Year: 2014

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

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

Six Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty and staff were honored by the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) at last week’s annual meeting in Nashville. Read More

For singers who suddenly can’t hit their high notes or call center workers who develop pain while speaking, physical therapy may offer new treatment solutions. Read More

Douglas Hanto, M.D., Ph.D., has his sights on Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. No stranger to building nationally recognized liver transplant programs — he has three under his belt — the new associate director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center aims to work with the departments of Pediatrics and Surgery to develop a comprehensive pediatric liver center at Children’s Hospital. Read More

In an effort to protect both employees and patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from potential harm, the Medical Center is revising its influenza vaccination plan and mandating the influenza vaccine for all VUMC employees. Read More

Vanderbilt experts from a variety of fields are available to help explain issues surrounding Nashville's transformation into the latest “it” city. Read More

A new mouse model offers insight into the signaling pathways that control oral cancers – and a platform for testing anticancer therapeutics. Read More

Venture capitalist and Jumpstart Foundry CEO Vic Gatto delivers the inaugural lecture — “Entrepreneurs: Heroes of our Generation” — in the School of Engineering’s newly created Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lectureship, endowed by Jason Chambers, engineering alumnus and member of the school’s Board of Visitors. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators have used a computational biology approach to uncover new cancer drivers and biomarkers of anticancer drug response. Read More

Naazariah Thomas and her mom, Marissa, make the trek from Clarksville to Nashville every two months because the customized, comprehensive health care the toddler needs is not available in her hometown. Naazariah has sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that affects the red blood cells. The disease can cause… Read More

Corporate partners engage the imagination of our strong, caring community in rallying support for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Through campaigns, sponsorships and gifts, corporations like Bank of America, Daily’s and Walmart are investing in the future of children by supporting our mission to provide care, conduct groundbreaking research and educate the next generation of pediatric leaders. Read More

An overactive stress response contributes to the development of insulin resistance in obese individuals, and blocking it may be therapeutically beneficial. Read More

Two Vanderbilt professors are available to speak about the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which is Nov. 9. Read More