2020
- Drs. MacRae Linton (Lead), Sean Davies, Kasey C. Vickers and Tina Kon received a major NIH Research Project Program Grant. Read the VUMC News story "NIH grant bolsters research on heart disease, cholesterol."
- Drs. Alissa Weaver (lead), Robert Coffey, Jim Patton, Qi Liu, and Kasey C. Vickers received a P01 Research Project Program Grant from the NCI (NIH). Read the VUMC News story Research team awarded $9 million to study extracellular RNA in colorectal cancer
- Dr. Allen's abstract was selected to present a talk at the AHA Scientific Sessions Conference
- Kasey C. Vickers, PhD, promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
2019
- Drs. Kasey C. Vickers, MacRae Linton, Allen and Sheng received the W.M. Keck Medical Award. Read the VUMC News article "VUMC investigators receive Keck Foundation award for novel atherosclerosis research."
- Dr. Ryan Allen received the AHA Career Development Award
- Dr. Kasey C. Vickers received a Travel Award for Best Abstract at the Japanese Atherosclerosis Society, Kyoto, Japan
- Carrie Wiese, Ph.D., defended her Dissertation
2018
- Dr. Ryan Allen received the AHA Innovative Project Award
- Leslie R. Sedgeman, Ph.D., defended her Dissertation
- Dr. Michell received a Travel Award to present at the AHA ATVB Conference, San Francisco, CA
2017
- Leslie Sedgeman received a Travel Award to present her research at the Kern Lipid Conference
- Carrie Wiese won the Junior Investigator Award for Women at the AHA ATVB 2017 Scientific Sessions
2016
- Carrie Wiese won 2nd place for outstanding graduate student poster presentation at the Gill Heart Institute Cardiovascular Research Day.
- Dr. Michell received a Travel Award from the Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, Univ. of Kentucky
- Dr. Allen received the Francis R. Simon Poster Award for his presentation at the Kern Lipid Conference .
- Dr. Michell was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association.
2015
- Dr. Michell and Ms. Roteta's abstracts were selected to present at the South East Lipid Research Conference
- Ms. Roteta was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association.
- Dr. Allen was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association.
- Dr. Michell received a travel award to present her research at the Kern Lipid Conference
2014
- Ms. Roteta received a travel award to present her research at the International Mammalian Genome Conference in Bar Harbor, ME.
- Dr. Allen won an Early Career Investigator Award of Excellence at the 2014 Kern Lipid Conference for his poster "Evolving Concepts of HDL Function in Cardiometabolic Diseases and Beyond".
- Dr. Vickers won the David L. Williams Lectureship and Award at the Kern Lipid Conference.
- Ms. Wiese received a Young Investigator Travel Award to attend and present research at the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2014 Scientific Sessions in Toronto, Ontario.
- Ms. Wiese was awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Dr. Allen was awarded a place on a T32 Training Grant: Renal Biology and Disease Training Program
2013
- Ms. Roteta and Ms. Wiese were both awarded spots on two T32 Training Grants: Training in Cardiovascular Research Program directed by Dr. Doug Sawyer and Immunobiology of Blood and Vascular Systems Training Program directed by Dr. Jacek Hawiger.
- Ms. Toth received a Young Investigator Travel Award to attend and present research at the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2013 Scientific Sessions in Orlando, FL.
- Dr. Kasey Vickers was a finalist for the Irvine H. Page Young Investigator Research Award at the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2013 Scientific Sessions.
- Carrie Wiese won a student research poster award for her poster presentation at the 5th Annual Cardiovascular Research Day at Vanderbilt University.