Brighter Ventures
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Celebrating five years of investment in innovation: Brighter Ventures Student Award granted to Victoria Howard to support artificial intelligence–driven vaccine design
Artificial intelligence is transforming biomedical research, and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences is preparing the next generation of scientists to lead that future through the Brighter Ventures Student Award. The 2026 recipient is Victoria Howard. Read MoreAugust 27, 2026
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2025 Brighter Ventures Student Award granted to Adoma Manful for research on lung cancer disparities and outcomes
Adoma Manful, a Ph.D. student in epidemiology, won the 2025 Brighter Ventures Student Award for her research on improving lung cancer screening equity and addressing algorithmic bias in precision medicine tools. Read MoreAugust 1, 2025
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Leigh Anne Tang wins 2024 Brighter Ventures Award
Leigh Anne Tang won the 2024 Brighter Ventures Award for her efforts to leverage health care artificial intelligence to influence the overdose crisis. She is the first Ph.D. student at Vanderbilt to work with the state on this type of translational research. Read MoreNovember 21, 2024
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Inaugural Brighter Ventures Student Award granted to Linh Trinh for cell fate research
Linh Trinh, a cell and developmental biology Ph.D. student, won the inaugural Brighter Ventures Student Award for her research on the Sox17 gene and its surrounding regulatory network shape cell fate during organ development. The award was established by pharmacology alum Laurent Audoly, PhD’97, and his wife Olga Granaturova. Read MoreAugust 1, 2022