The Neilson Society Seminar Series occurs at noon on the first Tuesday of every month and addresses topic areas of interest to tenure track biomedical faculty. In general, sessions alternate between invited speakers and 'Grants in Motion' workshops (generally one or two members presenting R01 or similar new or re-submissions). The sessions encourage frank dialogue between speakers and Neilson Society members, and to promote participation and candor we request that invitations are not forwarded to non-members without prior approval from the organizers. 

Reminders for upcoming sessions are emailed approximately one week in advance. We hope you can join us for the 2021 Seminar Series!

January 2nd: "Getting the Word Out: Creating an Effective Online Presence for Your Research Program". Ray Blind PhD, Assistant Professor in the Center for Structural Biology.

April 6th: "Balancing A Career in Research with Institutional Leadership", Maureen Gannon PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, and Cell and Developmental Biology (recording available).

May 4th at 12pm: Grants in Motion. Brian Lindman MD MSCI, Division of Cardiology: "HOME-based cardiac Rehabilitation Using a Novel mobile Health exercise regimen following TranscatheTER heart valve interventions (HOME RUN HITTER)" (R01 resubmission) and Jose Gomez PhD, Department of Clinical Pharmacology: "Sox6 Functions in Aortic Aneurism Development" (R01 resubmission).

June 1st at 12pm: "Building an Effective Research Team", Kathryn Edwards MD, Scientific Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program and Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

July 6th at 12pm: Grants in Motion. Rachelle Johnson PhD, Division of Clinical Pharmacology: "Impact of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors on the Skeleton" (new R01 submission) and Alicia Fadiel-Beeghlu PhD, Division of Epidemiology: "Platelets and Ovarian Cancer Prognosis: Disentangling Timing, Genetic, Treatment, and Tumor Microenvironment Effects" (new R01 submission)

August 3rd at 12pm: "Vanderbilt Core Spotlight – What’s New and Exciting Close to Home". Presentations from the Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR; Jenny Schafer), Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics (VANTAGE; Karen Beeri), and the Diet, Body Composition, and Human Metabolism Core (Heidi Silver).

September 14th at 11am: "A Conversation with the Chair of Medicine". Kimryn Rathmell MD PhD, Chair, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

October 5th at 12pm: Grants in Motion- presenters TBD

November 2nd at 11am (please note time change): "Clinical and Translational Research at Vanderbilt: Present and Future", Gordon R. Bernard MD, Executive Vice President for Research, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences, Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR), and Professor of Medicine.

December 7th at 12pm: "Enhancing Diversity in Biomedical Research WORKSHOP". Ebele Umeukeje MD MPH, Assistant Professor, Nephrology; Arie Nettles PhD, Professor, Clinical Pediatrics and Director, Office of Inclusion and Health Equity; and Kimberly Vinson MD, Associate Professor, Otolaryngology and Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs (VUSM) in the Office for Diversity Affairs.