Reporter Feb 19 2016
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Liver balancing act
Vanderbilt researchers have defined a mechanism that limits liver cell proliferation after injury in order to preserve critical metabolic functions. Read MoreFeb 24, 2016
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Hypertension hiatus
New findings offer a potential strategy for preventing heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension. Read MoreFeb 23, 2016
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Face recognition and social anxiety
An inability to recognize faces may be an important mechanism underlying social inhibition and may contribute to, or maintain, social anxiety. Read MoreFeb 19, 2016
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Combining treatments for melanoma
Combining therapies for melanoma that induce cell senescence and that activate the immune response may improve outcomes for patients. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Compassion key to VUMC’s strategic mission: Balser
“Service through compassion” was the theme of the Winter 2016 Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Pediatrics awarded physician-scientist training support
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Vanderbilt’s Department of Pediatrics a K12 training grant to support early career faculty to become physician-scientists, the first time the department has received such an award. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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VEI honored by American Academy of Ophthalmology
The Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) was recently awarded the Commitment to Advocacy Award during the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) annual meeting. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Study explores less invasive way to monitor colorectal cancer
Investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have published research regarding an important feature of colorectal cancer (CRC) that could eventually lead to the development of non-invasive means of monitoring cancer progression. After lung cancer, CRC is the second-most lethal cancer in the United States. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Exploring anesthesiology
Noted anesthesiologist, neuroscientist and statistician Emery Brown, M.D., Ph.D., of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, discussed the mysteries of anesthesia during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Nashville Health Care Council selects VUMC’s Chang, Patel
The Nashville Health Care Council is naming Vanderbilt’s Sam Chang, M.D., MBA, professor of Urologic Surgery and Oncology, and Neal Patel, M.D., professor of Clinical Pediatrics, to its 2016 Council Fellows class, selected by the Council Fellows Advisory Committee led by former U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Bioinformatics expert Omenn to speak Feb. 25
Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., director of the University of Michigan Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 25. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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VUMC Notification System test to take place Monday, Feb. 22
Vanderbilt will conduct a test of the VUMC Notification System at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 22. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Employees urged to keep contact information current in C2HR
It’s important to keep your information in C2HR up to date so you don’t miss out on news from Human Resources and its benefits providers. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Sustainable agriculture’s impact
Duke University’s Norman Wirzba, Ph.D., left, talks with Vanderbilt’s Douglas Heimburger, M.D., M.S., following Wirzba’s recent lecture on the importance of sustainable agriculture and its impact on population health. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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International Scholarship Program research symposium set for Feb. 26
The Vanderbilt International Scholarship Program (VISP) is sponsoring a symposium of biomedical research from 9:10 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 26, in room 208 Light Hall. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Liver transplant program celebrates 25 years of care
Twenty-five years ago, Julie Damon’s family was preparing to say their goodbyes. Comatose and on life support at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) with liver failure, the options for the 45-year-old wife and mother of two were slipping away. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Study leads to new heart transplant decision support tool
Because donor organs are scarce, understanding the mortality risk associated with heart transplantation is an important consideration when evaluating patients for transplant. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Creative writing class helps cope with cancer
Receiving a cancer diagnosis and undergoing treatment can be an emotional experience for patients, and their families, friends and caregivers are also affected by the experience. Creative writing can provide an outlet to express and share those strong emotions. Read MoreFeb 18, 2016
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Junior League of Nashville commits $1.5 million to Children’s Hospital
The Junior League of Nashville (JLN) committed $1.5 million to its longtime partner, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, during a special event Friday, Feb. 12. The gift, part of the Junior League’s eighth supplemental agreement with Children’s Hospital, will go to support the Junior League Home Arts and… Read MoreFeb 12, 2016