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Celebrate good health each winter holiday season with the Health Plus Hold the Stuffing Challenge. Take the holiday challenge to maintain weight from November to January and earn rewards. Read More

Are you interested in learning more about the latest and greatest ways to lose weight? Health Plus' Marissa Wertheimer will offer up-to-date scientific evidence about the top five fad diets and will provide tools and resources to guide you in making informed choices. Read More

The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center is hosting the Boomers, Elders and More speaker series from January to May 2019. The January event will feature Ali Hulten from TN SHIP, who will discuss Medicare. Read More

The Caregiver Support Group will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 9, in Light Hall, Room 431. Guest speaker Karen Mevis from Tennessee Disability Pathfinder will share her expertise and lead a group discussion. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to ACMP Chamber Music Workshop Grants. Chamber music workshops for adult amateurs are a priority of ACMP (Associated Chamber Music Players). Read More

On Oct. 27, families, clinicians, researchers, community professionals and service providers gathered for a daylong conference in partnership with Rettsydrome.org highlighting the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Rett Syndrome Program. Read More

Deborah Deas, professor of psychiatry and Mark and Pam Rubin Dean of the School of Medicine and chief executive officer for clinical affairs at the University of California–Riverside, will discuss "Diversity, Inclusion and Equity: Our Collective Responsibility" from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Mary Agee, mindfulness coordinator at the University School of Nashville, will discuss mindful parenting at the next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group. Read More

Save the date, Tuesday, Feb. 26, for the 2019 REDCap Day event. Read More

The event aims to expose faculty and staff to therapeutic antibody discovery in an academic setting and foster interest in submission of innovative ideas for antibody targets through an upcoming RFP for Ancora, the collaboration between Vanderbilt and Deerfield. Read More

The START! Physical Activity tracker helps you track your activity and encourages you to live an active lifestyle. Read More

Regularly scheduled maintenance will take place Dec. 21-22. Biweekly employees should submit their time cards, and their managers should approve those time cards, as soon as work is completed on Friday, Dec. 21. Read More

A nonverbal motivational speaker and her mother, an advocate for family involvement in health care, will present the January 2019 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Monday, Jan. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Nursing Annex, Room 161. Read More

Family, friends and holiday events can be overwhelming. Learn how to keep things in balance this year. Read More

Learn gentle Tai Chi movements and breathing techniques with instructor Cindy Hui-Lio to help ease chronic stress and anxiety. Learn how to “tune in” to your body and balance your movements. Read More

Work/Life Connections–Employee Assistance Program is offering a five-week workshop to help improve sleeping habits. Utilizing the first-line treatment Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, this workshop will teach you new tools to guide you toward a better rest for success. Read More

Join Health Plus health educators Marissa Wertheimer, a registered dietitian, and Emily Cox, a certified health education specialist, to receive the information and tools you need to make better food choices. Read More

Health Plus wants to support you in having a healthy pregnancy by offering Babies & You, a pre- and postnatal education program to encourage consistent care. Read More

How do we stay healthy during the holidays when we’re traveling and have so many family and friends together with so much potential to spread germs? Dr. Ruth Stewart of the Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center Walk-In Clinic in Brentwood, Tennessee, shares healthy holiday tips. Read More

Vanderbilt may submit research grant, supportive care research grant and consortium research grant proposals for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation spring grant cycle. Read More