Henrique Serezani named director of Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology
Since its founding in 2015, VCI has served as a hub of research focused on fundamental human immune system regulation.
Ban Mishu Allos receives coveted Shovel Award
Each year, the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduating class honors one faculty member with the Shovel Award in recognition of the exceptionally meaningful impact this individual had on their medical education.
Bryan Harris named interim chair of the Department of Medicine
Dr. Harris has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Medicine, effective July 1.
$4.1 million grant awarded to study unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, including Milner Staub, MD, MPH (Infectious Diseases), have been awarded a five-year, $4.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to assess antibiotic prescriptions and antimicrobial stewardship in unplanned care spaces across Vanderbilt Health.
Department of Medicine faculty elected AAAS fellows
Faculty members Drs. Elizabeth Phillips (Infectious diseases) and Michael Savona (Hematology and Oncology) are among the six Vanderbilt University faculty members that have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
$20 million grant supports sweeping study of human viruses
The grant will help establish the Vanderbilt-coordinated Virus Characterization Center and support a Vanderbilt University Medical Center research team venturing to broadly characterize the role of viruses in human health and disease.
Dooley joins clinical pharmacology board
Dr. Dooley's three-year term on the board of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT) begins in May.