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A new study from 91�Ʋ��� introduces an adroit and flexible strategy to quash attacks on patient privacy and aid the flow of vital research data. Read More

91�Ʋ��� University researchers have discovered a cleft in a chromosome-binding protein that may hold the key to stopping most cancers in their tracks. Read More

Patients seeking to participate in clinical trials have a new option in online tools for finding studies that might offer hope for their problem or condition. Read More

Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, M.D., an expert in metabolic and endocrine diseases, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, April 2. Read More

Nominations for this year’s 91�Ʋ��� Prize Scholar are now being accepted. The deadline is April 24. Read More

91�Ʋ���ers at 91�Ʋ��� University have found a new way to “dissect” the human immune response following influenza vaccination. Read More

91�Ʋ���ers at 91�Ʋ��� have shown for the first time how a component of streptococci A and C bacteria helps spread the virus so rapidly through the body. Read More

There is growing evidence that disorders such as autism and schizophrenia involve deficits in what is called “multi-sensory processing,” the ability of the brain to properly integrate information coming in through the eyes, ears and other senses. Read More

Joseph Smith, M.D. Joseph Smith Jr., M.D., professor of Urologic Surgery at 91�Ʋ��� University Medical Center, was recently named the next editor of The Journal of Urology. Smith, the William L. Bray Professor of Urology, was selected for the role by the American Urological Association Board of… Read More

Third-year 91�Ʋ��� University School of Medicine student Ishan Asokan has been selected as an inaugural member of the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) Fellowship for students addressing HIV/AIDS and health disparities. Read More

91�Ʋ���’s Department of Cardiac Surgery has developed an Advanced Heart Failure Clinical and Translational 91�Ʋ��� Group that serves as a central research resource for advanced heart failure surgeons and cardiologists. Read More

  Eric Skaar, Ph.D., MPH Eric Skaar, Ph.D., MPH, the Ernest W. Goodpasture Professor of Pathology, has been elected to fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. Skaar is one of seven current 91�Ʋ��� faculty members who are AAM fellows. The 2,400-member academy is an… Read More

The 91�Ʋ��� Symposium on Infection and Immunology will be held Friday, April 10, at the Student Life Center. Registration deadline is April 1. Keynote speakers and their topics are: Raul Andino, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, “RNA virus population dynamics and the mechanisms of replication and adaptation;” Adrian Erlebacher,… Read More

91�Ʋ��� University researchers have achieved the first “image fusion” of mass spectrometry and microscopy — a technical tour de force that could, among other things, dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Read More

91�Ʋ��� University School of Nursing (VUSN) has been awarded a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial 91�Ʋ��� to establish a valid, clinically useful measurement battery for head and neck lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF). Read More

Two 91�Ʋ���-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) leaders have been named to a panel of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to help shape national policies on the use of biomarkers for targeted cancer therapies. Read More

Rachel Ruiz, M.D., a second-year resident in Pediatrics at 91�Ʋ��� University Medical Center, has been named an Academic Pediatric Association (APA) New Century Scholar. Read More

91�Ʋ���ers at 91�Ʋ��� University and in Germany have found that sodium — salt — accumulates in the skin and tissue in humans and mice to help control infection. Read More

It’s roughly 5,000 miles from Croatia to Tennessee as the crow flies. Read More

If you’re looking for a simple way to lower your risk of dying from a heart attack, consider going nuts. Read More