News & Events

Over the weekend, the Department's Manideepthi Pemmaraju presented a poster presentation on "Trends in High-Grade Cervical Cancer Precursors in the HPV Vaccine Era" at the SoCRA 2016 Annual Conference in Montreal, QC.  

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The Department is collaborating with Nashville Health in an effort to combat infant mortality in Tennessee.   

Chancellor presents top prizes, including new award for excellence in equity, diversity and inclusion research, at fall assembly by Jan Read | Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, 6:30 PM Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos presented seven faculty research awards, including two new awards for efforts that advance understanding of diversity, at the fall faculty assembly on Aug. 25.

by Ryan Underwood | Jun. 28, 2016, 3:47 PM Health care once seemed simple: You got sick, called a doctor, and paid the bill as best you could. Today health care accounts for nearly 20 percent of the total U.S. gross domestic product—about $3 trillion of economic activity annually. It’s also the largest item in the federal budget, making up 28 percent of all government spending.

Congratulations to Ellen Wright Clayton and Muktar Aliyu on being one of 13 projects selected for TIPs funding! Full Story

by Bill Snyder | Thursday, May. 19, 2016, 10:13 AM Researchers at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine have received a four-year, $4-million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a new center for the study of privacy concerns associated with the use of genomic information, the NIH announced this week.