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National Institutes of Health—Embarking on the adventure of “Wellness Explored”A proposal to enhance wellness and resiliency training, led by RC Stabile, associate director for trainee wellbeing in the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training, was recently awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The award, a one-year supplement to the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development T32 grant, will support the development and implementation of a pilot trainee program that will provide individuals with the knowledge and skills to improve wellbeing and resiliency in the training environment. The project Stabile will lead will be a multi-week module that invites students in the IMSD to explore different wellness dimensions, such as physical, financial, environmental, or spiritual wellness. MORE
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National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs—Weight cycling increases diabetes risk
Alyssa Hasty, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, specializes in immunometabolism, specifically on the role that the immune system plays in obesity and metabolic disease. Recent work from her lab explored the changes in immune cell populations in fat during obesity, weight loss, and weight cycling. [The researchers] found that while weight loss improves blood glucose and reduces diabetes risk, immune cells in the fat remain inflammatory, as they are in obesity, and do not return to their lean state. [They] believe that the adipose immune cells may “remember” obesity and contribute to the increased diabetes risk observed upon weight regain. [This project was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and Veterans Affairs.] MORE
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Vanderbilt MSTP students receive P.E.O. Scholar AwardsMargaret Axelrod, PhD, Rachel Brown, PhD, and Simone Herzberg, aspiring physician-scientists in Vanderbilt University’s Medical Scientist Training Program ( MSTP), are among this year’s recipients of highly competitive P.E.O. Scholar Awards. Recipients of the $20,000 awards from P.E.O. International, a philanthropic organization based in Des Moines, Iowa, are women from the United States and Canada pursuing doctoral-level degrees at accredited colleges and universities who have demonstrated their ability to make significant contributions in their chosen field of study. MORE
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Vanderbilt Law School ranks 7th in Lawyers of Color 2022 listing of 65 Best Law Schools for Black StudentsVanderbilt Law School ranked seventh of 66 law schools in a listing of The Top 65 Law Schools for Black Students published by Lawyers of Color, a nonprofit that publishes annual rankings of law students and legal employers. To arrive at the ranking, Lawyers of Color considers law schools’ performance in several categories, including the number of J.D.s awarded to black students . . . . MORE
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Six Commodores selected in 2022 MLB Draft
Six Vanderbilt student-athletes were selected across the three days of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft. The Commodores boasted multiple selections on each day of the draft, including two first-round selections in the duo of Kumar Rocker and Spencer Jones. With the two first round picks on Sunday, Vanderbilt has now had 21 first-round selections in the Tim Corbin era (2003-present), which marks the most in the SEC. The Commodores have boasted a first-round pick in each of the last four MLB Drafts. MORE
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Attend ‘Scientist-Artists: Embracing Duality’ virtual event on July 27In ancient times and during the Renaissance, scientists and artists were often one and the same. Today, only “scientific geniuses” are considered to be polymaths—people with extensive knowledge on a variety of subjects. Yet, arts and creative avocations in scientists are more common than typically portrayed. Now more than ever, people are recognizing and exploring how art and science interact and influence each other, within research fields and scientist-artists themselves. Join Kendra Oliver, assistant professor of pharmacology and director and founder of ArtLab, for our next Lab-to-Table Conversation, in which we will explore how a group of self-identified scientist-artists are embracing this particular duality. The event is free, virtual and open to the public. Registration is required. MORE
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