Year: 2013

Gaining and losing weight during “yo-yo dieting” may contribute to an exaggerated immune response in fat tissue that increases metabolic dysfunction more than steady weight gain alone. Read More

The Vanderbilt community's input is being sought to help create the best possible 25-year vision for Nashville’s future. Read More

Procurement Services is ready to launch a new, improved eProcurement system on Sept. 3 that will allow the online creation of all requisitions. Read More

The way David Posch, CEO of Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinics, described the health care industry’s current landscape to members of the Patient and Family Advisory Council at the group’s August meeting Tuesday night was by quoting the opening line of Charles Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities” — “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Read More

Two groups of Vanderbilt students from different disciplines of health care recently completed projects with a common goal: promoting interprofessional training for the next generation of health care professionals. Read More

Cecelia B. Moore, MHA, CPA, vice president of Finance and Chief Operating Officer for the Patient Revenue Management Organization (PRMO) with Duke University Health System, has been named associate vice chancellor for Finance at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

Last week, 130 students from more than 75 medical schools across the nation were at Vanderbilt to take part in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Medical Student Research Symposium, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and organized by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center. Read More

Once upon a time, teenage girls were not clamoring to sport a pair of thick, black, oversized eyeglasses. Read More

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute is the first in the United States to use a new fully resorbable “envelope” that encloses implantable cardiac devices, such as pacemakers and internal cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and helps prevent surgical site infections. Read More

Nearly 300 Vanderbilt University School of Nursing students received their professional pins of Nursing at a ceremony held Sunday at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in downtown Nashville. Read More

A new study of concussion in cheerleaders found neurocognitive testing was more accurate than an athlete’s symptom self-report when assessing recovery. Read More

Surgery to relieve the damaging pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain is a perfect job for a robot. That is the basic premise of a new image-guided surgical system under development at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The protein SARM appears to protect cells from inflammation-driven death by stabilizing the nuclear laminin scaffold. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Featheringill Hall was the site of a three-day Make-a-Thon sponsored by Motorola and hosted by the Vanderbilt Institute for Software Integrated Systems. Read More

With fall and the new academic year approaching, now is the perfect time to jumpstart your exercise routine.  Check out these programs sponsored by Health Plus: Fitness Evaluations – Meet with a Health Plus fitness associate to assess your current fitness level and receive an individualized exercise plan. Call 936-5698 for… Read More

The Nashville Sounds will host a Vanderbilt Appreciation Night on Friday, Aug. 16. The baseball game starts at 7:05 p.m. Gates will open at 6:05 p.m. Reserved seating tickets will be available for $8 to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. The deadline to order tickets is Aug. 15. Read More

Coach James Franklin autographs a poster for young Commodore fans at Dore Jam. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt faculty and staff and their families are invited to meet Head Coach James Franklin and the Commodore football team at Dore Jam 2013, presented by Gary Force Acura on the Vanderbilt Football Practice… Read More

Christopher Slobogin, the author of a book that addresses privacy and government intrusion, is available for expert commentary for ongoing stories regarding whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations of massive phone surveillance by a federal spy agency. Read More

A letter to President Obama and Congress co-signed by Chancellor Zeppos and his fellow university leaders outlines the ripple effects of reduced federal research funding and calls attention to the nation's burgeoning "innovation deficit." Read More

This fall more than a dozen high-achieving Tennessee school principals will begin a yearlong leadership development experience to collaborate with some of the world's top educational leaders. Read More