Michelle Bukowski

Ruogu Fang, a renowned AI researcher and the Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received a $3.4 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new way to study human emotion using artificial intelligence, with the goal of eventually… Read More

During some seizures, a person remains aware; during others, consciousness disappears. Why? What changes in the brain, and could researchers intervene before consciousness is lost? Vanderbilt graduate student Anas Reda is using a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Research Award to address those questions. Read More

VISE welcomes Allison Okamura, PhD, to our Fall Seminar Series. Allison Okamura, PhD Richard W. Weiland Professor in the School of Engineering Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution Stanford University Date: Thursday, October 29, 20206 Time: 11:45 am lunch, talk starts at… Read More

VISE welcomes Jiaqi Wang, PhD, to our Fall Seminar series. Jiaqi Wang, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering Auburn University Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026 Location: Light Hall 208 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Title: Collaborative Machine Learning and its Application in… Read More

Ruogu Fang, a widely recognized researcher whose work advances brain-inspired artificial intelligence models and AI-empowered precision brain health, will join Vanderbilt’s esteemed Department of Biomedical Engineering as the Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering on August 16, 2026. Read More

VISE welcomes Pingkun Yan, PhD, to our Fall Seminar series. Pingkun Yan, PhD Professor and Department Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026 Location: Light Hall 214 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Title: From Routine Images to Patient-Specific… Read More

A multidisciplinary team of Vanderbilt researchers has received a prestigious R37 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop an enhanced visualization and navigation system for the endoscopic treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), a cancer of the kidney’s inner… Read More

VISE welcomes Ruogu Fang, PhD, to our Fall Seminar Series. Ruogu Fang, PhD Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow Biomedical Engineering Department, College of Engineering Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, September 10, 2026 NEW Location: Light Hall 214 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Title: Multimodal AI… Read More

“Ultimately, the difference between having real-world impact and having a cool thing that sits on a desk is: Can you get it into the hands of the consumer?” For James Weimer, that question is central to his research and to his role in Vanderbilt’s growing Innovation Ambassadors program, led… Read More

Eleven of Vanderbilt University’s most promising recently tenured faculty have been awarded spots in the 2026 Chancellor Faculty Fellows program. This year’s recipients demonstrate exceptional and innovative scholarly achievement. “These scholars represent the next generation of academic leaders, advancing the bold ideas and transformative research that are… Read More