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Vanderbilt’s Lucy Spalluto, M.D., assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, was recently named to receive a 2015 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women research grant from the American Medical Association Women Physicians Section. The grants are awarded by the American Medical Association (AMA) to research programs focusing on advancing the study of women in the medical profession and strengthening the AMA’s ability to address the issues affecting women physicians and medical students.

CHICAGO – In conjunction with Women in Medicine Month, the American Medical Association (AMA)'s Women Physicians Section along with the AMA Foundation today announced the winners of the

Two leaders in imaging science at Vanderbilt University are among 37 recipients of the 2015 Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy of Radiology Research (ARR), academy officials announced last week.

Victoria Morgan, Ph.D., associate professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has been named to serve as a member of the Neuroscience and Ophthalmic Imaging Technologies Study Section in the Center for the Scientific Review (CSR) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She will serve a four-year term. Morgan, also an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has participated in extensive research about the pre-surgical application of functional MRI in Epilepsy.

Arthur C. Fleischer, M.D., Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, is the recipient of a Lifetime Service Award from the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The ABR is the official organization designated by the American Board of Medical Specialties to administer board certification exams for radiologists. Fleischer received this award after more than 15 years of continuous service to the ABR and as an acknowledgment for “time and dedication so generously given.”