Year: 2012 Archive — Page 16 of 50

(Images courtesy of Friends of Children's Hospital)
October 16, 2012

Holiday cards and gifts benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

By Vanderbilt Health News
Cropped view of a healthcare worker in blue scrubs holding a pink awareness ribbon, with a stethoscope around the neck against a pink background.
October 16, 2012

Vanderbilt University Medical Center observes Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day

By Vanderbilt Health News
A Brain Matters exhibit panel displays a detailed anatomical brain illustration, the title “BRAIN MATTERS,” and smaller explanatory text in a public indoor space. A nearby sign points to restrooms and AED equipment.
October 15, 2012

VU Neuroscience Graduate Program recognized as best in the nation for 2012

Vanderbilt University’s Neuroscience Graduate Program has been named the 2012 “Program of the Year” by the Society for Neuroscience.

By Bill Snyder
Laptop displaying an “Open Enrollment for 2013 Benefits” webpage with an orange “Enroll Now” button and links to learn about benefit options.
October 11, 2012

Open Enrollment allows employees to select benefits

Open Enrollment, the annual opportunity for Vanderbilt staff and faculty to elect the coverage that best suits their needs, will take place Oct. 17-31. As it was last year, this is an active enrollment, which means that all benefits-eligible employees need to make benefits elections.

By Wayne Wood
Elderly woman with short curly blonde hair wearing a pale pink blazer and pearl necklace, seated indoors.
October 11, 2012

VU mourns loss of Pediatrics icon Sell

Sarah H. Sell, M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, one of the key players in the development of the childhood vaccine to protect against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children younger than 5, died Saturday, Oct. 6. She was 99.

By Nancy Humphrey
Exterior of the Garrison Center, a modern multi-story building with curved glass façades and brick walls.
October 11, 2012

Collaborative effort focuses on pediatric traumatic brain injury

Vanderbilt’s Bill Wilkerson Center and the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences are offering new interdisciplinary outpatient programs for children ages 3 to 21 who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

By Craig Boerner