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VUMC recognized for support of LGBT business
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and two of its employees have been recognized for contributions to the LGBT business community in Nashville. Read MoreApr 18, 2013
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Study reveals broad dangers of trans fats
A new study by Vanderbilt investigators suggests a diet high in trans fatty acids (TFA) may contribute to death from any cause. Read MoreApr 18, 2013
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Newborn screening program championed at VU helps save boy
John Isaac Stone Seabolt was born Feb. 26, less than two months after a new state law went into effect encouraging the screening of newborn babies for “silent” heart defects. Read MoreApr 11, 2013
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Vanderbilt researchers work to balance flu vaccine debate
Research in the last two years to examine the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine has raised public doubt about the flu shot's effectiveness. But two Vanderbilt researchers co-wrote an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently to help balance the current debate. Read MoreApr 4, 2013
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Surveillance network tracks shift in cause of childhood diarrhea
A national vaccine surveillance program that Vanderbilt University is a part of has identified a significant shift in the most common cause of childhood diarrhea. Read MoreMar 28, 2013
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Infant mortality initiative’s achievements recognized
The recognition of three Vanderbilt-based leaders of the Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC) caps off the collaboration’s highly successful first five years of work. Read MoreMar 28, 2013
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Residency questions answered at Match Day
Match Day at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) has grown so popular the event moved from its traditional lecture hall setting at Light Hall to the more-spacious Langford Auditorium. Read MoreMar 21, 2013
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Lindsley honored for impact on medicinal chemistry field
Vanderbilt University’s Craig Lindsley, Ph.D., is the 2013 recipient of the Philip S. Portoghese Lectureship, awarded jointly by the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Medicinal Chemistry. Read MoreMar 14, 2013
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Churchwell’s signature style to be on display at men’s fashion exhibit
His dapper sense of style is well known to his Vanderbilt colleagues, and now it is bringing broader attention to Andre Churchwell, M.D., associate dean of Diversity at the School of Medicine. Read MoreMar 14, 2013
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VUSM ranked among nation’s top schools
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is once again named among the nation’s elite Research Schools of Medicine in U.S. News & World Report magazine’s 2014 “Best Graduate Schools” rankings, released this week. Read MoreMar 12, 2013
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Study finds maternal diet may predict RSV severity
An important predictor of the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants may be what their mothers ate during pregnancy. Read MoreMar 4, 2013
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Clayton, Frangoul elected to American Pediatric Society
Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D., Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Law, and Haydar Frangoul, M.D., Carolyn Perot Rathjen Chair and Professor of Pediatrics have been elected to the American Pediatric Society (APS). Read MoreFeb 28, 2013
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Structural snapshot hints at new influenza approach
A careful look at how the body’s natural defenses disarm virulent strains of influenza hints at the possibility of a way to fight the flu. Read MoreFeb 21, 2013
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Hand hygiene efforts helping to cut infection rates
Dramatic reductions in infection rates throughout Vanderbilt’s inpatient care units are strongly associated with gains in hand hygiene compliance, according to Chief Hospital Epidemiol-ogist Tom Talbot, M.D., MPH, associate professor of Preventive Medicine. Read MoreFeb 21, 2013
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Vermund, Polack elected to American Pediatric Society
Two Vanderbilt physicians, both in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, have been elected to the American Pediatric Society (APS), one of the nation's oldest and most renowned academic societies. Read MoreFeb 14, 2013
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Panel to discuss global children’s health
Experts in global pediatric health from Vanderbilt, Save the Children and the Tennessee Department of Health are set to discuss the major challenges health providers face to keep children healthy. Read MoreFeb 14, 2013
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Research reveals clues to childhood respiratory virus
New Vanderbilt-led research published in the Feb. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children. Read MoreFeb 14, 2013
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Registration open for Shade Tree Trot in April
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students hope hundreds of participants will come out to support their student-run free health clinic at this year’s Shade Tree Trot on Saturday, April 20. Read MoreFeb 7, 2013
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Shade Tree’s social work team helps meet needs
In an emotional moment at the Shade Tree Clinic, patient Faris Al-Jashami grasped medical student Stephen Dorner’s hand and vigorously shook it. He thanked Dorner repeatedly for helping him, but it wasn’t help for a medical problem. Read MoreFeb 7, 2013
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VUSM student lands award from AMA
Kristen Eckstrand, an M.D./Ph.D. student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been named a recipient of the American Medical Association Foundation’s 2013 Leadership Award. Read MoreJan 24, 2013