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Nashville Predators honor late CEO of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt at Hockey Fights Cancer game
Oct. 31, 2019—When the Nashville Predators hockey team hits the ice Saturday, Nov. 2, the players will take on an important opponent: childhood cancer.
Workshop creates modified toys for children with physical disabilities
Oct. 31, 2019—The Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences in the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center recently hosted an adapted toy workshop to create a loaner library of toys that are accessible for children with physical disabilities.
Fight against childhood cancer bolstered by Predators gift
Oct. 31, 2019—The Nashville Predators hockey team, longtime supporters of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and its programs, presented the hospital with the proceeds raised throughout the year from the team’s 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund.
MEGAMicrobe 2019
Oct. 31, 2019—Children had a field day on Oct. 19 exploring with Vanderbilt scientists the “great big world of tiny microbes” — bacteria, viruses and other germs.
VUMC reaches milestone 6,000th kidney transplant
Oct. 30, 2019—The Vanderbilt Transplant Center recently celebrated its 6,000th kidney transplant.
Team set to study undiagnosed congenital diarrhea in infants
Oct. 24, 2019—Researchers at four institutions, including Vanderbilt, have been awarded a five-year, $9.4 million federal grant to tackle undiagnosed congenital diarrheas caused by a single gene mutation.
Pietenpol, Wilson land Komen cancer research support
Oct. 24, 2019—Two Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have received financial support from Susan G. Komen for breast cancer research.
NIH’s Grady reviews complexity, impact of bioethics research
Oct. 24, 2019—Bioethics research is “one of the most theoretically complex forms of research,” Christine Grady, MSN, PhD, said at last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture.
Awards honor employees’ patient experience efforts
Oct. 23, 2019—Vanderbilt University Medical Center has recognized 183 clinicians and 27 clinical areas with Excellence in Patient Experience awards in recognition of exceptional performance and commitment to service excellence.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center mourns loss of Children’s Hospital leader
Oct. 18, 2019—VUMC mourns loss of Children's Hospital CEO, Luke Gregory
Rascal Flatts again tees up support for Children’s Hospital
Oct. 17, 2019—Country music superstars Rascal Flatts once again teamed up with Delta Dental of Tennessee and WME to host the Celebrity Golf Classic to benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Oct. 14, at the top-rated Golf Club of Tennessee.
Study finds men have higher mortality rate after breast cancer diagnosis
Oct. 17, 2019—A new study shows men with breast cancer are more likely to die than their female counterparts, across all stages of disease.