School Of Medicine
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Shade Tree Trot, other events help raise funds for student-run clinic
The 2018 Shade Tree Trot, which took place April 21, was a great success, raising $98,000, in combination with funds from the Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction, to support the medical student-run Shade Tree Clinic, which provides care to the underserved population of Nashville. Read MoreMay 3, 2018
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Looking beyond the ‘magic bullet’ approach to drug discovery
Vanderbilt scientists have developed a new process that can rapidly and inexpensively identify personalized cancer drugs derived from nature. Read MoreMay 1, 2018
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Ferrini family establishes scholarships at Vanderbilt law, medical schools to honor son’s memory
Two new scholarships at Vanderbilt University—one at Vanderbilt Law School, the other at the School of Medicine—have been named in honor of alumnus Rick Ferrini, JD’11. Read MoreApr 30, 2018
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GME reunion
Former Vanderbilt University School of Medicine associate deans of Graduate Medical Education (GME) Fred Kirchner Jr., MD, (1988-2007), left, and Dennis Wentz, MD, who was the first associate dean for GME (1978-88), right, recently reunited with current senior associate dean Donald Brady, MD, who took the helm in 2008. Read MoreApr 26, 2018
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Self care, mindfulness key to decreasing burnout: speaker
It’s not often that a keynote speaker will ask his audience to close their eyes and tune him out, but that’s what Aviad “Adi” Haramati, PhD, did when delivering the 2018 John E. Chapman Lecture. Read MoreApr 26, 2018
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Department of Cell and Developmental Biology hosts Cell Dynamics Symposium May 24–25
The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology within the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine hosts its second Cell Dynamics Symposium May 24–25 in Wilson Hall. Read MoreApr 20, 2018
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Next Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture is May 3, featuring Ishmail Abdus-Saboor
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the School of Medicine's next Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture with the topic is "Genetic Interrogation of Neural Circuit Mechanisms for Pain." Read MoreApr 19, 2018
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School of Medicine students to take part in ethics fellowship
Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) students were recently chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) to participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland that uses the conduct of physicians in Nazi-occupied Europe as a way to reflect on medical ethics today. Read MoreApr 19, 2018
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My Southern Health: Why wearing a motorcycle helmet is so important
Dr. Oscar D Guillamondegui shares why you owe it to your family to know the facts about motorcycle helmet safety. Read MoreApr 12, 2018
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Kathleen Gould wins SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Kathleen Gould, Louise B. McGavock Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, is Vanderbilt’s winner of the 2018 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. Read MoreApr 2, 2018
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ArtLab explores intersections of art and science
Whether art can boost a scientist's creativity is just one of the intriguing questions a group of faculty, students and staff explore in ArtLab, an ongoing workshop started by a postdoctoral student. Read MoreApr 2, 2018
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Vanderbilt graduate schools named among nation’s best
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) are again named among the Best Graduate Schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report in its 2019 rankings released online March 20. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Novel research explores way to restore silenced voices
A 2011 cicada swarm is leading to transinstitutional research at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop a surgical planning tool to help restore speech for people with vocal fold paralysis. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Match Day reveals residency locations for VUSM students
Fourth-year medical students Katie DesPrez and Joe Wick met at orientation during their first year at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Vanderbilt graduate schools among the nation’s best
Vanderbilt University’s graduate schools remain among the nation’s best, according to the latest "U.S. News & World Report" rankings. Read MoreMar 20, 2018
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Honoring Malcolm
Arnold Malcolm, MD, MBA, left, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, and André Churchwell, MD, pose with the portrait of Malcolm that was unveiled at a special reception last week honoring his career accomplishments and service to the Medical Center and School of Medicine. Read MoreMar 15, 2018
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Shade Tree Clinic adapts to changing healthcare landscape
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student-run Shade Tree Clinic was founded in 2004 as a means to provide primary care to Nashville’s uninsured population and to allow medical and nursing students to receive valuable hands-on training while providing healthcare to those in need. Read MoreMar 15, 2018
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt University expand partnership to develop novel treatment approaches for cancer
New agreement will pursue therapies targeting MCL1 (myeloid cell leukemia 1), which is highly prevalent in many difficult-to-treat cancers. Read MoreMar 14, 2018
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Norrby to deliver Flexner Dean’s Lecture March 12
Erling Norrby, MD, PhD, a world authority on viruses, will present his lecture, "A Foray into Nobel Prizes: The Action Potential, Cholesterol and Maturing Molecular Biology," Monday, March 12 at noon in 208 Light Hall. His lecture is part of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series. Read MoreMar 8, 2018
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Research conducted by medical students recognized at events
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Meharry Medical College and Tennessee State University Cancer Partnership recently hosted the 2018 annual retreat and poster contest, “Health Disparities in Cancer Immunology & Immune Therapy.” Read MoreMar 8, 2018