Month: October 2012

Several Vanderbilt researchers have collaborated with this year's Nobel Chemistry winners. Read More

Make plans to attend the Happily Ever After Party, benefiting Books from Birth of Middle Tennessee, on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. This fun, casual, western-themed party, featuring live entertainment, featuring a buffet dinner and drinks, as well as live and silent auctions, begins at 7 p.m. at the Loveless… Read More

(Vanderbilt University) There is still time to get tickets for Vanderbilt’s homecoming game vs UMass on Saturday, Oct. 27, which kicks off at 6 pm. CT. Come cheer for the Dores! Contact: Larry Leathers, (615) 343-6437 larry.leathers@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

Image courtesy of Vanderbilt Dermatology A free seminar on skin care will be held Oct. 25, 6-7:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, 1st Floor conference room. Dr. William Stebbins will present. There will be coupons, samples, giveaways and refreshments. Contact: Lisa Dunaway Lisa.dunaway@Vanderbilt.Edu… Read More

The H. William Scott Jr. Society and Vanderbilt University Medical Alumni Affairs present the lecture in surgical history, as part of the 2012 Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Reunion, Oct. 25… Read More

School of Medicine student Ravi Patel, seated, is being honored for his work creating the Nashville Mobile Market. With him at the healthy food project’s debut three years ago are, from left, Vanderbilt students Nicole Gunasekera, Alex Arnold, Emily Zern and Kate Foster. (Photo by John Russell)… Read More

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded a $50,000 youth literacy grant to the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Reading Clinic. The foundation’s youth literacy grants are awarded to assist with the implementation of new, or to expand already existing, youth literacy programs and the purchase of new technology, books,… Read More

New space on the 10th floor of the Critical Care Tower is allowing the myelosuppression unit to increase its number of available beds. (Photo by Susan Urmy) The 10th floor of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Critical Care Tower, housing a new myelosuppression unit, will open Oct. 27. Read More

Patient handovers matter. A lot. That’s the conclusion from Vanderbilt researchers who reviewed three years of patient data and found that major complications occurring within 24 hours after cardiac surgery were cut in half following the adoption of an improved handover process. Read More

  Brittany White, left, and Nancy Parsons, right, were among the volunteers who helped assemble colorful scarves for cancer patients during a recent “Sew-in” held at Gilda’s Club Nashville. The nonprofit organization Care Cap Connections launched the initiative and donates free kerchiefs to cancer centers,… Read More

National Public Radio Science Correspondent Joe Palca, Ph.D., will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 25. His talk, entitled “News and Science: A Marriage of Convenience,” will begin at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall. Palca earned a Ph.D. in psychology from the University… Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a 2012 recipient of the Leadership in Safety Award from CNA, the seventh largest U.S. commercial insurance carrier. The award was presented Tuesday during a ceremony at the Eskind Biomedical Library’s Executive Board Room. CNA’s Leadership in Safety Award recognizes those who take the initiative… Read More

The fifth annual Conte Center Symposium will be held from 1-6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in the Vanderbilt Law School’s Flynn Auditorium. Speakers include: Patricia Gaspar, M.D., Ph.D., Institut National de la Santé de la Recherche Médicale Elizabeth Hammock, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Mark Ansorge, Ph.D., Columbia University Medical… Read More

Keiron Kennedy, M.D., receives an influenza shot from Sharon Holley, DNP, CNM, during the Flulapalooza mass vaccination event, which took place Wednesday and Thursday.  At the end of the first day, approximately 5,589 staff, faculty, students and volunteers had been vaccinated. (Photo by Joe… Read More

New findings from Vanderbilt researchers may explain why only some individuals who have inherited mutations that increase risk for pulmonary hypertension actually develop the disease. Read More

Darrell Smith, here with his girlfriend, Jessica Rogers, is determined to return to the cave where he suffered a stroke. (Photo by Joe Howell) They had just done a belly crawl in the Southport Saltpeter Cave in Maury County, Tenn., wriggling through a 90-foot-long shaft that was… Read More

A new method for creating genetic mutations that can be activated at certain times or in specific tissues will enable studies to probe gene function. Read More

Pamela Roshell with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will speak Oct. 31 in the Student Life Center on “The Healthcare Law and You.” Read More

It’s time to enroll! Open Enrollment started on Oct. 17 and continues through Oct. 31. This is your annual opportunity to elect benefits that fit your needs for 2013. Enrollment is active this year and all benefits-eligible employees need to enroll. Even if you’re keeping the same benefits, or… Read More

(iStockphoto) Short-term disability insurance (STDi) coverage provides income protection when you are unable to work for a short time period due to a covered injury or illness. In the past, employees may have been discouraged by the insurer’s requirement that new enrollees submit health information. This year, Vanderbilt has… Read More