Year: 2016
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Media Advisory: Panel on how educators and policymakers can work together
Rep. Harry Brooks, R-Knoxville Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development will host a forum on Thursday, May 5, at 4:30 p.m. to initiate conversation around best practices for educators when working with policymakers. The panel is slated to include: Rep. Harry Brooks, R-Knoxville Rep. Read MoreApr 29, 2016
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Vanderbilt class donates $60,000 to area nonprofits
Vanderbilt students gave $60,000 to three Nashville charities on April 25, the final day of a spring semester class on philanthropy. Read MoreApr 29, 2016
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Kennedy Center’s Neuroscience & Education Symposium is June 2–3
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) and Currey Ingram Academy present the third annual Neuroscience & Education Symposium on Thursday and Friday, June 2–3, on the Currey Ingram Academy campus in Brentwood. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Hawkins Field outfitted with energy-saving LED lights
Hawkins Field, home of Vanderbilt’s national championship baseball team, has replaced all existing High-Intensity Discharge (HID) fixtures on the field with fewer Light-Emitting Diode (LED) fixtures. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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An Argonaute’s voyage to cancer
A genetic mutation that promotes cancer development blocks the normal sorting of a protein called “Argonaute 2.” Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Student-curated exhibit ‘Out of the Vault’ on view at Fine Arts Gallery
"Out of the Vault: Stories of People and Things," an exhibition curated by Vanderbilt students that explores the dynamic relationships among objects, individuals and communities, is currently on view through Sept. 9 at Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Alvarez named chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ronald David Alvarez, M.D., Ellen Gregg Shook Culverhouse Chair in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and vice chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been named chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Vanderbilt and UCLA debut SpotCheck website to evaluate political ads
In an election season that will shatter the record for money spent on a presidential campaign, political scientists at Vanderbilt and UCLA have created SpotCheck, a new approach for assessing political ads using internet-based surveys. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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LifeFlight to open emergency helicopter base in Cookeville
In partnership with Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt LifeFlight will soon be expanding its footprint to serve the Upper Cumberland region by adding an emergency helicopter base in Cookeville, Tennessee. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Trans-institutional team competes in regionals of global student competition for social good
A proposal to help poor families produce food in crowded urban spaces put a Vanderbilt University trans-institutional team on the road to the regional finals of the Hult Prize, an international case competition that seeks innovative solutions to social issues worldwide. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Investigators explore African ancestry, Alzheimer’s risk
Higher genomic levels of African ancestry are associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a consortium of investigators reported recently in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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New award honors contributions of administrative staff
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) this week unveiled a new award to recognize and celebrate the invaluable contributions that administrative professionals make toward furthering VUMC’s missions. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Study sheds light on link between autism, GI issues
Researchers at Columbia and Vanderbilt universities have made an important discovery in mice that has implications for understanding the gastrointestinal (GI) problems experienced by some children with autism. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Vanderbilt Prize lecture details ‘Goldilocks Principle’
When it comes to the brain, levels of molecules involved in neuronal signaling must be “just right,” or things can go terribly wrong. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Cancer expert Thompson to deliver May 5 Flexner Discovery Lecture
Craig Thompson, M.D., president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on May 5. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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VUH lands top safety marks from Leapfrog Group
Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH) has been awarded a spring 2016 patient safety grade of “A” from the Leapfrog Group, a coalition of public and private purchasers of employee health coverage that works to encourage health care safety, quality and affordability. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Ehrenfeld to direct VUSM’s education research program
Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D., MPH, associate professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, Surgery and Health Policy, has been named director of education research for the Office of Health Sciences Education. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Shade Tree Trot 2016
Last Saturday’s Shade Tree Trot and benefit dinner raised a record amount — more than $58,000. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Sherwood named to AUA advisory board
Edward Sherwood, M.D., Ph.D., Corneilius Vanderbilt Professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Anesthesiology and professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, has been selected to join the Scientific Advisory Board of the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA). Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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Surgical training enhances VUMC, Fort Campbell bond
During a deployment as a military surgeon more than a decade ago, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Tim Nunez, M.D., felt ill prepared to perform complex trauma surgeries for an Iraqi family caught in a fire fight, but he's now committed to helping military personnel become better trained for these types of emergencies. Read MoreApr 28, 2016