Class of 2020 Welcome Picnic hosted by Dean Fleming
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New VUSM program set to spur innovation in medical education
Jul. 28, 2016—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recently awarded its inaugural Faculty Fellowship to Advance Medical Education (FAME). The FAME program’s $250,000 in funding will support selected medical educators interested in developing and implementing projects designed to support learning across all phases of medical education, while also improving patient care. The program was made possible by a...
Support first-year School of Medicine Ph.D. students through Simple Beginnings
Jul. 26, 2016—(Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt University School of Medicine first-year Ph.D. students are embarking on an exciting time in their lives and careers this fall as they begin their biomedical sciences research at Vanderbilt. Faculty and staff have the special opportunity to welcome them to our community by making a gift to sponsor the Simple Beginnings ceremony....
Memorial service offers chance for sharing, reflection
Jul. 21, 2016—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Efi Akam reads a poem at Wednesday’s Memorial Service for Recent Victims of Violence in America and the World. (photo by John Russell) Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) held a Memorial Service for Recent Victims of Violence in America and the World on Wednesday to give faculty, staff and...
Osheroff to direct Academy for Excellence in Education
Jul. 21, 2016— Neil Osheroff, Ph.D., has been named director of the Academy for Excellence in Education. He succeeds Lillian Nanney, Ph.D., who served as director since the Academy’s inception in 2007. Neil Osheroff, Ph.D., is the new director of Vanderbilt’s Academy for Excellence in Education. (photo by John Russell) Osheroff, professor of Biochemistry and Medicine, is...
Churchwell named chief diversity officer for VUMC
Jul. 15, 2016—Andre Churchwell, the Levi Watkins Jr. M.D. Chair, professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and senior associate dean for Diversity Affairs, has been named to serve in the newly created role of Chief Diversity Officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). In this new role Churchwell will continue to oversee the...
Influx of major NIH grants fuels growth of research enterprise
Jul. 14, 2016—During the past last two weeks, researchers at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have brought in a number of new research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that together achieve $137 million in new funding. The funding is a trans-institutional accomplishment of the Schools of Engineering and Medicine and the...
When mitochondrial genes act up
Jul. 12, 2016—Illustration of eukaryotic cell. The small gray ovals are mitochondria. (iStock) Mitochondrial disorders are a chameleon-like set of diseases that take many different forms and vary widely from individual to individual. Mitochondria are special organelles found in cells that produce most of the chemical energy that powers cell operations. Mitochondrial dysfunction has been associated with...
Robert “Bobby” Vantrease, artist and 64-year employee of VUMC, dies at 89
Jul. 11, 2016—Robert Vantrease at work (photo by Anne Rayner) Robert “Bobby” Vantrease, an award-winning artist who retired in 2013 after 64 years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) died July 7. He was 89. Mr. Vantrease, who retired as the longest-serving employee at the Medical Center, served as director of VUMC’s Medical Illustration department for 14...
Robert Vantrease, artist and 64-year employee of VUMC, dies at 89
Jul. 11, 2016—Robert “Bobby” Vantrease, an award-winning artist who retired in 2013 after 64 years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) died July 7. He was 89.