Year: 2012

November 1, 2012

Photo: Rascal Flatts

Country music group Rascal Flatts hosted a special Halloween performance for patients and their families at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt this week.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 1, 2012

Vanderbilt mourns loss of imaging pioneer Gibbs

Longtime Vanderbilt faculty member S. Julian Gibbs, DDS, Ph.D., professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Emeritus, died Oct. 25. He was 80.

By Doug Campbell
November 1, 2012

NPR’s Palca discusses state of science reporting

Overly enthusiastic reporting about the promise of scientific discovery has contributed to a “backlash” against science in this country, NPR Science Correspondent Joe Palca, Ph.D., said at Vanderbilt University last week.

By Bill Snyder
November 1, 2012

National health quality group lauds VMG primary care providers

Following a detailed review by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), all 75 Vanderbilt Medical Group adult primary care physicians and nurse practitioners have received Level 3 designation — the top designation — under the Physician Practice Connections Patient Centered Medical Home voluntary accreditation program.

By Paul Govern
November 1, 2012

McCulloch named to health informatics board

George McCulloch, deputy chief information officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named to the board of trustees of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

By Nancy Humphrey
November 1, 2012

Photo: Leading the charge

By Doug Campbell
November 1, 2012

Patients’ genetic data helps hone warfarin dosing

Warfarin dosing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center just got safer and more effective.
By Paul Govern
November 1, 2012

Studies explore best ways to manage insomnia in autism

Simply giving parents a pamphlet about sleep habits did not help their children with autism spectrum disorders get a better night’s sleep, but capturing best practices for an overarching approach to insomnia in autism may help health care providers identify and manage symptoms in these patients.
By Christina Echegaray
November 1, 2012

Gratitude for mentoring leads to creation of new scholarship

The spirit of mentorship and support shown to one potential medical student decades ago has come full circle in a bequest to establish a scholarship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 31, 2012

Green tea found to reduce rate of some GI cancers

Green tea may lower risk of some digestive cancers.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 31, 2012

Protein’s length, flexibility key to infection

The structural architecture of the reovirus attachment protein is required for efficient reovirus infection of host cells.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 30, 2012

Vanderbilt burn doctors treat more patients during cold-weather months, urge caution with home heating

By VUMC News and Communications
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