Reporter March 8 2013
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Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor
I write to you this month in the wake of a series of immediate federal expense reductions, known as the “sequester.” True, the country is grappling with a federal debt load that is unsustainable, and reversal of this trend is essential to our country’s future. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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New core to aid research related to nutrition and diet
A new research core has been established to help Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators optimize their nutrition- and diet-related study designs, methods, measures, interventions and analysis. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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Penn seeks new look at eye disorder
John Penn, Ph.D., vice chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Vanderbilt, is seeking to change the way retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), the leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide, is treated. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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Structural heart disease clinic debuts at One Hundred Oaks
Life just got a little easier for Vanderbilt patients with structural heart disease. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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Photo: Brain Blast!
About 300 people attended Brain Blast, a half-day of fun and education on Saturday at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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Guidelines for pediatric vision screening methods updated
The American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) recently revised the guidelines for reporting the results from studies of preschool vision screening instruments. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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Conference celebrates 85 years of social work
A social work conference, “Current Issues in Tennessee: Human Trafficking and Dual Diagosis,” will be held Tuesday, March 12, in the Scarritt Bennett Center’s Raintree Room. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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Harvard’s Seidman to speak at VU
Jonathan Seidman, Ph.D., who has made pivotal contributions to understanding the genetic basis of cardiomyopathy and other heart diseases, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, March 14. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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Warren lands AAIDD early career award
Zachary Warren, Ph.D., has been named to receive the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities' (AAIDD) 2013 Early Career Award. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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Photo: Fond farewell
On Tuesday, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute employees gathered to bid farewell to John Byrne, M.D., William S. Stoney Jr. Professor of Cardiac Surgery and chair of the department. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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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 MoreMar 7, 2013
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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 MoreMar 7, 2013
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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 MoreMar 7, 2013
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Study finds maternal diet may predict RSV severity
An important predictor of the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants may be what their mothers ate during pregnancy. Read MoreMar 4, 2013