Mary Jo Gilmer

Read about recent faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

Mary Jo Gilmer is piloting new research into the effectiveness of therapy dogs in reducing the anxiety of children with cancer. Read More

Three members of the Vanderbilt community were recently named to Nashville Business Journal’s 2015 class of Health Care Heroes. Read More

A tiny Vanderbilt University Medical Center volunteer has received a giant award from a national organization. Read More

In the latest VUCast: Learn more about the special role animals are playing for kids fighting cancer; find out how the sun could eat the Earth - and why it hasn't already; and see who you might know in our social media mashup. Watch now. Read More

It’s not unusual to see dogs in a hospital setting, but is there scientific evidence that man’s best friend help’s children? Vanderbilt researchers are working to find that answer as Barb Cramer reports.                  … Read More

A Vanderbilt study is investigating whether therapy dogs can have a positive effect on children undergoing chemotherapy. Read More