Study seeks clues to obesity-related inflammation

Obesity is not only about fat. It occurs against a background of chronic, low-level inflammation that can trigger insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease. Now researchers at Vanderbilt University have discovered that an unusual set of immune cells, called invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells), can fan the flames of obesity-related inflammation. View...

Save the dates: Nurses' Week events

Nurses' Week is coming up in May. Among the events to plan for: Nursing Awards and Recognition and the State of Nursing Address. View...

Wilkinson lecture, "Pharmacogenetics: The Making and Unmaking of a Smoker," to be Tuesday, April 17

The Grant R. Wilkinson Distinguished Lectureship in Clinical Pharmacology will be presented by Rachel Tyndale, Ph.D.,professor of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto, at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 17, in 208 Light Hall. View...

House Organ presents: "The Vanderbilt Employee Experience"

What's it like to work at Vanderbilt? That question comes up a lot when people find out where you work. And we each have our own answer. Great co-workers, of course. Being involved in things that matter, that's important. Whatever any person's job, everyone here is part of an organization devoted to some of humankind's greatest goals: taking care of the sick, educating the next generation, scientific research, reaching into the community and the world to make where we live a better place. View...

Recycling program expanding to TVC, Medical Center East

Beginning in May, plastic and aluminum recycling is coming to The Vanderbilt Clinic and Medical Center East. View...