Vanderbilt graduate schools among the nation’s best
Mar. 20, 2018—Vanderbilt University’s graduate schools consistently rank among the nation’s best. (Vanderbilt University)Vanderbilt University’s graduate schools remain among the nation’s best, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. U.S. News published its 2019 rankings today for business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing schools, as well as graduate programs in the...
Honoring Arnold Malcolm, MD, MBA
Mar. 15, 2018—(photo by Anne Rayner)Arnold Malcolm, MD, MBA, left, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, and André Churchwell, MD, pose with the portrait of Malcolm that was unveiled at a special reception last week honoring his career accomplishments and service to the Medical Center and School of Medicine. Malcolm was chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology from...
Shade Tree Clinic adapts to changing healthcare landscape
Mar. 15, 2018—Celeste Hemingway, MD, right, supervises students Alexandra Foxx, left, and Nicole Bakhoum at a monthly gynecology clinic. (photo by Joe Luchsinger)The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student-run Shade Tree Clinic was founded in 2004 as a means to provide primary care to Nashville’s uninsured population and to allow medical and nursing students to receive valuable...
Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt University expand partnership to develop novel treatment approaches for cancer
Mar. 14, 2018—Stephen Fesik (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine)Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt University today announced the expansion of their successful existing collaboration to develop novel anti-cancer compounds. The expanded research partnership will focus on the discovery and development of new chemical therapeutics targeting the pro-survival protein MCL1 as a potential therapy against MCL1-dependent cancers. This is the...
VUSM Alumni Share Match Day Memories and Advice
Mar. 12, 2018—
Research conducted by medical students recognized at events
Mar. 8, 2018— Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Meharry Medical College and Tennessee State University Cancer Partnership recently hosted the 2018 annual retreat and poster contest, “Health Disparities in Cancer Immunology & Immune Therapy.” The one-day event was held at Meharry and included a welcome by Samuel Adunyah, PhD, professor and chair of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology at Meharry,...
Norrby to deliver Flexner Dean’s Lecture March 12
Mar. 8, 2018—Erling Norrby, MD, PhD, a world authority on viruses, will present his lecture, “A Foray into Nobel Prizes: The Action Potential, Cholesterol and Maturing Molecular Biology,” Monday, March 12 at noon in 208 Light Hall. His lecture is part of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series. Erling Norrby, MD, PhDFor 25 years...
Vanderbilt Medicine magazine, Summer 2018
Mar. 6, 2018—
Nine new endowed chair recipients honored
Mar. 5, 2018—L-r: Eric Johnson, Björn Knollmann, Dai Chung, Dan Roden, Russell Rothman, Susan Wente, Carrie Kitko, Dane Chetkovich, Rangaraj Ramanujam, Timothy Vogus, Berk Sensoy and Jeff Balser. (John Russell/Vanderbilt)Nine Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored during a celebration at the Student Life Center on Feb. 28. Susan R. Wente, provost and vice...
Competition announcement: 2018 NIH S10 Shared and High-End Instrumentation Grants
Feb. 23, 2018—The National Institutes of Health has posted information for the 2018 S10 Shared and High-End Instrumentation Grants programs. These programs and links to their program announcements are: Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (SIG) (link is external): The SIG Program funds grant awards in the $50,000 to $600,000 range. Shared Instrumentation for Animal Research Grant Program (SIFAR)...