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²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center and ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University are launching a $17 million multiyear transformative program with support from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the biomedical research community.

A ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ study that delved into genetic predisposition for early-onset colorectal cancer by race and ethnicity has identified differing germline risk variants.

A study from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ researchers has found that enhanced treatment support can help smokers who have more difficulty quitting because they are fast metabolizers of nicotine.

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD, is one of eight Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2023 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease.

As part of the National Science Foundation I-Corps program, a team of researchers led by Pamela J. Wisniewski conducted interviews with 37 social service providers across the U.S. who work with underprivileged youth to determine what online risks most concern them and if they see value in using AI as a solution for automated online risk detection.

Chris Rowe, executive director for industry collaborations within ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Office of the Vice Provost for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and Innovation and professor of the practice of engineering management, has been chosen for the 2023 Young American Leaders Program at Harvard Business School. He’ll join a task force focused on enhancing Nashville's biomedical sector, using cluster models to drive economic growth and innovation. Read More

The Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ has received a three-year, $650,000 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation to study early postsecondary opportunity offerings, access, and success in Metro Nashville Public Schools and to design solutions for addressing disparities. EPSOs—high school academic offerings that expose students to advanced… Read More

Hilda McMackin, director of research administration systems and reporting at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, has been honored with a 2023 Mentoring Award from the National Organization of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Development Professionals. The award recognizes McMackin’s exceptional commitment to the development of her peers and her dedication to fostering a supportive, engaging and inclusive environment in the research community. Read More

Karl Zelik, associate professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering and physical medicine and rehabilitation, is being recognized for his contributions to biomechanics with a Goel Award. The award recognizes accomplishments in translational biomechanics research, entrepreneurship and societal benefit.

Marie-Claire Harrison, a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Brighter Ventures Student Award. The Brighter Ventures Student Award supports Ph.D. students interested in the application of artificial intelligence in the biomedical research field.

Julia Steed will become academic director of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University School of Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She replaces Courtney Pitts who led the top-ranked specialty for the past seven years.

New research from Kelly Goldsmith offers insight into the effectiveness of flash sales for online retailers.

The labs of Lauren Jackson and Todd Graham recently published a study in the Journal of Cell Biology describing a significant interaction between an essential protein complex used for protein and lipid transport—the COPI complex—and its regulator protein.

School of Nursing Professor and Associate Dean for Academic and Curriculum Affairs Betsy Kennedy, BSN’89, MSN’93, PhD, ANEF, has been named as an Association of Women’s Health and Obstetrics Neonatal Nurses fellow.

Dean Camilla Benbow and Jordanian educators ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s Peabody College of education and human development hosted faculty, administrators, and staff from four Jordanian universities in a collaboration with International ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ & Exchanges Board from May 8 to 12. The delegation was seeking to develop and implement a pre-service teacher education… Read More

A transcontinental research effort led by scientists from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center and the University of Michigan has upended some long-standing assumptions about mutations — how often they occur, what causes them and what they do.

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Fusion Project, an initiative involving 40 undergraduates from 22 majors across three schools, is seeking to build a miniature nuclear fusion reactor—and make history. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ researchers are bolstering the fight against cancer with technology that enhances the effectiveness of T cells that attack tumors.

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ research finds that GLP1 receptor agonists — a class of diabetes medications — are associated with fewer major adverse cardiovascular events than another type of diabetes drug (DPP4 inhibitors) in older veterans with no prior heart disease.

A new technique will allow researchers to track subsets of immune cells that patrol and defend the lungs, to better understand the roles of these cells during lung inflammation, infection and injury.