Reporter June 20 2014
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Telethon raises over $2 million for Children’s Hospital
The Children's Miracle Network team at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, including mascot Champ. The annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospital Telethon raised more than $2 million on June 1. All proceeds benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the local Children’s Miracle Network… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Hamm’s lasting impact commended at Flexner Discovery Lecture
Heidi Hamm, Ph.D. In their introductions of Heidi Hamm, Ph.D., prior to her Flexner Discovery Lecture last week, Susan Wente, Ph.D., and P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D., recounted how early encounters with her influenced their careers. For Wente, associate vice chancellor for… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Teleneurology services at Williamson Medical Center see success
A new telemedicine partnership between Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Williamson Medical Center (WMC) is allowing more patients with acute neurological conditions to stay in their community. Eight VUMC neurologists are on call 24 hours a day to provide remote consultations for patients at WMC with urgent neurological conditions,… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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HPV-positive head and neck cancer patients may receive lower radiation dose
A new study suggests that lowering the dose of radiation therapy for some head and neck cancer patients may improve outcomes and cause fewer long-term side effects. Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Vanderbilt’s Continuing Medical Education efforts lauded
Vanderbilt’s Division of Continuing Medical Education (CME) has received an Accreditation with Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The designation is awarded to providers of continuing medical education that demonstrate compliance in all accreditation criteria and policies, with particular emphasis on… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Vanderbilt recognized again for cancer prevention activities
Vanderbilt continues to win recognition for its commitment to helping employees stay healthy, including support for activities that may protect against cancer. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), in conjunction with Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been re-accredited as a CEO Cancer Gold Standard employer for 2014. In 2001, former President… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Caprioli honored for mass spectrometry contributions
Richard Caprioli, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University’s Richard Caprioli, Ph.D., has received the 2014 Award for a Distinguished Contribution to Mass Spectrometry from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS). Caprioli, the Stanford Moore Professor of Biochemistry and director of the Mass Spectrometry… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Ehrenfeld elected to AMA Board of Trustees
Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D., MPH Vanderbilt’s Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D., MPH, associate professor of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Biomedical Informatics, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association (AMA). Ehrenfeld will serve as the Board of Trustees young physician representative. He… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Malow, Wilkins enter leadership program
Beth Malow, M.D. Beth Malow, M.D., M.S., professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, and Consuelo Wilkins, M.D., associate professor of Medicine and director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, have been selected into the 2014-2015 class of Fellows for the Hedwig van Ameringen Leadership in Medicine… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance awards grants to support community engagement in celebration of its 15-year anniversary
The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance is awarding grants to support activities that promote ongoing, mutually beneficial, health research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers. Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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York named Medical Scientist Training Program associate director
Sally York, M.D., Ph.D. Sally York, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, has been appointed associate director of the Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). The goal of the MSTP is to train leaders in… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Photo: Vanderbilt Heart Town Hall
Keith Churchwell, M.D., executive director and chief medical officer of the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, spoke at last week’s Town Hall, a quarterly gathering of Vanderbilt Heart faculty and staff. Churchwell announced that Vanderbilt Heart – Shelbyville has moved into new office space and that a… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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VICC researchers in spotlight at national cancer conference
New Vanderbilt research suggests patients with advanced melanoma — the most deadly form of skin cancer — could safely benefit from a combination of immunotherapy and targeted therapies aimed at specific gene mutations. Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Photo: Cunningham Award for Excellence in Biochemistry
Chelsea Sullivan, a graduate student in the lab of Bruce Carter, Ph.D., received this year’s Leon W. Cunningham Award for Excellence in Biochemistry during a presentation last week. The award, named for the late Leon Cunningham, Ph.D., former chair of the Department of Biochemistry, is given annually… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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Photo: Music and the Mind
Critically acclaimed musician-composer Ben Folds, left, chats with McGill University neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, Ph.D., during last week’s “Music and the Mind” symposium in Ingram Hall of the Blair School of Music. Presented by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, the event also featured Vanderbilt’s Marianne Ploger, associate… Read MoreJun 19, 2014