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  • Vanderbilt University

    Residents’ reduced hours don’t impact care, education

    Restructuring work hours for first-year medical residents to accommodate a 2011 duty hour limit of no more than 16 shift hours substantially increases patient handovers, but doesn’t significantly affect efficiency and quality of care among medical inpatients, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study has found. Read More

    Apr 4, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Community involvement aids translational research

    As Carla Sevin, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt, began the process of writing a recent grant proposal, she was stumped. Read More

    Apr 4, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    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 More

    Apr 4, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    VU’s Arteaga to lead American Association for Cancer Research

    Carlos Arteaga, M.D., professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology at Vanderbilt, has been elected president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2013-2014. Read More

    Apr 4, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Steeplechase strengthens bond with Children’s Hospital

    As the Iroquois Steeplechase gears up for its annual spring event, the race this year will honor one of the leaders at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and also support a newly established fund for hospital research efforts. Read More

    Mar 28, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    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 More

    Mar 28, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Study finds high soy diet before lung cancer diagnosis improves survival

    A new study by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Shanghai Cancer Institute found women who ate more soy food prior to a diagnosis of lung cancer lived longer than those who consumed less. The study, conducted in Shanghai, China, was published in the March 25 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read More

    Mar 26, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Humanoid robot helps train children with autism

    An interdisciplinary team of mechanical engineers and autism experts at Vanderbilt University have developed an adaptive robotic system and used it to demonstrate that humanoid robots can be powerful tools for enhancing the basic social learning skills of children with autism. Read More

    Mar 23, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Novel push-pull action clue to brain disorders

    Researchers at Vanderbilt University have discovered a new “push-pull” mechanism in the brain that one day could lead to new treatments for movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, as well as stress-related disorders and addiction. Read More

    Mar 21, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    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 More

    Mar 21, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Breast cancer study explores therapy to slow recurrence

    Many patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) have recurrence of their disease after an initial response to chemotherapy because the cancer cells have become resistant to treatment. TNBC has a lower survival rate because of this pattern of resistance and there are no targeted agents to treat this form of breast cancer. Read More

    Mar 21, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Patient’s cancer journey inspires fund for research

    There’s a long list of Vanderbilt faculty and staff who made an impact on Terri and Steve Voland when Steve was treated at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center for a rare type of cancer in his neck and spine. Read More

    Mar 21, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Balser outlines efforts to address shifting economy

    An overview of financial pressures created by the federal budget sequester and other legislation now facing Vanderbilt University Medical Center and academic health centers across the country was presented March 12 at two leadership forums — the Spring Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly held that morning at Langford Auditorium, and a faculty meeting focused on impact on the research community the same afternoon in Light Hall. Read More

    Mar 14, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Recruitments bolster personalized medicine initiative

    VUMC’s personalized medicine effort is getting a major boost with the recruitment of two physician-scientists from Australia who will increase Vanderbilt’s strength in translational immunology, the translation of basic immunological discoveries into clinically useful tools. Read More

    Mar 14, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Heart failure therapy shows promise in early clinical trial

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Acorda Therapeutics Inc. released findings from a Phase 1 clinical trial of glial growth factor 2 (GGF2) last week at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session in San Francisco. Read More

    Mar 14, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    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 More

    Mar 12, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Diagnostic management efforts thrive on teamwork

    As choices mount for patient testing and treatment, diagnostic management has arisen at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to address two closely related questions that clinicians must ask themselves more and more often: have I ordered the right tests for this patient; and, taken together, what do these test results imply for the best treatment of this patient? Read More

    Mar 7, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Eye disorder’s genetic risk factors come into focus

    An international group of investigators has identified seven new genetic regions associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common cause of blindness in older individuals. Read More

    Mar 7, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    New signage system points way to ‘tornado safe’ areas

    New signs directing Vanderbilt University Medical Center visitors to “tornado safe” areas during a tornado have been placed at Vanderbilt University Hospital, The Vanderbilt Clinic, the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. Read More

    Mar 7, 2013

  • Gifford fits CI

    High Fidelity: Cochlear implant users report dramatically better hearing with new Vanderbilt process

    Longtime cochlear implant users are reporting such dramatic improvements in their hearing, thanks to new image-guided programming methods developed by Vanderbilt University researchers. Read More

    Mar 5, 2013