Year: 2015

Wear red to this event and get a heart-healthy lunch. Read More

This new program will prepare team members to run or walk the Country Music Half-Marathon on April 25, 2015. Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series, The Whipping Man­ which took place on January 29. A badly wounded Jewish Confederate soldier stumbles home at war’s end to find his family has fled to the countryside. Remaining behind to greet him are… Read More

Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s winter term on January 29, “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas” by Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology. Read More

The University of Chicago's Robert J. Chaskin will lecture on public housing reform Feb. 20 at Peabody College. Read More

Visit the VRWC to see cooking demonstrations on tasty low-calorie entrees and treats. Read More

Ten students from Vanderbilt University and Belmont University will compete for a one-song record deal. Read More

Six Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements during a celebration Jan. 28 at the Student Life Center. Read More

Everyone knows that the second biggest competition on Super Bowl Sunday is the battle over advertising. Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management experts are available to talk about trends in Super Bowl advertising. Read More

During the past five years, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has become a leader in “personalized medicine,” the use of genomic information to individualize patient care. Read More

After weathering a challenging year of immense changes in the health care industry, Vanderbilt University Hospital and Vanderbilt’s adult clinics have emerged stronger and better poised for long-term growth. Read More

Patients who feel included in their care have better outcomes, Christina Dempsey, MSN, MBA, chief nursing officer at Press Ganey, told a large audience at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing during her recent talk sponsored by the Patricia Townsend Meador Endowed lecture series. Read More

As of last week, Vanderbilt has updated the process used to facilitate patient participation in BioVU, the Medical Center’s DNA repository. Read More

ResearchMatch, the nationwide online medical research volunteer recruitment and engagement service hosted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has announced a partnership with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to curing Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Mark Frisse, M.D., M.S., MBA, Accenture Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, delivered last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture in Light Hall. Read More

Ginny Moore, DNP, APRN, has been named director of the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Specialty Program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN). She has served as interim director of the program since August 2014. Read More

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) patient William Ostman smiled while gazing into a camera lens and declared, “I am a prostate cancer survivor.” Read More

Two longtime Vanderbilt nurses are starting the year in new leadership positions with greater responsibilities for nursing education and advanced practice, respectively. Read More

Cancer is bad enough. But cancer patients who receive surgery, radiation and chemotherapy may suffer from side effects that run from irritating to crippling — problems that are postural, musculoskeletal and respiratory, along with lowered self-esteem. Read More

The Lustgarten Foundation has awarded a $1.5 million Research Investigator Grant to Stephen Fesik, Ph.D., professor of Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Chemistry, for research designed to discover new drugs for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Read More