Department of Cell and Developmental Biology hosts Cell Dynamics Symposium May 24–25
Apr. 20, 2018—The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology within the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine hosts its second Cell Dynamics Symposium May 24–25 in Wilson Hall.
Next Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture is May 3, featuring Ishmail Abdus-Saboor
Apr. 19, 2018—Ishmail Abdus-SaboorIshmail Abdus-Saboor, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the School of Medicine’s next Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture with the topic is “Genetic Interrogation of Neural Circuit Mechanisms for Pain.” The lecture is Thursday, May 3, at 4 p.m. in 512 Light Hall. The nervous system...
School of Medicine students to take part in ethics fellowship
Apr. 19, 2018— Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) students were recently chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) to participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland that uses the conduct of physicians in Nazi-occupied Europe as a way to reflect on medical ethics today. Andrew PerezThird-year students...
My Southern Health: Why wearing a motorcycle helmet is so important
Apr. 12, 2018—Motorcyclist fatalities increased in 2016. Wearing a motorcycle is of paramount importance for one’s safety. Dr. Oscar D Guillamondegui—professor of surgery, hearing and speech sciences, and neurological surgery in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine—shares why you owe it to your family to know the facts.
Six academic leaders honored at Spring Faculty Assembly
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ArtLab explores intersections of art and science
Apr. 2, 2018—An ArtLab pop-up exhibition included “Pinpoints,” created by David Weintraub to track stars. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt)Whether art can actually boost a scientist’s creativity is just one of the intriguing questions that a group of faculty, students and staff are exploring in ArtLab, an interdisciplinary workshop started last fall by Kendra Oliver, an instructor of pharmacology. “This...
Kathleen Gould wins SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Apr. 2, 2018—Kathleen Gould, Louise B. McGavock Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, is Vanderbilt’s winner of the 2018 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. (Vanderbilt University)Kathleen Gould, Louise B. McGavock Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology in the School of Medicine, is Vanderbilt’s winner of the 2018 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. The awards, now in their seventh...
Vanderbilt graduate schools named among nation’s best
Mar. 22, 2018— Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) are again named among the Best Graduate Schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report in its 2019 rankings released online March 20. Of 177 eligible schools, VUSM is ranked No. 17 among the nation’s Best Medical Schools for...
Match Day reveals residency locations for VUSM students
Mar. 22, 2018—Dago Estevez Ordoñez got some help from his family at last week’s Match Day — from left, wife Amy, holding daughter Emma Rakelle, mother Jacqueline Ordoñez, son Joseph Michael and daughter Esther Alejandra. (photo by Anne Rayner)Fourth-year medical students Katie DesPrez and Joe Wick met at orientation during their first year at Vanderbilt University School...
Novel research explores way to restore silenced voices
Mar. 22, 2018—by Matt Batcheldor and Liz Entman A swarm of cicadas that left thousands of insect carcasses across the Vanderbilt University campus in 2011 is leading to transinstitutional research at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop a surgical planning tool to help restore speech for people...