School Of Medicine
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New faculty: Lisa Monteggia
Lisa Monteggia is professor of pharmacology and Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute. Read MoreNov 12, 2018
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New faculty: Jeanette Bauchat
Jeanette Bauchat is associate professor of anesthesiology. Read MoreNov 12, 2018
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Nominations open for Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar
Nominations for the Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar are now open. The deadline is Monday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m. Read MoreNov 5, 2018
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School of Medicine seeking nominations for Research Staff Awards
Nominations for the School of Medicine Research Staff Awards are now open. The deadline is Monday, Dec. 10, at 5 p.m. Read MoreNov 2, 2018
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Team’s findings show glutamine metabolism affects T cell signaling
Jeffrey Rathmell and colleagues show that a drug that inhibits glutamine metabolism — currently in clinical trials as an anticancer agent — might also be useful as a treatment for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Read MoreNov 1, 2018
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Team seeks to identify immune response to influenza
Vanderbilt researchers led by Buddy Creech are searching for the key to lasting protection against influenza by examining naturally protecting cells found in bone marrow. Read MoreNov 1, 2018
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Mary Kay Foundation grant to bolster immunotherapy research
The grant will allow Charles Caskey to lead research into using ultrasound as an image-guided therapy for drug delivery. Read MoreOct 26, 2018
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Probing the pathology of impaired cognition
A new link between a support protein within the brain's white matter and known Alzheimer's biomarkers discovered by Angela Jefferson and colleagues bring researchers a step toward earlier and more precise detection of neuropathology underlying cognitive impairment that may lead to new targeted therapies Read MoreOct 26, 2018
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Rothamel selected as Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar
Katherine Rothamel, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been selected as the 2017 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar. Read MoreOct 25, 2018
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Carpenter named director, to boost Public Policy Studies
Kitt Carpenter, recently named director of the College of Arts and Science's Public Policy Studies, is working to boost the program's appeal to an even wider set of Vanderbilt students. Read MoreOct 25, 2018
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Miller to retire; Brady named successor as senior associate dean for health sciences education
After more than three decades of service to Vanderbilt, Bonnie Miller, senior associate dean for health sciences education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will retire from her leadership position July 1, 2019. Miller will be succeeded by Donald Brady, senior associate dean for graduate medical education and continuing professional development. Read MoreOct 17, 2018
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Targeting diabetic kidney disease
Raymond Harris, Ming-Zhi Zhang and colleagues suggest pathways activated by the epidermal growth factor receptor may be promising targets for treating diabetic kidney disease. Read MoreOct 16, 2018
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Asthma’s androgen connection
New findings by Dawn Newcomb and colleagues suggest an explanation for why women are more prone to asthma than men. Read MoreOct 16, 2018
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Cellular stress defense
Research led by Sanjay Mishra, and colleagues suggests modular sHSP architecture contributes to the ability of heat-protective proteins to serve as chaperones for a range of unfolded proteins. Read MoreOct 16, 2018
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Insulin accelerant
Reducing nitric oxide helps insulin move more quickly through blood vessels, find David Wasserman and colleagues. Read MoreOct 16, 2018
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Bradley Malin elected to National Academy of Medicine
Bradley Malin, professor of biomedical informatics, biostatistics and computer science, is among 85 newly elected members of the National Academy of Medicine. Read MoreOct 16, 2018
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Novel genetic study sheds new light on risk of heart attack
Loss of a protein that regulates mitochondrial function can greatly increase the risk of a heart attack, report Eric Gamazon, Sandra Zinkel and graduate students Christie Salisbury-Ruf and Clinton Bertram in new research. Read MoreOct 11, 2018
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Team’s study reveals hidden lives of medical biomarkers
The hidden lives of medical biomarkers are the focus of a recent study in Nature Communications by Jonathan Mosley. Read MoreOct 11, 2018
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Fat tissue’s “iron sink”
New research by Alyssa Hasty and colleagues shows that a certain immune cell can absorb excess iron that can compromise healthy fat tissue. Read MoreOct 4, 2018
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Stretch, inflammation and hypertension
New research by David Harrison and colleagues sheds light on how changes in mechanical forces in the aorta enhance immune cell activation thus promoting hypertension. Read MoreOct 4, 2018