BRET

The Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute, an initiative from the Vanderbilt University Graduate School, recognized over 130 students from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences with awards during the 2023–24 academic year. Read More

The prestigious fellowship program assists exceptional graduate students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees across various fields, including science, technology, engineering, mathematics, STEM education and social sciences supported by NSF. Read More

Sonja Fulmer, a graduate of Chemical and Physical Biology Program who is now the deputy director of the FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence, sat down with us to discuss her experience studying basic science at Vanderbilt and how it played a role in her successful career. Read More

On average, each graduating student published four scientific papers based on their graduate work. Their research appeared in highly respected journals including Nature, Cell, Human Molecular Genetics and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, according to Abigail Brown, PhD, director of the Biomedical Research Education and Training Office of Outcomes Research. Read More

Vanderbilt graduate students traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop to learn from experts about the role of science in policymaking and the federal policy-making process. The Vanderbilt Office of Federal Relations has been sponsoring graduate students to participate in the AAAS CASE workshop for a decade. Read More

Jennifer Zachry, graduate of the Department of Pharmacology who is now the director of business development at Orion Therapeutic, sat down with us to discuss her experience at the School of Medicine Basic Sciences and how it played a role in her successful career. Read More

The new award celebrates the scientific relationship between  a mentor and trainee pair by providing them with $4,000 to attend a national conference in the trainee's research field. Read More

Fourteen biomedical sciences students from across the School of Medicine Basic Sciences and the School of Medicine have been awarded the Provost Pathbreaking Discovery Award from the Graduate School. Read More

  Walter Chazin, Ph.D., received a B.Sc. in chemistry from McGill University in 1975 and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Concordia University in Montreal in 1983. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Kurt Wüthrich at the E.T.H. in Switzerland (2002 Nobel laureate in Chemistry). After 13… Read More

Walter Chazin, Chancellor’s Chair in Medicine and professor of biochemistry and chemistry, has been named senior associate dean of biomedical research education and training. Kathleen Gould, Louise B. McGavock Chair, is stepping down from the role after 14 years with the BRET Office to return her focus to her research program in the department of cell and developmental biology. Read More