Year: 2015

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $1.8 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to join the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. Read More

Vanderbilt is embarking on an observational study to define and understand how a promising treatment for multiple myeloma affects the heart. Read More

Austin Kirschner, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Biology, has received the Urology Care Foundation Research Scholars Award for the study of advanced prostate cancer. Read More

A nurse practitioner at the Vanderbilt Hereditary Cancer clinic is expected to be one of the first nurses in the country to receive a newly created certification in Advanced Genetics Nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Read More

Concussions suffered on the playing field will not cause permanent brain damage if treated appropriately, Vanderbilt University experts said during a recent symposium sponsored by the Vanderbilt Program in Molecular Medicine (VPMM). Read More

The stands inside Memorial Gymnasium are expected to resemble a sea of pink as fans don pink attire for the Vanderbilt Commodores Women’s Basketball game Sunday, Feb. 8, at noon. Read More

For the second year in a row, Vanderbilt University Hospital and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt achieved food safety scores above 99 percent. Read More

Imaging technologies and image-guided interventions will be highlighted during “Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging Science V” to be held May 12-15 at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. The event is hosted by the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS). Read More

At first glance, the mobile Makerspace at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt looks like an ordinary computer cart with a printer and storage bins. Read More

Dupree Hatch, M.D., shrugs off the sleep deprivation from a night taking care of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and launches into a discussion of his efforts to describe — and reduce — adverse events associated with intubation in the NICU. Read More

For people with diabetes, watching their waistline is an important way to help control their blood glucose and lower the risk for complications from the illness. Read More

Developing a three-year roadmap for the implementation of the Academic Strategic Plan was the aim of a one-day faculty retreat held Feb. 3 at the Student Life Center. Read More

Beginning Feb. 4, Vanderbilt IT will increase safeguards against malware, spyware and viruses, along with phishing sites and sites containing inappropriate material. Read More

College tennis champ Eric Honert is focusing on a new challenge as a graduate student in mechanical engineering: building a better prosthetic toe. Read More

Renowned scholars Sheikh Abdul Nasir Jangda and Abdelrehman Murphy will discuss the causes of terrorism around the world and the misalignment of terrorism with Islam at 6 p.m. Feb. 8 for a Project Dialogue event. Read More

The Program on Law and Innovation at Vanderbilt Law School has been started to prepare students for 21st-century legal practice. Read More

On Thursday, Feb. 12, the series will feature Col. Joseph LeBoeuf, U.S. Army (Ret.); former vice chair in the Department of Behavioral Science and Leadership, United States Military Academy; and professor of the practice of leadership and management, Fuqua School of Business, Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics, Duke University. Read More

"Silent Epidemic: Eating Disorders on College Campuses, A Conversation with Johanna Kandel" is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in The Kissam Center Multipurpose Room. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of these upcoming shows at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Read More

Vanderbilt's Laurie Cutting was one of a select group of experts in neuroscience, cognitive science, developmental psychology and other disciplines invited to take part in a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy workshop. Read More