Year: 2016

Dance Marathon's kickoff event—originally scheduled for Sept. 17 but postponed due to inclement weather—has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 28. Read More

Faculty and staff can now check blood pressure and weight with Higi machines, which make staying on top of your health numbers convenient, simple, fun and rewarding. Read More

Celebrate Nashville’s World Music Night at the Ryman Auditorium is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 28, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Read More

Join Health Plus for a pumpkin carving competition in celebration of this season’s Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market. Carve, paint or decorate a pumpkin with others in your department and bring it to the market on Thursday, Oct. 20, for voting. Read More

Complete Step 2 of Go for the Gold—using the Wellness Actions Log to keep track of your efforts to maintain or improve your wellness—and earn an additional $60 for reaching the Silver Level. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has empaneled a committee to consider and make recommendations on how the university can further support holistic and inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and well-being. Read More

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center, one of the largest organ transplant programs in the Southeast, has not only surpassed the projected number of transplants it expected to perform for fiscal year (FY) 2016, but also experienced an increase in the total number of transplants performed over the previous year. Read More

Under the sweeping technology initiative called EpicLeap, Vanderbilt University Medical Center is on course to replace the greater part of its clinical, billing and administrative software by November 2017, with an eye to improving continuity of care, efficiency and patient and care-team experiences. Read More

The Nashville Predators’ newest star, P.K. Subban, visited with patients and families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Tuesday. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students are invited to a special Election 2016 lunch program on Monday, Sept. 26, from noon to 1 p.m. at The Commons Center, Room 235/237. Attendance and lunch are free, but you must register in advance. Read More

Vanderbilt IT announces that two new changes are coming for Box.com users. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the world’s first site to treat a patient in the TULSA-PRO Ablation Clinical Trial (TACT), which employs an emerging therapy that uses MRI guidance and robotically driven therapeutic ultrasound to obtain precise prostate cancer tissue ablation. Read More

Jonathan Lehman, M.D., Ph.D., instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, has received a Career Development Award from LUNGevity, a nonprofit organization that provides support programs for lung cancer patients and families, public education and funding for innovative scientific research. Read More

Lymphedema research conducted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to better understand patient risk for this chronic condition and treatment responses received recognition at an international conference. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is part of a 6-year, $4.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve the use of prescribed medication by sickle cell patients. Read More

More than 3,000 employees, along with their families and friends, came out to celebrate at Vanderbilt’s annual Employee Tailgate Sept. 10. Read More

Members of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center staff celebrate with the 100th patient seen at the satellite pre-transplant clinic in Madison, Alabama, which opened in January. Read More

Jeffrey Creasy, M.D., chief of Neuroradiology in Vanderbilt’s Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, recently participated in a three-week American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) International Outreach Professorship to South Africa. Read More

As part of the VU/VUMC transition, all Medical Center employees and their families may continue to utilize the Recreation and Wellness Center for current membership rates through the end of 2016. Read More

The Wond’ry is an innovation hub designed to foster trans-institutional collaboration among students, faculty and staff from all disciplines and backgrounds on Vanderbilt’s campus. Read More