Year: 2015

May 7, 2015

Peek named editor-in-chief of leading gastroenterology journal

Richard Peek, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center, has been appointed to a five-year term as editor-in-chief of the medical journal Gastroenterology beginning July 2016.

By Bill Snyder
May 7, 2015

Photo: Postdoc research awards

Ashley Stokes, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute of Imaging Science, received the 2015 Postdoc of the Year award last week at the annual Postdoctoral Research and Shared Resources Symposium in Light Hall.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 7, 2015

Vanderbilt again leaps into top tier of national hospital quality list

Vanderbilt University Hospital has garnered a spring 2015 patient safety grade of “A” from the Leapfrog Group, a coalition of public and private purchasers of employee health coverage that works to encourage health care safety, quality and affordability.

By Doug Campbell
May 7, 2015

Hill honored by national medical student association

George C. Hill, Ph.D., professor of Medical Education and Administration, emeritus, was recently named the 2015 Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Hall of Heroes recipient.

By Jessica Pasley
May 7, 2015

Three from VUMC honored by NBJ for community health contributions

Three members of the Vanderbilt community were recently named to Nashville Business Journal’s 2015 class of Health Care Heroes.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 7, 2015

Task force named to prioritize Academic Strategic Plan health initiatives

A new faculty task force has been appointed to prioritize and refine the eight health-related initiatives in the Academic Strategic Plan and to inventory existing health-related interdisciplinary centers and institutes at Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 7, 2015

Photo: Learning expert speaks

By Doug Campbell
May 7, 2015

Findings reveal new target in quest to ease schizophrenia

Vanderbilt University researchers have uncovered a surprising finding that could lead to the development of new, more effective therapies for schizophrenia, which affects more than 2 million Americans.
By Bill Snyder
May 6, 2015

Neurofibromin fine-tunes bone growth

The protein neurofibromin acts as a brake in a signaling pathway that is important in bone development, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
By Leigh MacMillan
May 5, 2015

Kachnic to join VUMC as new chair of Radiation Oncology

Lisa Kachnic, M.D., professor and chair of Radiation Oncology and associate director of Multidisciplinary Cancer Research at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), and chief of Radiation Oncology at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named the new professor and chair of the Vanderbilt Department of Radiation Oncology. She will join the faculty on Sept. 21.
By John Howser
May 4, 2015

Kids more likely to react to blood transfusions

Pediatric patients have a significantly higher incidence of transfusion reactions compared to adults, according to a study by Vanderbilt University researchers.
By Bill Snyder
May 1, 2015

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center to mark 50th anniversary with Timothy Shriver

In honor of its 50th anniversary, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will hold a community celebration with special guest Tim Shriver.
By VUMC News and Communications