Month: July 2015

July 15, 2015

Health Coaching Certificate Program now enrolling for fall 2015

Vanderbilt’s School of Medicine, School of Nursing, VUMC Nursing Service and the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt will offer the popular health coaching certificate program again this fall.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 15, 2015

Follow these tips to avoid heat-related illnesses

Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are urging Middle Tennesseans to take extra precautions to avoid heat-related illnesses this week. Children and dogs are especially vulnerable.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 15, 2015

Drug signaling networks

Vanderbilt investigators have developed a new algorithm to understand the networks of signaling molecules that control drug action.

By Leigh MacMillan
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July 15, 2015

Study highlights pneumonia hospitalizations among U.S. adults

Viruses, not bacteria, are the most commonly detected respiratory pathogens in U.S. adults hospitalized with pneumonia, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study released today and conducted by researchers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and hospitals in Chicago and Nashville, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Craig Boerner
July 13, 2015

VUMC physicians urge caution this week to avoid heat-related illnesses

With temperatures holding steady in the upper 90s and even reaching 100 degrees this week, doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are urging Middle Tennesseans to take extra precautions to avoid heat-related illnesses.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 13, 2015

Hhex on cancer

A new mouse model demonstrates that the Hhex gene – which is linked to blood cancers – is critical for normal blood cell production.

By Henry H. Ong
July 10, 2015

Delivering cells for heart repair

A polymer hydrogel material developed by Vanderbilt scientists improved the delivery of stem cells for heart repair.
By Leigh MacMillan
July 9, 2015

Signals of schizophrenia

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a possible molecular mechanism of schizophrenia that could lead to new treatments for the disorder.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 9, 2015

VUMC lands major pharmacogenomics grant

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $12.8 million grant from the federal government to develop better ways to predict how patients will respond to the drugs they’re given.
By Bill Snyder
July 9, 2015

Gates grant bolsters study of Tdap boosters in pregnant women

Kathryn Edwards, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, has received a $307,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study the immune responses of pregnant women who receive the Tdap (reduced-dose acellular pertussis vaccines combined with tetanus and diphtheria toxoids) vaccine.
By Matt Batcheldor
July 9, 2015

Harvey named senior VP of Revenue Cycle Services

Gayla Harvey has been named senior vice president of Revenue Cycle Services and Payer Strategy for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 9, 2015

Move to new ICD-10 medical coding system progressing

A team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center project managers has been working in recent months to train staff and transition clinics to a new medical coding and reporting system set to go into effect later this year.
By VUMC News and Communications
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