Identifying best practices in public policy for the LGBT community. Leveraging the autism advantage to fuel workplace innovation. Understanding the complexity of life at the single-cell level. These are just three of the 15 interdisciplinary concepts to be explored by the 2017 recipients of the Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) awards. These research projects bring together more than 120 faculty members with graduate and undergraduate students from all 10 schools and colleges, creating multifaceted teams to approach complex challenges.

Written by the faculty members and students involved with the projects, these blog posts will give readers a behind-the-scenes view into the major accomplishments being achieved.

Recent Blogs

• HPV Symposium Set For March 1
• So, you walk your dog every day – does your doctor know?
• The Strategy & Innovation Session: Where Do We Go Next?
• Vandy Reach to Host Upcoming Strategy and Innovation Session: A Cultivating Opportunity for Health Systems Collaboration
• Making the Most of your Doctor’s Appointment
• Reducing the Risk of HPV Associated Cancers
• 1 in 3 children are overweight or obese by the time they enter kindergarten; what can we do about it?
• Collaboration Between the Departments of Otolaryngology, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine for Earlier Diagnosis of Throat Cancer
• Leveraging Quality Improvement Efforts to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates in Tennessee
• Vanderbilt Microbiome Initiative Launches New Website