Chemical and biomedical engineer and cancer researcher Marjan Rafat has received the Young Innovator Award from the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering division of the Biomedical Engineering Society. The CMBE Young Innovator Award is a distinguished honor for young faculty in the biomolecular engineering field.

Vanderbilts Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization named Richard Caprioli C. David Weaver Susan Eagle and Franz Baudenbacher 2023 Master Innovators. The yearly recognition program acknowledges Vanderbilts top innovators and entrepreneurs for their contributions to the creation development and commercialization of intellectual property.

Vanderbilt engineering professor Justus Ndukaife is leading innovative research that more effectively traps nanosized extracellular vesicles and particles to analyze their roles in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Nancy Cox PhD director of the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute is the recipient of the 2023 ASHG Leadership Award from the American Society of Human Genetics.