Year: 2014

Stephan Heckers, M.D., M.Sc., William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Schizophrenia Research and chair of the Department of Psychiatry, has been named the next editor-in-chief of JAMA Psychiatry, one of nine specialty journals in the JAMA Network. Read More

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has selected Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Mary Ann Jessee, MSN, R.N., as a fellow in the Leadership for Academic Nursing Program. Read More

The 2014 Greater Nashville Heart Walk will take place on Vanderbilt’s campus on Saturday, Oct. 4. Read More

The next Bedside Matters, an hourlong, monthly rounds geared toward helping Vanderbilt University Medical Center health care providers deal with the social and emotional issues of caring for patients and families, will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Read More

Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses are needed to volunteer at this year’s Flulapalooza, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mass influenza vaccination event, being held Wednesday, Oct. 1, in a tent between Light Hall and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Read More

David Penson, M.D., the Paul V. Hamilton, M.D. and Virginia E. Howd Professor of Urologic Oncology, will become chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Urologic Surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2015. Read More

Will Hedgecock, BE’08, MS’09, PhD’14, founder of PinPtr, a high-precision GPS that can detect a difference in location within centimeters instead of meters, took first place at Spark Nashville, a rapid-fire pitch competition. Read More

Soldiers deployed to tropical and sunny climates are coming home with increased risk factors for a threat far from the battlefield: skin cancer. Read More

Francis Wcislo, the dean who launched The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons at Vanderbilt University in 2006, has announced plans to step down from that role at the end of his current contract, June 30, 2015. Read More

Over the past five years there has been much progress in terms of the legal, social and cultural advancements surrounding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. Read More

The most recent Credo Award and Five Pillar Leader Award winners were announced Wednesday at the Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly at Langford Auditorium. Read More

Bill Nye, a popular scientist, engineer, comedian, author and inventor, will speak at 6 p.m. Oct. 7 at Vanderbilt’s Langford Auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Vanderbilt University Speakers Committee. Read More

Vanderbilt will observe Constitution and Citizenship Day Sept. 17 with a three-part event, “Nations Within States: Citizenship, Pottery and the Catawba Indian Nation.” Featured events include an exhibition of pottery from the Catawba Indian Nation, a panel discussion on Indian sovereignty, and a powwow dance performance. Read More

Kailyn Lowry and Amber Portwood (MTV's "Teen Mom") have each written their own inspirational story and will be greeting fans and signing book together Sept. 15 at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt. Read More

Donald R. Hopkins, vice president of health programs at The Carter Presidential Center at Emory University, will discuss “The ‘Discovery’ and Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease” at noon Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Project Safe Center celebrated its opening at the historic Cumberland House on West Side Row with an open house and remarks by university leaders Sept. 10. Read More

Open Enrollment is right around the corner. To help you prepare, Vanderbilt’s HR team will be sharing the top 10 things you need to know to prepare for Open Enrollment over the next five weeks. Read More

David Williams II, vice chancellor for university affairs and athletics and director of athletics, has been appointed to the Nashville Public Education Foundation Board. Read More

In this VUCast: See a trauma physician's innovative way to stop bullying; why your brain only needs a little junk food to be satisfied; and two reason why Vanderbilt is happy. Watch now! Read More

New website outlines ways principals can maximize data for talent management decisions. Read More