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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.

Nashville Predators mascot Gnash and goaltender Pekka Rinne, joined by Children’s Hospital mascot Champ, pose for a photo with patient Charlotte Merryman, 17 months, and her mom, Shelby, during a recent visit to Seacrest Studio at Children’s Hospital.

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.

Children had a field day on Oct. 19 exploring with Vanderbilt scientists the “great big world of tiny microbes” — bacteria, viruses and other germs. The third annual MEGAMicrobe event, hosted by the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4), was held at Granbery Elementary School in Brentwood. MEGAMicrobe’s goal is to make science fun and accessible. For more information, go here.

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.

Vanderbilt Transplant Center members recently held a reception celebrating the 6,000th kidney transplant since the program’s inception.

VUMC reaches milestone 6,000th kidney transplant

Oct. 30, 2019—The Vanderbilt Transplant Center recently celebrated its 6,000th kidney transplant.

The research team studying undiagnosed congenital diarrheas includes, from left, Matt Tyska, PhD, James Goldenring, MD, PhD, Joseph Roland, PhD, Sari Acra, MD, MPH, and Hernan Correa, MD.

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.

Christine Grady, MSN, PhD, discussed her bioethics research at last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture.

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.

The Clinical Research Center (CRC) was one of 27 clinical areas at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that received a 2019 Excellence in Patient Experience award in recognition of exceptional performance and commitment to service excellence. Shown here, Scott McCarver, MHA, left, and Robin Steaban, MSN, RN, right, present the Clinical Research Center’s award to, from left, Crystal Rice, RN, BSN, Lana Howard, RN, CCRP, and Lamar Bowman, RN, BSN. Not pictured: Deloris Lee, RN, BSN.

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 members kick off the fourth-annual Rascal Flatts Celebrity Golf Classic with Children’s Hospital patient ambassadors, event sponsors and Champ, the hospital’s mascot. Shown here are patient ambassadors Logan Miller, Jessica Meyer, Caroline Lantz, and Levi Ray (in front) with, from left, Delta Dental’s Phil Wenk, Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney, Champ, WME’s Kristin Cantrell.

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.