Arts And Science Research
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Vanderbilt shows largest presence yet at top global climate change conference
A dynamic group of Vanderbilt scholars—all women—with expertise in engineering, earth sciences, sociology and storytelling took to a global stage at the 27th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, better known as COP27. Read MoreFeb 1, 2023
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Five Vanderbilt faculty elected as 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows
Five Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members were elected 2022 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read MoreJan 31, 2023
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Vanderbilt works to help rural Tennessee county solve cancer outbreak mystery
Growing worries among Grundy County, Tennessee, residents about cancer outbreaks within families, churches and neighborhoods have propelled a community partnership drawing on Vanderbilt University’s strengths to develop environmental and health self-assessment tools. Read MoreJan 27, 2023
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Research Snapshot: Tonga volcanic eruption creates foundational knowledge, portends short-term climate effects
A submarine volcanic eruption in the Kingdom of Tonga sheds light on volcanic behavior and new ways to understand the impact of volcanoes on climate. Est. reading time: 2.5 mins. Read MoreJan 23, 2023
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Renã Robinson receives National Institutes of Health grant for faculty success program to promote equity in science
Renã Robinson, Dorothy Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow and professor of chemistry, received $2.04 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to start a program that will help underrepresented minority faculty further their success in STEM. Read MoreJan 18, 2023
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Lars Plate wins Scialog Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and USDA
For his work on zoonotic threat mitigation, Lars Plate was awarded $50,000 from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read MoreJan 17, 2023
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STEM role models inspire future scientists through storytelling
A group of Vanderbilt students with diverse majors joined their creative forces for an immersive writing challenge: Take sophisticated science, technology, engineering and math topics and make them compelling for fourth graders. How did they do it? Through storytelling. Read MoreJan 6, 2023
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Allison Schachter wins Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies
Allison Schachter, associate professor of Jewish studies and English, was awarded the Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies from the Modern Language Association of America. Read MoreDec 15, 2022
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VU graduate student examines Aspergillus genus virulence as part of multi-university study
Annie Hatmaker, along with a team of researchers including her adviser, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biological Sciences Antonis Rokas, recently published a study identifying the differences in virulence among Aspergillus species, a common human-pathogenic genus of fungi. Read MoreDec 7, 2022
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Vanderbilt University awarded $1.1M as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s IE3 Initiative
Vanderbilt University was awarded a grant by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence Community to improve outcomes and persistence in STEM among underrepresented students. Read MoreNov 30, 2022
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Spraggins, Caprioli win $13.6M from NIH to create “atlases” of the brain, kidney and eye
Researchers in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine have received three grants totaling $13.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop molecular “atlases” of the brain, kidney, eye and other tissues. Read MoreNov 18, 2022
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A Path Forward: Amid an unprecedented mental health crisis, Vanderbilt research provides new insights, possible solutions
Psychologists and psychiatrists have sometimes struggled to keep up with the multiplying mental health challenges posed by the pandemic and other recent events, but through studies and interventions, Vanderbilt faculty members are providing new insights into the crisis—as well as the best evidence-based solutions for overcoming it. Read MoreNov 7, 2022
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Five from Vanderbilt participate in SEC Emerging Scholars Program
Five Vanderbilt graduate students recently participated in the SEC Networking and Career Fair hosted by the University of Missouri, part of the SEC Emerging Scholars Program for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars announced earlier this year. Read MoreNov 2, 2022
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Vanderbilt-Ancora partnership advances research for rare form of epilepsy
Research in the Weaver lab leads to discoveries that help secure partnership with Ancora Innovation LLC. “Vanderbilt is at the forefront of genetic research. By understanding the genetic causes of disease opens exciting new opportunities to develop drugs to treat them more effectively,” said Matt Nelson, vice president, genetics and genomics, 3DC at Deerfield Management. Read MoreOct 27, 2022
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Vanderbilt brain scientist Kari Hoffman wins $3.8M grant to test assumptions about learning and memory
Hoffman will use new immersion and brain recording technology to test memory circuits in the brain that are known to play a role in healthy aging, neurodegenerative disease, brain trauma and the most common type of seizures. Read MoreSep 21, 2022
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Vanderbilt biologists discover genetic pathways linking the immune and circulatory systems of mosquitoes during infection
Julián F. Hillyer, professor of biological sciences, and his research team discovered how mosquito immune and circulatory systems are related. This work may lead to the development of novel strategies that protect beneficial insects or harm detrimental ones. Read MoreSep 7, 2022
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Vanderbilt CLACX awarded $1.7 million to build Latin American curriculum, enhance language training
A pair of U.S. Department of Education grants totaling $1.7 million awarded to Vanderbilt University’s Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies will allow for innovation in curriculum and promotion of public awareness about Latin America. Read MoreAug 18, 2022
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Harvey receives prestigious Ford Foundation Senior Fellowship, a first for Vanderbilt
Associate Professor of Anthropology T.S. Harvey has been awarded a Ford Foundation Senior Fellowship—a first for a Vanderbilt faculty member—for his environmental justice and public health work in Guatemala. Harvey is one of only two 2022 recipients of the senior fellowship, which is intended to support research that advances and contributes knowledge to sciences, engineering and medicine. Read MoreAug 12, 2022
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Barrera-Osorio, Dustan receive $400,000 grant to study public-private schools in Bogotá, Colombia
Governments of lower- and middle-income countries increasingly are turning to public-private partnerships to operate schools as an alternative to traditional public schools. Vanderbilt professors Felipe Barrera-Osorio and Andrew Dustan have received a one-year NSF grant in excess of $400,000 to lead an interdisciplinary study on the quality of these partnership schools in Bogotá, Colombia. Read MoreAug 9, 2022
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Research Snapshot: Researchers create algorithm to help predict cancer risk associated with tumor variants
Vanderbilt researchers have developed an active machine learning approach to predict the effects of tumor variants of unknown significance, or VUS, on sensitivity to chemotherapy. Characterizing VUS can maximize clinical care and precision medicine for each patient. Read MoreAug 9, 2022