Vitamin C protects blood vessel lining
Dietary vitamin C may maintain healthy blood vessels in patients with inflammatory diseases. Read MoreSep 4, 2015
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Bad “traffic” linked to cancer
Understanding how signaling molecules are transported within and out of the cell may help to uncover the causes of certain cancers. Read MoreSep 3, 2015
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Study to compare benefits of bariatric surgery methods
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are participating in a national study to compare the health benefits and safety of three main methods of bariatric, or weight-loss surgery. Read MoreSep 3, 2015
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt holds construction expansion celebration
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt held a celebration Tuesday to mark the launch of construction on the hospital’s latest expansion, which will add four floors of new space atop the hospital’s existing structure. Patients and families, joined by community supporters and Vanderbilt leaders, gathered to celebrate… Read MoreSep 2, 2015
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A Foot in Both Camps: J.D./M.D.’s work at the intersection of medicine, public policy and ethics
Vanderbilt’s J.D./M.D. program, started in 2001, was designed to allow students to become fully engrossed in each school separately, ensuring the development of two distinct viewpoints during their six years of study. While graduates tend to practice in just one of the professions, their studies allow remarkable insights into today’s… Read MoreSep 1, 2015
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Expanded Horizons: Formal dual-degree programs extend beyond the practice of law
Vanderbilt’s formal dual-degree programs attract students whose career ambitions and perspectives extend beyond the practice of law. Read MoreAug 22, 2015
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Vanderbilt researchers promise #WeWillNotGiveUp until diseases are cured!
In the latest VUCast: Learn how researchers behind a life-saving social media campaign are promising #WeWillNotGiveUp; find out how your brain "sees" in the dark; and hear about the No. 1 ranking that's making Vanderbilt students happy. Watch now! Read MoreAug 17, 2015
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New TRIAD roles allow for expanded autism services
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) is changing its leadership structure to keep pace with its rapidly expanding portfolio of autism training, services and research. Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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VUMC study shifts thinking on how bone fractures heal
New findings show that fibrin, a protein that was thought to play a key role in fracture healing, is not required, shifting understanding of how fractures heal. Read MoreAug 13, 2015
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Meet Vanessa Beasley, new dean of The Ingram Commons
VIDEO» As dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, Beasley serves as the academic leader, mentor and senior administrator of the first-year student experience at Vanderbilt. Read MoreAug 11, 2015
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New targeted therapy shows promise for rare joint tumor
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators and colleagues at several major medical centers have been testing a new targeted therapy that is showing promise for the treatment of a rare tumor that forms in and around joint cavities. Read MoreAug 6, 2015
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Exercise during teen years linked to lowered risk of cancer death later
Women who exercised during their teen years were less likely to die from cancer and all other causes during middle-age and later in life, according to a new study by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Shanghai Cancer Institute in China. Read MoreAug 4, 2015
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center again ranked among nation’s elite by U.S. News and World Report
U.S. News and World Report has again named Vanderbilt University Medical Center among the premier specialty care providers in the nation as well as the No. 1 hospital in the Metro Nashville area and the No. 1 hospital in Tennessee. Read MoreJul 21, 2015
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VUMC joins Human Vaccine Project as first scientific hub
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the Human Vaccines Project and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced this week that VUMC has become the project’s first scientific hub. Read MoreJul 16, 2015
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Biochemistry’s Hodges stays grounded in joy of discovery
Albert Einstein once wrote, “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” For Emily Hodges, Ph.D., that awakening occurred in a high school science class taught by Trudy Anderson, Ed.D. “She made science exciting,” Hodges said. Read MoreJul 16, 2015