Year: 2015

December 17, 2015

Gerontological Society of America honors Frontera

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) — the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging — recently presented Walter Frontera, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, with its 2015 Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award.

By John Howser
December 17, 2015

Advanced Practice Nurses Association honors Jayaram

The Middle Tennessee Advanced Practice Nurses Association recently named Vanderbilt’s Jennifer Jayaram, MSN, FNP, its Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year. The organization is an affiliate of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

By Matt Batcheldor
December 17, 2015

Frequent flyer Grubbs set to retire from LifeFlight

After 31 years and nearly 6,000 patient flights, LifeFlight’s Tom Grubbs has decided to hang up his helmet and retire.

By Jerry Jones
December 17, 2015

Nominations sought for this year’s Vanderbilt Prize Scholar

Nominations for this year’s Vanderbilt Prize Scholar are now being accepted. The deadline is Feb. 8, 2016.

By Bill Snyder
December 17, 2015

Flu vaccination compliance at VUMC rises dramatically

As of Dec. 1, employee compliance with the influenza vaccination policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has reached 99.9 percent, up from 80 percent on Dec.1, 2014

By Paul Govern
December 17, 2015

Shine Bright

Country music artists Maddie & Tae recently performed for patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 17, 2015

Eskind Biomedical Library home to Civil War medicine exhibit

By Wayne Wood
December 16, 2015

Immune response in transplantation

Thirty-three percent of pediatric heart transplant patients developed antibodies against the donor heart, which can lead to rejection, a new Vanderbilt study reports.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 16, 2015

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt offers safety tips for holiday decorating

By VUMC News and Communications
December 16, 2015

Vanderbilt psychiatrist renews call to find the place ‘between Hallmark and heartache’ during the holidays

By Wayne Wood
December 16, 2015

Tennessee Poison Center offers a quick summary on the dangers of holiday plants

By Wayne Wood
December 15, 2015

Gore named fellow of National Academy of Inventors

John Gore, director of the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Fellowship is granted to “academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on society.”
By Bill Snyder