Missed Flulapalooza? Boo to the Flu is your second chance
Boo to the Flu on Oct. 28 provides another opportunity for Vanderbilt employees and students to get a free flu vaccination. Read More
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New faculty: Deonni Stolldorf studies the effectiveness of nursing innovations
Deonni Stolldorf’s research focuses on determining how innovations in health care can be sustained to enhance organizational performance related to patient safety and the quality and effectiveness of care. Read More
New faculty: Carolyn Heinrich tackles public policy with an interdisciplinary approach
Carolyn Heinrich has broad experience working with teams on a variety of issues, from education, labor force development and social welfare policy to program evaluation and public and performance management. Read More
World on Wednesdays seeks presenters for spring 2016 semester
World on Wednesdays is seeking proposals for its spring 2016 presenters. Read More
Fundraiser for head and neck cancer patients slated for Oct. 16
The second annual Courage Unmasked event to raise awareness about head and neck cancer will be held Friday, Oct. 16, 6 – 9 p.m., at the Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt. Read More
Celebrate Cancer Survivors Day Nov. 1
Vanderbilt Cancer Survivors Day is Nov. 1 and features musical guest Soul Incision. Read More
Celebrate Food Day Oct. 23 with samples from Vanderbilt chefs
Celebrate Food Day 2015 as teams of executive chefs and dietetic interns offer samples from the Mindful recipe collection. Taste samples, get nutrition tips, learn cooking techniques, and cast your vote. Read More
Enter the Health Plus pumpkin carving competition
Join Health Plus for a pumpkin carving competition in celebration of the last week of this season’s Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market. Carve a pumpkin with others in your department, and bring it to the market on Thursday, Oct. 29, for voting. Read More
Vanderbilt Divinity School 2015 Cole Lectures delivered by Nikky Finney 10.8.2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Benton Chapel A Young Black Woman Shimmy & Shakes a Flagpole and Finally Brings the Confederate Flag Down After… Read More
Flulapalooza 2015
Susan Hodgin, MSN, R.N., left, administers a flu shot at Wednesday’s Flulapalooza. According to officials, 14,498 staff, faculty and students were vaccinated at this year’s event, a Vanderbilt record. Read More
Major grant boosts AIDS education, training efforts
Vanderbilt University has been awarded a major federal grant — $16 million over four years — to coordinate AIDS education and training efforts in Tennessee and seven other southeastern states. Read More
Creech to direct Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program
Buddy Creech, M.D., MPH, associate professor of Pediatrics, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program (VVRP) in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Read More
Komen, VICC partnership bolsters breast cancer research
For more than twenty years, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s (VICC) primary source of outside funding has been provided by the National Institutes of Health. But in breast cancer, Susan G. Komen, a nonprofit dedicated to breast cancer research and community services, has been a significant sponsor of research and patient care support. Read More
Vanderbilt Stroke Center lauded by Joint Commission
The Joint Commission has recertified the Vanderbilt Stroke Center for providing complex cerebrovascular care. Read More
Depression poses heart risk for HIV patients: study
The first study to suggest that major depressive disorder (MDD) is an independent risk factor for heart failure in HIV-positive adults has been published in Circulation. Read More
Study shows compression device helps ease lymphedema
Lymphedema patients saw a nearly 80 percent reduction in cellulitis episodes by using an advanced pneumatic compression device at home, according to a study in JAMA Dermatology co-authored by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Sheila Ridner, Ph.D., and University of Minnesota School of Public Health Associate Professor Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Ph.D. Read More
Greater Nashville Heart Walk
Overcast skies, misty rain and cool temperatures did not dampen the spirits of the 9,000 walkers who descended on Vanderbilt’s campus for the American Heart Association’s 2015 Greater Nashville Heart Walk, which was held Saturday, Oct. 3. Read More
Five VUMC faculty members on list of most frequently cited researchers
Five current faculty members at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have made this year’s list of scientists whose papers have been cited most frequently by others. Read More
Spalluto lands grant from AMA Women Physicians Section
Vanderbilt’s Lucy Spalluto, M.D., assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, was recently named to receive a 2015 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women research grant from the American Medical Association Women Physicians Section. Read More
Rally for Kids with Cancer
Actor and retired professional basketball player Rick Fox (sitting to the left of mascot Champ) poses for a photo with his scavenger hunt team, Cancer Crushers, at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Oct. 3. The Cancer Crushers participated in and won the second annual Rally for Kids with Cancer, which raises funds for pediatric cancer research, treatment and care at Children’s Hospital and the Rally Foundation. Read More
