Safe Zone workshop Dec. 16
A Safe Zone workshop is scheduled from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, in Sarratt Student Center, rooms 216/220. The workshop is open… Read More
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Get discounts on ‘John Tesh Big Band Christmas,’ ‘I Love Lucy’ at TPAC
Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of these upcoming TPAC shows: John Tesh Big Band Christmas… Read More
Vanderbilt Aerospace Club members fan Clay County students’ interest in engineering
Brandon Dimmig, a senior mechanical engineering student and president of the Vanderbilt Aerospace Club, and seven other club members spent a Friday in… Read More
Annual Holiday Gift Giveaway is Dec. 13
Vanderbilt’s 2013 Holiday Gift Giveaway is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 13. A free turkey, tofurkey or Vanderbilt apron will be available for staff and faculty members who present a Vanderbilt ID. Read More
Stead honored by American Medical Informatics Association
On the evening of Nov. 16, in Washington, D.C., William Stead, M.D., associate vice chancellor for Health Affairs and chief strategy officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, received a welcome surprise. The setting was the National Press Club and the occasion was the annual leadership dinner of the American Medical Informatics Association, where the field’s top awards are presented. Read More
Day of events highlights efforts to fight diabetes
Vanderbilt University’s contributions to the field of diabetes — past and present — were celebrated recently during the annual Diabetes Day at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. Read More
IRS announces 2014 retirement plan contribution limits
Each year, the Internal Revenue Service adjusts the limits for retirement plan contributions to reflect price and wage inflation. Read More
Research climate must be enhanced: NCI director
The director of the National Cancer Institute, Harold Varmus, M.D., told an overflow crowd at this year’s Orrin Ingram Distinguished Lecture that he is concerned about the climate for discovery research in the United States. Read More
Fans invited to Sunday’s Bowl Announcement Celebration
Commodore football fans are invited to join Coach James Franklin and his Vanderbilt student-athletes on campus this Sunday evening as the team celebrates its third consecutive bowl game invitation. Read More
UCSF’s Puck set for next Discovery Lecture
Jennifer Puck, M.D., an expert on human primary immunodeficiencies at the University of California, San Francisco, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 12. Read More
Pioneers of Discovery: Investigator explores how cells decide what’s on surface
Jason MacGurn, Ph.D., a new assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt, is studying how cells make decisions about the protein composition of the cell surface. Read More
Brain research foundation lauds VU’s Winder, Park
Vanderbilt University’s Danny Winder, Ph.D., professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, is among 15 scientists nationwide to receive NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants this fall for their “cutting-edge” research. Read More
Davies named Physician Assistant of the Year
Luda Davies, clinical instructor in Surgery in the outpatient surgery clinic at the Nashville campus of the Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, has been named Physician Assistant of the Year by the Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants. Read More
Predictor of prostate cancer outcomes identified
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Alberta in Canada have identified a biomarker for a cellular switch that accurately predicts which prostate cancer patients are likely to have their cancer recur or spread. Read More
Program helps children with complex care needs
David Hall, M.D., has joined the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as professor of Clinical Pediatrics and the director of the new Program for Children with Medically Complex Needs within the Division of Hospital Medicine. Read More
Registration open for Curb Creative Boot Camp
Are you interested in creating change? Solving problems? Taking a new approach to your work or research? The third annual Curb Creative Practice Boot Camp on Jan. 24 is for you. Read More
First-ever study uses EMRs to spot new disease associations
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers and co-authors from four other U.S. institutions from the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network are repurposing genetic data and electronic medical records to perform the first large-scale phenome-wide association study (PheWAS), released today in Nature Biotechnology. Read More
Ava Sellers, former longtime director of career planning and placement at Vanderbilt, has died
Ava Foster Sellers, who in her nearly 50 years at Vanderbilt helped transform the university’s job placement office into a full-scale career planning service with a holistic approach for preparing students for the working world, died Nov. 25 in Nashville. Read More
Civil rights activist and alumnus Francis Guess wins humanitarian award
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has recognized Francis S. Guess, MBM’74, for his commitment to equality, justice and the advancement of Middle Tennessee with… Read More
Snapchat snaps up Instagram’s Emily White, BA’00, as its new COO
Emily White, BA’00, is the director of business operations at Facebook’s Instagram—a job she has held since April of this year. She recently accepted a… Read More