VINSE outreach program reaches milestone
Mar. 30, 2017—Students from Portland High School and Kenwood High School visited the VINSE labs on March 8. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering recently hosted its 100th group of Middle Tennessee high school students for a daylong field trip to the VINSE laboratories, giving the students hands-on experience in science and technology....
Free events planned for National Public Health Week April 3–7
Mar. 28, 2017—The Vanderbilt Master of Public Health program will host a series of free campus events in celebration of National Public Health Week April 3–7. All are welcome to attend. Event topics include Nashville’s standing as a healthy city, the role of mentors in public health, lessons from Iceland in child development and health behavior, the...
Vanderbilt study finds natural chemical helps brain adapt to stress
Mar. 28, 2017—A natural signaling molecule that activates cannabinoid receptors in the brain plays a critical role in stress-resilience — the ability to adapt to repeated and acute exposures to traumatic stress, according to researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The findings in a mouse model could have broad implications for the potential treatment and prevention of...
Memorial service for Professor Vivien Casagrande set for April 12
Mar. 24, 2017—Casagrande A memorial service is being held April 12 by the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology in honor of former faculty member Vivien Casagrande, who died Jan. 21 at the age of 74. On the Vanderbilt faculty since 1975, she was a research professor of cell and developmental biology, professor of ophthalmology and visual...
Match Day reveals medical students’ residency locations
Mar. 23, 2017—
Emerging Scholar
Mar. 23, 2017—(photo by Joe Howell) Rene Raphemot, Ph.D., third from left, a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow at Duke University, delivered the inaugural Discovery Science Emerging Scholars Lecture at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine last week. Attending the lecture were, from left, Joey Barnett, Ph.D., Linda Sealy, Ph.D., and Jerod Denton, Ph.D., Raphemot’s graduate school...
Match Day reveals medical students’ residency locations
Mar. 23, 2017—During last week’s Match Day, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Jacqueline Morrison reacts after learning she’s headed to Philadelphia Children’s Hospital for her residency in Pediatrics. (photo by Anne Rayner) Leah Vance and T.J. Utset-Ward were anatomy partners in the first year of medical school, became inseparable study buddies and then best friends. They...
Richard B. Johnston Jr., BA’57, MD’61 is Vanderbilt University Distinguished Alumnus
Mar. 16, 2017—Richard B. Johnston Jr., BA’57, MD’61—a renowned immunologist and pediatrician who has dedicated his life’s work to improving the health of children—is the recipient of the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award. The honor is the highest bestowed to a member of the university’s alumni community. Established in 1996 by Vanderbilt’s Alumni Association, the...