Reporter Aug 16 2013
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Creativity helps spur VUMC operational savings
As Vanderbilt University Medical Center navigates large-scale operational change through Evolve to Excel (E2E) a number of creative and substantive cost savings initiatives have already been identified. The Medical Center’s first priority remains to achieve savings through efforts that focus on costs associated with supplies and other non-labor expenses. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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$5.2M NIH grant bolsters colorectal cancer research
Robert Coffey Jr., M.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University, has received a five-year, $5.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the role of extracellular RNA (ex-RNA) in colorectal cancer. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Komen grants bolster breast cancer research
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators are receiving $1 million in breast cancer research grant funds from Susan G. Komen, the largest nonprofit foundation supporting breast cancer research. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Obesity pathway component identified
Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered a new critical component in the obesity pathway. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Transplant drug added to PREDICT program
Tacrolimus is essential for patients receiving new hearts, kidneys and other organ transplants. The drug suppresses the body’s immune system, helping to prevent rejection. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Flulapalooza vaccination event set for Sept. 25
Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination event that two years ago more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Neurological Physical Therapy Residency gains accreditation
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson’s Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute (PBPRI) and Belmont University’s School of Physical Therapy are receiving accreditation from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) for their collaborative Neurological Physical Therapy Clinical Residency instituted last year. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Dates set for lead shielding inspections
Vanderbilt’s Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is offering free annual inspections of lead-lined aprons, vests, skirts/kilts, thyroid collars, gonadal shields, gloves and vinyl-type mobile shielding every Thursday, from Oct. 3 to Dec. 12, from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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American Chemical Society honors VUMC’s Liebler
Daniel Liebler, Ph.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, professor of Biochemistry, and director of the Ayers Institute for Precancer Detection and Diagnosis, has been selected as one of 96 fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Center for Quality Aging forges community bonds
The Vanderbilt Center for Quality Aging is taking the “bench to bedside” concept of translational research out into the community, forming partnerships with assisted living facilities to examine how evidence can be put into action to improve the care of elders. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Researchers track neuron branching’s genetic control switch
In an effort to understand how neurons develop different “architectures,” Vanderbilt developmental biologists have discovered a genetic switch that controls one type of neuron branching in the nematode worm. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Glaucoma patients focus of Sousan’s sharing nature
Suzanne Sousan is not afraid of much. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Daily briefing keeps Children’s Hospital operating smoothly
Every day at precisely 1:35 p.m., the conference room in Suite 2410 at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt becomes the central hub of activity. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Patient satisfaction awards honor providers, teams
Vanderbilt University Medical Center providers and teams with exceptional patient satisfaction scores have won 14 Top Performer Awards and 273 5-Star Awards in the 2013 Excellence in Healthcare Awards, sponsored by Professional Research Consultants Inc., Vanderbilt's patient satisfaction surveyor. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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VUMC concussion expert says ‘When in doubt, sit them out’
(iStockphoto) As sports practices have resumed for the fall, physicians at the Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center (VSCC) are already treating young athletes with concussions. They urge coaches and parents to know the warning signs of a concussion and not let athletes return to play until… Read MoreAug 13, 2013