Reporter Dec 5 2014
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Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Last fall, during a grim period for many of the nation’s hospitals and by any measure a stressful time for VUMC, we did something few institutions would. We held a community survey. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Retirement plan updates make saving easier in 2015
Vanderbilt is taking steps to streamline and simplify the administration of the 403(b) retirement plan beginning in April 2015. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Research by VUMC nurses takes center stage at annual event
Nursing research was on full display in Light Hall recently during the Research Day Poster Presentations, organized by the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and Nursing Research Committee. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Blood pressure gene tied to cognitive decline
Size may not matter in a lot of things, but when it comes to cognitive decline, the size of the hippocampus definitely seems to be an issue. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Columbia’s Bakken to deliver Flexner Discovery Lecture
Suzanne Bakken, Ph.D., RN, the Alumni Professor of Nursing and professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 11. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Photo: Diabetes Day
Vanderbilt Diabetes Day, an annual research symposium, this year featured talks by nationally known researchers and by winners of the Diabetes Scholar awards. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Radiothon fundraising event set for Dec. 11-12
The 2014 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Radiothon benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will take place Dec. 11-12. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Card project raises spirits, funds for Children’s Hospital
The first word that Jessica Meyer thought of was “hope.” She and her friend, Alexandra, had just sat down with some paper and a box of crayons to spend an hour or so drawing holiday cards in between appointments at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Physician-scientist is dream job for Vanderbilt’s Cassat
Jim Cassat, M.D., Ph.D., a pediatric infectious disease specialist who joined the Vanderbilt faculty this summer, loves taking care of children with bone infections and doing research to understand the host-pathogen interactions during these invasive infections. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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VUMC Nursing Staff Bylaws guide way to latest, best practices
More than 150 nurses from Vanderbilt University Medical Center convened in Langford Auditorium recently for an occasion that happens once every two years: the Nursing Staff Bylaws Convention. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Lindquist named to receive Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of protein folding at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the recipient of the 2014 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, Vanderbilt University officials announced this week. Read MoreDec 2, 2014
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Natural ‘high’ could avoid chronic marijuana use, Vanderbilt study finds
Replenishing the supply of a molecule that normally activates cannabinoid receptors in the brain could relieve mood and anxiety disorders and enable some people to quit using marijuana. Read MoreDec 1, 2014
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Twelve Vanderbilt faculty elected AAAS fellows
Twelve members of Vanderbilt's faculty have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for their “scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.” Read MoreNov 24, 2014
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More breast cancer patients opting for mastectomy, Vanderbilt study finds
Far more breast cancer patients are choosing to undergo mastectomy, including removal of both breasts, instead of choosing breast conservation surgery even when they have early stage disease that is confined to one breast, a Vanderbilt study shows. In the past decade, there have also been… Read MoreNov 19, 2014