Year: 2012

July 26, 2012

School of Medicine debuts new model for medical learning

This summer, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students began implementing a new, innovative, four-year education model called Curriculum 2.0.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 26, 2012

‘Miracle man’ rolls down long road to recovery

He was going less than 30 miles per hour, but James Simmons’ motorcycle was no match for the car that pulled out in front of him on Lock 4 Road in Gallatin.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 26, 2012

Photo: Nurse Residency Program

By VUMC News and Communications
July 26, 2012

Photo: END technologists

By VUMC News and Communications
July 26, 2012

Photo: Tickled Pink

By VUMC News and Communications
July 26, 2012

On the hunt for bladder cancer factors

A protein linked to aggressive bladder cancers could point to new strategies for treatment or prevention.

By Leigh MacMillan
July 25, 2012

Center for Student Professional Development takes holistic approach

The Center for Student Professional Development, formerly the Vanderbilt Career Center, is rolling out a new mission and a new name that reflects its holistic approach to preparing students to be resilient in these uncertain times.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 24, 2012

Vanderbilt-led team to develop ‘microbrain’ to improve drug testing

Creating a device out of human cells that simulates brain chemistry is the goal of a $6.4 million grant which is part of major new federal initiative to develop a series of “organs on a chip” designed to improve the drug development process.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 24, 2012

Children’s Hospital nurse in Colorado theater when shooting begins, aids victims

Mia Bransford, R.N., EMT, a nurse in the Pediatric Emergency Department at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, was attending a family reunion and was at the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colo., last Friday just after midnight to enjoy the new Batman movie.
By Wayne Wood
July 24, 2012

Proteins guard against cancer spread

Targeting immune system proteins may keep prostate cancer from spreading to bone.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 20, 2012

High consumption of vitamin E may lower liver cancer risk

By VUMC News and Communications
July 20, 2012

Children’s Hospital launches new website

By VUMC News and Communications
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