Year: 2016

When Tom Daniel, M.D., joined the Vanderbilt University faculty in December 1986, Stanley Cohen, Ph.D., had just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of epidermal growth factor (EGF). Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has received a five-year, $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Vanderbilt Emergency Care Research Training Program. Read More

Peggy Tubb doesn’t recall her exact reaction when she was told she could stop taking blood thinners to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), but the news changed her life. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) made history in 1997 when two surgeons pioneered fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, or myelomeningocele, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system. Read More

Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome who received growth hormone treatment had cognitive advantages compared to untreated patients. Read More

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), center, speaks with members of the media during a visit last week to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), where he hosted a roundtable discussion on Vanderbilt’s prominent role in President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative. Read More

Amanda Farnsworth, BS’81, MS’83, and Dee Dee Turner, BS’84, formed the first all-female crew to land in Cuba since the embargo. They flew a five-seater plan to Havana Tuesday, August 9. Farnsworth is the Class of 1981 Reunion weekend chair. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has been named to the 2016 Becker’s Hospital Review list of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs. The annual list recognizes organizations leading the nation in cancer care. Read More

Watch all of the fun and emotion as Vanderbilt University welcomes the Class of 2020 to The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. Read More

Students return Aug. 20 for move-in weekend at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Olympic medalist Javier Culson. Photo by Chell Hill via Wikimedia commons. Javier Culson, a Puerto Rican athlete, bronze medalist at the 2012 London Olympics and brother of VUMC employee Judith Culson, competed today in the men’s 400-meter hurdles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Today’s race didn’t go… Read More

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute cardiologist Allen Naftilan, M.D., Ph.D., puts a stethoscope to his ears and listens to the heartbeats of patients more than 90 miles away. Read More

Fabien Maldonado, M.D., recently joined the Division of Pulmonology, bringing with him expertise in minimally invasive medical pleuroscopy that he honed during his nine years at the Mayo Clinic. Read More

The old adage that age is just a number actually became a lifesaver for 71-year-old Rex Parton. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has received an $11 million program project renewal grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study the genetics and underlying biological mechanisms that lead to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Read More

A broad and diverse group of 150 Medical Center and University leaders, students, and community stakeholders met Monday afternoon at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center to advance Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Strategy Framework process. Read More

Katie Walker, R.N., left, Andrea Vessels, R.N., Thomasina Ramey and Keiara Butler were all smiles during last week’s event celebrating Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt’s performance in the recent U.S. News & World Report ranking of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. Read More

Children, adolescents or young adults, particularly African-Americans, diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer may actually have a rare form of the disease known as renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) that requires a specialized approach and expert intervention. Read More

Chicken Salad Chick Foundation founding board members Stacy Brown and Betty and Earlon McWhorter presented a $200,000 check to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) to support cancer research. Among other initiatives, the Chicken Salad Chick Foundation was proud to host Music and Miracles Superfest, the first major stadium concert in Jordan-Hare’s 75-year history, held on April 23 in Auburn, Alabama. Read More

Before Commencement in May, 1,195 members of the Class of 2016 made gifts to the annual Senior Class Fund, representing a record-high 76 percent participation rate. Read More