Stephen Doster

The NIH has released its final guide notice clarifying its longstanding policy on foreign sub-award and consortium agreements. This applies to all U.S. NIH grants with a sub-contract to a foreign institution. This guide is in response to audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General… Read More

The NIH has released its final guide notice clarifying its longstanding policy on foreign sub-award and consortium agreements. This applies to all U.S. NIH grants with a sub-contract to a foreign institution. This guide is in response to audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General… Read More

Erin Calipari, associate professor of pharmacology and associate director of the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, has received a grant of nearly $2 million from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to understand what happens in the brain that makes… Read More

Research by David Merryman and Craig Lindsley has resulted in the development of VU6047534, a new drug that treats pulmonary arterial hypertension—a type of high blood pressure that affects arteries in the lungs and in the heart—without serious neurological side effects. The article, “Development of a Peripherally Restricted… Read More

Nancy Carrasco, MD Please join us in congratulating Nancy Carrasco, Joe C. Davis Chair in Biomedical Science and chair of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, for receiving the 2024 Award for the Biophysics of Health and Disease from the Biophysical Society. Carrasco’s lab focuses on understanding… Read More

The Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation has awarded a three-year grant to support research led by Houra Merrikh, PhD, professor of Biochemistry, and Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD, the Benjamin F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Oncology and director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, to create an anti-evolution drug… Read More

Vivian Gama, PhD Vivian Gama, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, has been named the new associate dean for equity and inclusive mentoring as of Sept. 1. “In order to build upon our past and current efforts, we are excited to name Vivian Gama as associate dean of equity… Read More

Vivian Gama, PhD Vivian Gama, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, has been named the new associate dean for equity and inclusive mentoring as of Sept. 1. “In order to build upon our past and current efforts, we are excited to name Vivian Gama as associate dean of equity… Read More

Lourdes Estrada, PhD, is the newly named assistant dean of Health Equity Education in the School of Medicine. Estrada is also a professor of Biochemistry, associate director of Academic Programs & Operations for the Medical Scientist Training Program and director of Vanderbilt Academy for Excellence in Education. Read More

In a landmark achievement, Neil Dani, an assistant professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, has been named a 2023 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar. The prestigious grant program supports early-career biomedical scholars who adopt bold and innovative approaches to fundamental… Read More