Month: September 2012

Vanderbilt LifeFlight is adding a new response vehicle to its fleet, one that will assist local emergency service agencies on days that the helicopter can’t fly due to unfavorable weather conditions. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accepting nominations for the 2012 Research Staff Awards. Read More

A collaboration between Vanderbilt Pediatric researchers and the Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation Department to prevent obesity is kicking into high gear with the recruitment of 600 area familes. Read More

Camilla Benbow has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Washington, D.C., think tank, Education Sector. Read More

This month BioVU logged in its 150,000th unique genetic sample. It is now the world’s largest collection of human DNA linked to searchable, electronic health information. Read More

Cylinda Marquart gripped the small Post-it note inscribed with Japanese characters as her 6-week-old daughter, Albi-Helene Martin, was raced to a hospital by ambulance. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center welcomed 109 new doctoral students into the scientific community last week in the third annual “Simple Beginnings” ceremony. Read More

Inhibitory neurons that connect and regulate signaling in the brain (interneurons) may contribute to epilepsy and autism in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. Read More

Rear Admiral Nora Tyson (BA’79), the vice director of the Joint Staff and first female commander of a U.S. Navy carrier strike group, is the recipient of the highest honor for a member of the Vanderbilt alumni community: the Distinguished Alumni Award. Read More

(iStockphoto) The Sitter Service is a new resource for connecting faculty and staff who need sitter services with Vanderbilt students and employees who are interested in providing care for infants, preschoolers, school-aged children and adults. The service allows clients to quickly access in-home sitters while allowing students… Read More

Want to register early for this year’s diabetes walks? Register, pick up your T-shirt and grab a snack all at one time at our two registration fairs Sept. 6 and 7. For more visit the Diabetes fair online. Read More

Richard Payne, the Esther Colliflower director of the Duke University Institute on Care at the End of Life and professor of medicine and divinity at Duke Divinity School, will talk about “The Imperative of Palliative Care: Meeting the Triple Aim for Quality Care for the Seriously Ill” on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 3:30 p.m. Read More

(Vanderbilt University) Lydia Howarth, Vanderbilt’s first lady, will greet new and returning members of the Vanderbilt Woman’s Club and others interested in joining the organization at its annual welcome tea, which signals the start of a new year of service activities, educational programming, interest group events and… Read More

A representative from Wolfram Research, the maker of Mathematica, will give a free tech talk about Mathematica 8 on Thursday, Sept. 13. Mathematica is a computational software program used in scientific, engineering and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing. Troy Schaudt will speak from 4 to 5… Read More

Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams’ fifth anniversary celebration will benefit the Monroe (Vanderbilt University) Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The event, scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Read More

Gale Woodland led the presentation on telemedicine at the Women in Technology of Tennessee August meeting, held at Vanderbilt's Center for Better Health. (Steve Green / Vanderbilt) by Joan Brasher Vanderbilt’s commitment to maintaining a diverse workforce took another step forward recently when Human Resources officially partnered with… Read More

A tradition among first-year students to read and discuss a common text has inspired a campuswide initiative called “Human Identities: Global, Local, Personal,” designed to raise nuanced dialogue about gender and sexuality across the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have combined the photosynthetic protein that converts light into electrochemical energy in spinach with silicon, the material used in solar cells, in a fashion thatproduces substantially more electrical current than has been reported by previous "biohybrid" solar cells. Read More