National Institutes Of Health

Funding from the National Institutes of Health is crucial for Tennessee’s economy, supporting jobs and fostering collaboration between academic institutions, healthcare providers and startups. At Vanderbilt, NIH funding… Read More

A multidisciplinary group of investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Pennsylvania received a $3.2 million grant to develop novel brain network-based measures to guide surgical decisions and improve outcomes in the field of epilepsy surgery. This diagram relates to research, “The Interictal Suppression Hypothesis… Read More

Dr. Rene Gifford works with patient Davy Hillis to program his cochlear implant at VUMC. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Researchers from the School of Engineering and Vanderbilt University Medical Center are working to improve outcomes for children with significant hearing loss by providing individualized, prescription-like programming for their cochlear implants. The… Read More

David Merryman is one of six engineering professors who earned R01 grants for their research. (Vanderbilt University) Five biomedical engineering professors and an electrical engineering and computer science professor are celebrating news about newly approved or resubmitted Research Project Grants (R01) from the Nationals Institutes of Health. Read More

(iStock) Dynamic interactions between biological structures – such as insect wings, fish fins, heart valves and human vocal folds – and the environment (air/liquid) around them are critical for their physiological functions. Computational modeling of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) for biological systems is challenging and has not been extensively… Read More