MARC, START and Beckman Scholars share summer research at symposium
Aug. 28, 2023—Vanderbilt undergraduate students presented their summer research projects at the MARC/START/Beckman Summer Symposium earlier this month, sharing research on wide-ranging topics, including how exposure therapy might help people overcome fear of snakes, the relationship between social anxiety and memory, and how cocaine can affect male and female brains differently. To read more, click here!
Five Vanderbilt graduate students selected as 2023-2024 SEC Emerging Scholars
Aug. 4, 2023—The fellowship program is intended to serve as a pathway and source of mentorship for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars across the Southeastern Conference to prepare them for tenured faculty positions. This cohort of Vanderbilt scholars will...
Transmission of vaccine-hesitant beliefs among parents is a key predictor of vaccination coverage and disease risk among children
Jun. 20, 2023—Vanderbilt biologists Nicole Creanza and Kerri-Ann Anderson have developed a new mathematical model, rooted in cultural evolution, that represents vaccine hesitancy as a belief that can influence, but not perfectly predict, whether parents will decide ...
Amanda Lea and Wenhan Zhu named 2023 Pew Biomedical Scholars
Jun. 14, 2023—Vanderbilt researchers Amanda Lea and Wenhan Zhu have been named 2023 Pew Biomedical Scholars. The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of ...
Lauren Jackson named 2023 Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Jun. 7, 2023—Thirteen outstanding faculty members from across the university have been selected for the 2023 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. This group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise. Congratulations to Dr. Jackson! To read more click here
Lars Plate wins Scialog Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and USDA
Jan. 17, 2023—For his work on zoonotic threat mitigation, Lars Plate was awarded $50,000 from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Career Conversations: Q&A with Structural Biologist Lauren Parker Jackson
Jan. 12, 2023—“A confusing experimental result almost always means you’ve stumbled upon something interesting and maybe even exciting. I think that’s what makes science fun,” says Lauren Parker Jackson, assistant professor of biological sciences.
Lauren Jackson has been featured for two years in a row by NIH !
Jan. 11, 2023—Dr. Jackson participated in a Q&A with science writer Abbey Bigler which was featured in the Biomedical Beat Blog for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for the second year in a row! You can read Dr. Jackson’s interview regarding her career and research here!
Three A&S chemists to research therapeutics, fuel conversion, and enzyme design with NIH MIRA grants
Jan. 6, 2023—College of Arts and Science faculty members Nathan Schley, Allison Walker, and John Yang have each been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health to continue their groundbreaking chemistry research. Known as the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA), these grants provide both new and established researchers of general medical sciences with more than $1.9...
BSCI Faculty Involved in $1.1M Grant to Support Inclusive Learning
Dec. 8, 2022—Vanderbilt University has been awarded $1.1M as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Initiative. $530,000 will support Vanderbilt University initiatives directly, while the additional $577,000 will be administered by Vanderbilt University to support activities of the broad collaborative effort. Biological Sciences’ faculty Kathy Friedman and Cynthia Brame serve as co-Program...