Year: 2014

In light of President Obama’s plan to overhaul the immigration enforcement system and the continued debate over comprehensive immigration reform, Vanderbilt has an array of experts available who are researching various aspects of the immigration debate. Read More

If you have thought about quitting smoking, consider using the Great American Smokeout, Nov. 20, as your quit date. Read More

This week’s wellcast focuses on the Diabetes Prevention Program, a Health Plus initiative geared toward Vanderbilt faculty and staff who have pre-diabetes or are at high risk for developing type-2 diabetes. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate each from the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing for the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s Faculty Scholars Program. This award provides $100,000 per year for up to two years. Read More

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core is pleased to announce a new round of Community Engaged Research Mini-Grants, available for activities that promote ongoing, mutually beneficial, health-oriented research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers. Read More

"Dawn Sears and Friends," a fundraiser to benefit lung cancer research at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, is scheduled for Nov. 30 at Depot Square in Gallatin, Tennessee. Reba McEntire, The Time Jumpers, Riders in the Sky and Olympic figure skating great Scott Hamilton will be featured. Read More

The north entrance drive for Vanderbilt University Hospital will be closed from Monday, Nov. 17, through Friday, Nov. 21, between 10 p.m.–4:30 a.m. each night. Read More

Vanderbilt computer scientists have been awarded the Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems' Test of Time Award, given to papers making long-lasting academic and practical impacts that were published at least 10 years ago. Read More

A multidisciplinary Vanderbilt team with deep experience in improving patient safety and technology usability has received a three-year, $800,000 Department of Energy grant to help nuclear power plant operators better perform their jobs. Read More

Minutes from the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate’s Oct. 9 meeting are now available online on the Faculty Senate website. Read More

Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt will offer Vanderbilt employees an extra 10 percent off all merchandise on Friday, Dec. 12, in addition to the regular employee discount of 10 percent. Read More

Nashville will observe International Transgender Day of Remembrance with a ceremony from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 20 at Scarritt Bennett Center, located at 1008 19th Ave. S. Read More

Alex McNeill, executive director of More Light Presbyterians, a national organization devoted to advocacy, education and support for LGBTQ people and issues within the church an beyond, will speak at a lunchtime event on Thursday, Nov. 20, at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

In the Qing Hai province of China, there are a number of issues that complicate efforts to improve the quality of education, especially for nomadic peoples. World on Wednesday will explore the topic at its Nov. 19 meeting. Read More

The charter that was written in 1989 upon the creation of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) continues to hold true to its mission — to propel and direct organ transplantation, research, medicine, technology, education and the public education of transplantation into the future as the recognized leader and national authority of multi-organ transplantation. Read More

Martin Blakely, M.D., M.S., has been awarded a $3 million federal grant for a multi-center, multi-disciplinary study to examine the safety outcomes of early versus later inguinal hernia repair for premature infants. Read More

In recent years the federal government has used financial incentives and penalties to promote use of electronic health records (EHR), but in these regulations the issue of EHR data interoperability — that is, data standardization — has been left largely unresolved, dimming prospects for data exchange, population health surveillance and systematic improvement across health networks. Read More

Can an implanted electrical device like a cardiac pacemaker effectively treat inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, including cases that have not responded to drug therapy? Read More

Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students are among 11 individuals nationwide to receive Sarnoff Foundation Medical Student Research Fellowship awards for 2014-2015. Read More

Personnel from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, took part in a special Veterans Day Panel at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Tuesday. Read More