Reporter May 15 2015
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Preventing early pregnancy complications
The enzyme alkaline phosphatase may provide a new therapeutic option for women at high risk of pregnancy complications due to bacterial toxin exposure. Read MoreMay 20, 2015
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Tools for exploring ‘omics’ data
The NetGestalt computing portal integrates vast amounts of data to aid users in finding biologically and clinically relevant information. Read MoreMay 18, 2015
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VU lands $9 million NIH grant to design better flu vaccines
Vanderbilt University researchers have received a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to design more effective flu vaccines and novel antibody therapies. Read MoreMay 15, 2015
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Boosting cell-based heart repair
A metabolic change in adult stem cells makes them less “fit” for regenerative heart therapies, suggesting that strategies to prevent this response may boost the therapeutic usefulness of the cells. Read MoreMay 15, 2015
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School of Medicine graduates embrace future challenges
Bonnie Miller, M.D., senior associate dean for Health Affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, offered some sound advice to the class of 2015 during last week’s commencement ceremony. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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VUSN graduates ready to be positive force in health care
Linda Norman, DSN, R.N., Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing and dean of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, told graduates during Vanderbilt’s Commencement and Investiture ceremonies last week that “nursing today is as influential as when Florence Nightingale defined and organized nursing in the United Kingdom in the 1800s. We are one of the most essential elements in health care delivery today and are being recognized for it.” Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Supportive environment spurs Biomedical Sciences graduates
“It takes a village to raise a scientist.” That’s how Shenika Poindexter describes Vanderbilt University’s approach to graduate training in the biomedical sciences. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Jansen’s cancer research efforts garner recognition
Valerie Malyvanh Jansen, M.D., Ph.D., a third-year medical oncology fellow, recently received several national awards and grants, as well as a Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center fellowship, in recognition of her translational cancer research. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Faculty teaching, research award winners announced
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Spring Faculty Meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, in 208 Light Hall. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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American Surgical Association lauds VUMC’s Beauchamp
R. Daniel Beauchamp, M.D., chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences and the John Clinton Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, was selected to receive the 2015 Flance-Karl Award from the American Surgical Association (ASA). Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Discovery Lecture to feature panel
Three Vanderbilt University scientists will describe “gene-environment interactions in cancer etiology and prevention” at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 21, in 208 Light Hall. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Former Internal Medicine chief Allison dies at 92
Fred Allison Jr., M.D., professor of Medicine, emeritus, and former chief of the Division of Internal Medicine, died May 8 at age 92. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Precision medicine focus of NIH workshop
On May 28-29 at Vanderbilt, the Precision Medicine Initiative Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold a public workshop devoted to research cohorts and electronic health records. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Insights on lysosomal storage diseases
A novel mechanism could point to new therapies for a group of inherited diseases that share pathological features. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Vanderbilt University honors 28 as emeriti faculty
Twenty-eight retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony May 8, when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Read MoreMay 8, 2015