Department News

Roxana Loperena’s poster takes first place

May. 12, 2016—Roxana Loperena from David Harrison's laboratory recently won first place in the poster competition at Vanderbilt's Cardiovascular Symposium.

Roxana Loperena receives an F31 National Research Service Award

May. 12, 2016—Roxana Loperena recently received an F31 National Research Service Award for her pre-doctoral work in David Harrison's laboratory.

Adrian Cadar is an author on a paper in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Apr. 28, 2016—Adrian Cadar is an author on a paper in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters on development of Hedgehog-signaling pathway inhibitors.

MPB lends a hand to the AHA’s Hands on Heart

Apr. 28, 2016—American Heart Association (AHA)-funded Alyssa Hasty, Leslie Roteta, Christian Marks, and Reid Bolus participated in the Rutherford County “Hands on Heart” AHA event. They shared their work with various AHA fund raisers and donors, representing AHA-related topics such as fatty liver disease, stroke, and obesity-related cardiometabolic disease.

The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation recognizes the work of Danny Winder.

Apr. 28, 2016—The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation recently highlighted collaborative work between Dr. Winder's lab and Sachin Patel's lab on treatments for depressive-like behavior following alchohol abstinence.

Adrian Cadar Awarded a Carl Storm Fellowship

Apr. 28, 2016—At the Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms Gordon Research Conference Adrian Cadar received the 2016 Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship

Adrian Cadar receives a VICTR NCATS award

Apr. 28, 2016—Adrian Cadar has received a research award from Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for a proposal titled "Real-time titin dynamics in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes."

Hasty becomes Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Fellow

Apr. 22, 2016—Alyssa Hasty has been accepted as a Fellow in the 2016-2017 Class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.

Linda Sealy given the Joseph A. Johnson Distinguished Leadership Professor Award

Apr. 22, 2016—Linda Sealy is the first recipient of the Joseph A. Johnson Jr. Distinguished Leadership Professor Award. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced the award at the Spring Faculty Assembly. Linda was awarded this honor for contributions to the university that have enhanced equity, diversity, and inclusion in the university’s academic endeavors.

Sachin Patel receives Presidential Early Career Award

Mar. 26, 2016—Associate Professor Sachin Patel of both Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Psychiatry, is one of 106 researchers named today by President Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The Presidential Early Career Award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the...

Kim Ramil Montaniel in David Harrison’s lab wins 2nd place in the 3 Minute Thesis Competition

Mar. 1, 2016—Kim Ramil Montaniel in David Harrison's lab won second place in the 2016 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition. The 3MT was developed by The University of Queensland. The purpose of the competion is to present the student's graduate work to a general audience in 3 minutes. The Graduate Student Council at Vanderbilt University began hosting an annual 3MT competition...

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