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The Power of Research

From world-altering discoveries to monumental medical advancements – see how a Vanderbilt research team conducted the world’s largest real-world road test, paving the way for safer commutes and less pollution.

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Listen to the latest episode of the Quantum Potential podcast. Journey into the extraordinary as Provost C. Cybele Raver talks with groundbreaking researchers in medicine, society and innovation taking on today’s biggest issues.

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Bold ideas. Cutting-edge breakthroughs.

Vanderbilt University is an R1 research institution and global hub for groundbreaking discoveries. Consistently ranked as one of the top universities for research and innovation, we give undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers and faculty scholars a chance to transform our world through their work.

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Be a part of world-shifting research at Vanderbilt.

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The Research Process

Rising to every challenge. Energized by each other.

Vanderbilt researchers are determined to make a difference. So they ask the big, bold questions and work together to answer them.

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The Research Process Training AI to Help Diagnose Humans

See how professor and PhD Bennett Landman is working toward a future where AI can analyze medical images and provide a second opinion.

“How can my research positively influence 10,000 people or more?”

And could the answer to that question be eliminating highway traffic? See how engineering duo Dan Work and Jonathan Sprinkle set out to find solutions.

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Collaborating, radically.

We know that partnerships allow research to pack an even more powerful punch, because collaboration is at the heart of our process.

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Research for the real world.

The real-life results of research go far beyond academics – they affect our economy, advancements in medicine, national security, and more.

  • 85+

    Centers and Institutes that work to tackle major challenges and meet important societal needs

  • Top 10

    among private universities for research and innovation by the National Science Foundation

  • $1.3B

    Total Research Funding, Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center