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Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Initiative Award (ViA) This project is in the process of establishing a multifaceted sustainability test bed using the development of the Sterling Ranch planned city. Sterling Ranch represents a unique, dynamic opportunity for research and immersion learning for both undergraduate and graduate students. Initially,… Read More

Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Initiative Award (ViA) Annually, more than 100 million pregnancies experience a major complication. In the United States, Tennessee is one of the states most affected by this problem. Pregnancy complications not only contribute to poor health during infancy, but are recognized as risk factors… Read More

Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Reinvestment Award (VRA) Over the past three decades, obesity has risen dramatically, just recently plateauing with two thirds of adults in the United States being overweight or obese. The United States spends approximately $147 billion annually on health issues directly related to obesity, accounting… Read More

Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Initiative Award (ViA) Skills in computer programming are increasingly becoming an essential tool for solving global problems. Traditional approaches to computer programming are being enhanced by the development of visual programming languages, which are more easily taught to interested students. Although effective, such languages… Read More

Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Initiative Award (ViA) Scientists, clinicians, musicians and leaders in the music industry are increasingly interested in understanding how music affects behaviors and perceptions. Emerging research shows that music perception, appreciation and practice can influence cognition, language, memory, emotional state and social cohesion. In addition,… Read More

Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Reinvestment Award (VRA) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a powerful technology for imaging specific receptors in patients. Current technology requires direct access to large, expensive cyclotrons for the generation of the requisite radioisotopes. A team from Engineering, Arts and Science and Medicine is developing… Read More

  Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Initiative Award (ViA)Diagnostic methods for global health are critical. Existing methods fail to meet the need, either because they are not accessible to health care workers in the developing world or because they are not affordable. A major challenge is to translate research into affordable… Read More

Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Initiative Award (ViA) The health issues in the U.S. South often reflect, amplify, and shape the political and economic tensions in the U.S. writ large. Southern states like Tennessee are home to major American health-insurance corporations, yet many hospitals face financial challenges linked to falling reimbursements,… Read More

Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Initiative Award (ViA) Health is closely linked with social, political and economic conditions.Yet, scholars and health care professionals often focus on quantity of interventions rather than the holistic quality of impact. International organizations (e.g. USAID) have recognized the critical impact of multidimensional determinants on… Read More

Program Overview Type: Vanderbilt Reinvestment Award (VRA) Since its inception, biomedical ethics has used a model of ethics in which autonomous individuals make high stakes medical decisions. Often described as “principlism,” this model of human moral agency is also the customary focus of bioethics as a discipline and the general… Read More