Year: 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Quantitative and Chemical Biology Program takes shape

    The Chemical and Physical Biology Admissions (CPB-A) Program, an inter-departmental first-year graduate admissions program at Vanderbilt University, has been renamed the Quantitative and Chemical Biology (QCB) Program. Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    New teams set to pioneer quality, safety

    This year’s Vanderbilt Quality and Patient Safety Pioneer Program is under way with a new set of teams ready to launch. Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Photo: Discovery Lecture

    Nationally known bioethicist R. Alta Charo, J.D., of the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, speaks about pharmaceutical development at her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture in Light Hall. (photo by Susan Urmy)… Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • VU Research Studio Program lauded at AAMC meeting

    VU Research Studio Program lauded at AAMC meeting

    Vanderbilt University’s Clinical and Translational Research Studio program has won the Award with Distinction for Innovations in Research Training and Education from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    New VU blog a place for parents, caregivers to connect

    The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is inviting people to participate in Wishing Well, a new blog designed to connect and engage the community, patient families, doctors, nurses and others who raise and care for babies and children. Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    International medicine, ethics focus of resident’s book

    Second-year General Surgery resident Anji Wall, M.D., Ph.D., hasn’t yet decided her surgical specialty, but she’s already written the book on ethics and international medicine, literally. Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Photo: Lung Cancer Partnership

    (photo by Anne Rayner) Caroline Nebhan, right, a fourth-year student in the M.D./Ph.D. training program, explains a cancer research experiment to advocates from the National Lung Cancer Partnership who toured Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center during their recent meeting in Nashville. Nebhan, who works in the research laboratory… Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Little Leaguer is a diabetes pro

    Middle Tennessee’s latest celebrities are the 11-and-12-year-old Little League U.S. World Series Champions from Goodlettesville. But one young player already had quite a fan base built up at a Vanderbilt pediatric diabetes clinic, where he has been a patient most of his life. Luke Brown and his family are also… Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Young athlete’s case illustrates concussion’s lingering effects

    Cannon County High School basketball player Rebekah Faulkner doesn’t remember much about colliding with a rival player during a training camp game early this summer. Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUH debuts new unit dedicated to palliative care

    When Mohana Karlekar, M.D., talks with patient families, she almost always asks what they know about palliative care, and the answer is almost always the same — “Not much.” Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    AAMC meet highlights need for research funds

    During a meeting in Nashville last week, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) called on academic medical centers to make the case for continued, strong federal investment in biomedical research. Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Biostatistics Clinics help investigators hone studies

    Amory Cox, a Pharmacy Practice resident, is making her second visit to the Biostatistics Clinic, a free, 75- minute research help session offered daily by the Department of Biostatistics. Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Open Enrollment is coming: Do you know your VUnetID and ePassword?

    (iStockphoto) Open Enrollment for 2013 benefits is Oct. 17-31. This is an active enrollment, and all benefits-eligible employees need to enroll. When you enroll, you will need your VUnetID and ePassword. Please check that you know your VUnetID and ePassword before Open Enrollment begins. If you have… Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Target acquired for aggressive tumor

    New therapeutic target for angiosarcoma – an aggressive, highly fatal tumor of the blood vessels – identified. Read More

    Sep 27, 2012

  • A scene from the book trailer for Kat Zhang's debut novel

    Listen: Vanderbilt senior to read from her published novel

      A scene from the book trailer for Kat Zhang's debut novel "What's Left of Me." (image courtesy of Mainstay Productions) Kat Zhang, a senior in the College of Arts and Science, will read from her new novel, What’s Left of Me (HarperCollins),… Read More

    Sep 26, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Carrie A. Russell: “We the People: American Citizenship and Voter Identification Laws”

    Watch video of Carrie A. Russell, senior lecturer in political science present “We the People: American Citizenship and Voter Identification Laws,” part of this year’s forum to examine voter identification laws as Vanderbilt University marked Constitution Day. Russell’s presentation tied the obligations of citizenship with the effects of voter identification laws. This… Read More

    Sep 26, 2012

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    Vanderbilt senior’s ‘Jeopardy!’ run comes to end

    David Schuman, a Vanderbilt senior, is pictured with "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Television. Vanderbilt’s David Schuman, a senior in the College of Arts and Science, was the Jeopardy! winner Sept. 25 after a nail-biting finish. Schuman is a double major… Read More

    Sep 26, 2012

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    More than 500 caregivers available through Vanderbilt Sitter Service

    (iStockphoto) More than 500 caregivers are currently available through the Vanderbilt Sitter Service directory. Vanderbilt students and employees who enjoy providing care and companionship and who want to earn extra income comprise the directory. Caregivers for infants, preschoolers, school-aged children, teenagers, special needs children, adults and senior… Read More

    Sep 26, 2012

  • Liberia retold through late documentarian’s work, film

    ‘Long Story Bit by Bit’ opens Oct. 12 at Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery "Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington" will be on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery Oct. 12-Dec.6. (photo by Tim Hetherington) Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by… Read More

    Sep 26, 2012

  • President Obama Meeting

    Dwindling undecided voters have lost much of their power

    There now is only a small and ever dwindling chance that the remaining undecided voters might influence the outcome of the presidential election, said a Vanderbilt University political scientist. Read More

    Sep 26, 2012