Clinical informatics gains subspecialty recognition
Christoph Lehmann, M.D., and a handful of fellow experts in clinical informatics have secured official recognition for their subspecialty from the American Board of Medical Specialties. Read More
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Otolaryngology lands performance excellence award
The Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE) is awarding Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center’s Department of Otolaryngology with its Commitment Award in the annual Excellence in Tennessee recognition program. Read More
Boston surgeon recounts marathon bombing’s lessons
Just before 3 p.m. on April 15, two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Of the estimated 27,000 runners and 500,000 spectators present, three people were killed and 281 injured. Preparation, execution and teamwork — along with a large dose of luck — kept casualties to a minimum, according to Mitchel Harris, M.D., chief of the Orthopaedic Trauma Service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Read More
Brady, Rothman set for AACH leadership roles
Donald Brady, M.D., senior associate dean for Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development, will serve a one-year term as chair of the board of directors of the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare (AACH) for 2014. Brady spent this year serving as president and will transition into a one-year role as chair. Read More
University staff: Take the Energy Bowl Challenge to conserve energy (and win pizza!)
The university building that reduces its energy consumption by the highest percentage—compared to this time last year—will win a pizza party of up to 20 pies. Read More
Photo: The Nutcracker
(photo by Rex Perry) Dancers from the Nashville Ballet recently performed a piece from “The Nutcracker” for patients and families at the… Read More
Labs encouraged to power down over holidays
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Plant Services and Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) are hosting “Go Green for the Holidays,” an energy conservation contest open to research labs during the final two weeks of December. Read More
Events have long history of making a huge impact
They are touchstones on the Nashville calendar — Iroquois Steeplechase and the Music City Tennis Invitational usher in spring. The Eve of Janus is a celebration of summer. Christmas Village kicks off the holiday season. Read More
Proton transfer powers multidrug resistance: study
Vanderbilt University researchers and their Belgian colleagues have discovered the mechanism behind a multidrug transporter. Their findings, posted this week by Nature Chemical Biology, could lead to new treatments for multidrug resistant bacterial infections. Read More
VU study points to central regulator of neuron development
Developmental biologist Chin Chiang, Ph.D., and his colleagues have discovered that Purkinje neurons in the cerebellum act as central regulators of neuronal development. Read More
GE grant expands global medical outreach efforts
Vanderbilt University has received a $3 million grant from the GE Foundation’s Developing Health Globally program to fund international medical education and research in Kenya and other low-resource regions of the world. Read More
Peabody news
AWARDS & HONORS Sun-Joo Cho… Read More
Special Education new faculty named
The Department of Special Education announced the appointment of six new faculty members. They are (front row, left) Blair Lloyd and… Read More
Staff member earns Commodore Award
Pictured, from left, are: Chair of the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations Ellen Goldring, Moody and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. (Daniel… Read More
Former University of Minnesota president receives Distinguished Alumnus Award
Bruininks at Vanderbilt's Commencement in May 2013. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Peabody College bestowed its 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award on educational psychologist… Read More
Exodus of physicians to America causing ‘brain drain’ in Africa
Tankwanchi The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in the number of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa emigrating to the… Read More
Group prenatal care leads to improved birth outcomes
istock Women with access to group prenatal care had improved birth outcomes, including longer gestational periods and higher birth weight, in a… Read More
Purchase bowl tickets by Friday to receive priority seating
Score the best seats possible at the BBVA Compass Bowl by ordering tickets before the priority seating deadline at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. Read More
Positive interactions vital to pre-K classrooms
Dale Farran Positive interactions in a pre-kindergarten classroom may be equally or more important to the future academic development of 4-year-olds than… Read More
Early spatial reasoning predicts later creativity and innovation
David Lubinski (Vanderbilt) Exceptional spatial ability at age 13 predicts creative and scholarly achievements more than 30 years later, according to results… Read More