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  • Vanderbilt University

    Annual event underscores contributions of women in STEM fields

    Clockwise from left: Ayanna Howard, Connie Guion, Kristina Rogers, Ruth DeFries, Leslie Ying, Mukta Ghate Farooq, and Ellis Meng are among the Wikipedia pages edited during the annual event organized by Women of VISE. Marguerite Davis was one two biochemists who discovered vitamins A and B in 1913, though her university… Read More

    Jan. 27, 2021

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    Cancer Institute grant funds new integrated approach to early lung cancer detection

    Vanderbilt researchers have received a National Cancer Institute grant to develop a novel, integrative approach to detect early signs of lung cancer. The four-year project builds on a related, recent study that established the value of using three separate measures—structural imaging, a protein marker and information available from electronic health… Read More

    Jan. 22, 2021

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    Improving the Wikipedia gender gap with Women of VISE begins Jan. 18

    The Women of VISE are hosting a virtual Wikithon focused on women in science, technology, engineering and math the week of Jan. 18 to contribute to and improve the quality of Wikipedia pages on female scientists and researchers. The event is… Read More

    Jan. 15, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Custom, virtual world highlights annual VISE symposium

    The annual VISE symposium highlights projects in a customized, virtual world. Interactive showcase remains open For the last eight years, on the second Wednesday in December, poster boards were set up at the crack of dawn in the lobby of Light Hall. Students, postdocs and faculty members would trickle in… Read More

    Jan. 5, 2021

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    Researchers create technique that corrects distortions in MRI images

    Perfecting MRI images with deep learning, Vanderbilt and VUMC researchers have created a technique that corrects image distortions, which provides more accurate information for researchers, radiologists and neuroscientists to better interpret brain scans. The work by Bennett Landman, professor of electrical engineering and computer science and radiology and radiological sciences,… Read More

    Nov. 11, 2020

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    Vanderbilt computer scientists awarded NSF grant to restructure research’s road to the public

    Vanderbilt researchers have been awarded a National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator 2020 Cohort Phase 1 grant to create a standardized platform that will streamline the development, testing and dissemination of technology that can improve human health. The nine-month project, “Scalable, Traceable AI for Imaging Translation: Innovation to Implementation for… Read More

    Sep. 22, 2020

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    Vanderbilt researchers receive $1.4 million grant to improve outcomes after macular hole repair

    Researchers from Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received a $1.4 million grant from the National Eye Institute at the National Institute of Health to identify surgical techniques that improve vision after macular hole repair. Yuankai “Kenny” Tao, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is the principal investigator and… Read More

    Aug. 6, 2020

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    Simaan honored as IEEE Fellow for robotics advancements

    Nabil Simaan, professor of mechanical engineering, has been elevated to IEEE Fellow by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The award – effective January 1, 2020 – recognizes Simaan for contributions to dexterous continuum robotics for surgery. Technologies developed by his group have advanced… Read More

    Dec. 2, 2019

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    Neuromodulation device studied as non-addictive option for chronic pain

    The VUIIS team developing a focused ultrasound neuromodulation device for treating chronic pain include, from left, Charles Caskey, William Grissom and Li Min Chen. (Vanderbilt/Susan Urmy) With $3.6 million in funding, researchers from the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science are developing a focused ultrasound neuromodulation device as a non-invasive… Read More

    Nov. 11, 2019

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    VISE affiliates awarded $1.8 million grant to improve surgical guidance during eye surgery

    A team of Vanderbilt University engineers and clinicians have won a five-year $1.8 million National Eye Institute grant to develop and translate novel intraoperative imaging technologies to the ophthalmic surgical suite to enable real-time surgical guidance. “Our group has spent quite a few years working on developing the underlying imaging… Read More

    Oct. 7, 2019