Research
In recent years, Vanderbilt has continued to increase the level of funding from grant-awarding agencies such as the NIH.
"From 2001 to 2005 Vanderbilt had a compound annual growth rate of 17.8% in NIH grants, the fastest growing academic medical program in the country. Eight VUMC departments ranked in the top 10 in their respective categories and twelve placed in the top 20, including: Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (1, Physiology), Cell and Developmental Biology/Cancer Biology (5), Medicine (6), Pharmacology (6), Pediatrics (8), Anesthesiology (9), Biochemistry (10), Radiology (10) Biostatistics (13), Surgery (14), Microbiology (17) and Otolaryngology (18). Support for competitive research grants from all external sources was more than $346 million for the fiscal year 2005-2006. Major translational research initiatives are moving discoveries from the bench to the bedside and will transform health care and health care delivery."
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