Year: 2014

The Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic (OHC) observed its 40th anniversary last week with a reception and party. Read More

Laura Wayman, M.D., associate professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been awarded the 2014 Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education. Read More

Vanderbilt’s David Penson, M.D., MPH, director of the Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research, has been named to serve as chair of the Health Services Organization and Delivery Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) of the National Institutes of Health. He will serve a two-year term. Read More

Ron Shapiro, negotiator, sports agent, attorney, educator, author and civic leader, will lead a free workshop, “How to Negotiate so Everyone Wins, Especially You!” at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing on Monday, Sept. 22, from 4 - 6:30 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences will provide annual lead shielding inspections of lead-lined aprons, vests, skirts/kilts, thyroid collars, gonadal shields, gloves and vinyl-type mobile shields every Thursday from Oct. 2 to Dec. 11, from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Ken Holroyd, M.D., MBA, assistant vice chancellor for Research, recently served on a panel discussing the Global Action Platform/Cumberland Center’s 2014 Global Action Report at the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C. Read More

Personalized medicine — the effort to tailor health care to individual patients’ needs, genetic profiles and circumstances — is a well-established concept at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

Inhibition of BMP growth factor signaling reduces breast tumor burden and metastasis. Read More

A new Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic has opened on the first floor of the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s outpatient clinical services. Read More

For the tenth year in a row, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named one of the nation’s “most wired” hospitals by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. Read More

The Commodore soccer team welcomes UAB at 4 p.m. Thursday for an exhibition game at the VU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex. The game will be part of the SEC Network’s launch party and broadcast on SEC Network +, the network’s digital platform at secnetwork.com. Read More

(Image courtesy of Weight Watchers) A new academic year is the perfect time for a fresh start. If you’ve been thinking about joining Weight Watchers at Work, now is the time to do it! A new 10-week session runs Sept. 3 through Nov. 5. The cost is $125 for… Read More

Painter Jonathan Richter and poet DKM will discuss various pieces and processes involved in the creation of “Subjects With Objects: A Unique Collection of Art & Text by Jonathan Richter and DKM” showing at the Divinity School Art Room (G-20) from Sept. 4 through Nov. 13. This talk is free and open… Read More

Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt. (Vanderbilt University) Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt will conduct a summer sidewalk sale Aug. 14-17 during regular store hours. Already marked down clearance section items will be reduced an additional 50 percent. The Vanderbilt employee discount does not apply to sale items. For more… Read More

Vanderbilt will offer a certificate program for health professionals to educate them in helping patients set realistic health goals and provide support in reaching them. Read More

High-dose influenza vaccine is 24 percent more effective than the standard-dose vaccine in protecting persons ages 65 and over against influenza illness and its complications. Read More

Move in has begun at the newly opened Warren and Moore Colleges on the northeast corner of campus. Read More

The Office of Honor Scholarships and Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program are hosting Vanderbilt’s first university-wide, interdisciplinary undergraduate poster session. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Division of Administration has announced organizational changes affecting two of its offices. Read More

National and international health authorities are working to control a large, ongoing outbreak of the Ebola virus involving areas in West Africa. There are currently no reports of endemic cases of Ebola infection in the United States. There is no vaccine to prevent Ebola infection. Once someone is infected,… Read More