VUMC now hub for US research

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has won a $20MM grant to serve as the coordinating center for an NIH Clinical and Translational Research Awards program that involves 60 institutions. Bill Snyder's Reporter story here posted here.

Health consortium gets NIH grant

A Memphis health consortium is targeting health challenges that confront ethnic minorities, supported by a $1.3MM NIH grant. The CA reports.

CNN notes VU stimulus grant

CNN ran a bit this morning on Vanderbilt University's receiving a $3 million NIH Stimulus grant to support research by more than 30 fellows, all coordinated by VU's Institute for Global Health. Kudos! all. The VUMC Reporter's story this week is here. VU's broader story on its sizeable Stimulus wins, also published this week, is here.