Month: May 2017

May 18, 2017

‘Space Stations’ help introduce EpicLeap system

Cheryl Blackwell walked into a room with her reading glasses propped atop her head and was greeted by people wearing wacky antennas adorned with rocket ships and planets.

By Tom Wilemon
May 18, 2017

Oxidative stress in tumors

Vanderbilt investigators have developed a new method for measuring oxidative stress in human tumors, which provides insight into cancer development.

By Sanjay Mishra
Floyd Dennis (Vanderbilt University)
May 17, 2017

Remembering Floyd Dennis, disability civil rights advocate

H. Floyd Dennis, professor of special education, emeritus, died April 17 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was 89. As a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researcher, Dennis was founding director of the Kennedy Center Institute on Youth and Social Development.

By VUMC News and Communications
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May 17, 2017

Blood type link to cancer survival

Blood type A was associated with longer ovarian cancer survival in a recent Vanderbilt-led study.

By Bill Snyder
May 15, 2017

RSV-HRV viral interference

RSV infection reduces the risk of infection with human rhinovirus, which could have implications for vaccine development and prevention strategies for viral respiratory tract infections in infants.

By Leigh MacMillan
Protect against ransomware
May 15, 2017

Cybersecurity Alert-Ransomware Attack

By John Howser
May 11, 2017

Hepatitis C infections among pregnant women increasing

Hepatitis C infections among pregnant women nearly doubled from 2009-2014, likely a consequence of the country’s increasing opioid epidemic that is disproportionately affecting rural areas of states including Tennessee and West Virginia.
By Craig Boerner
May 11, 2017

EETs contribute to insulin sensitivity

Interventions that increase circulating levels of compounds called EETs may improve insulin sensitivity and treat hypertension.
By Leigh MacMillan
May 11, 2017

Richmond to speak at national VA research conference on cancer immunotherapy

Vanderbilt University cancer researcher Ann Richmond, Ph.D., 2016 recipient of one of the highest honors for scientific achievement bestowed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, will be a keynote speaker during a national VA research conference next week at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
By Bill Snyder
May 11, 2017

Commencement 2017 schedule

Commencement begins at 9 a.m. Friday, May 12.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 11, 2017

Gillihan named CEO of Vanderbilt Home Care Services

Kerry Gillihan, MHA, D.Sc., has been named president and CEO of Vanderbilt Home Care Services (VHCS), the home health care services of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).
By Nancy Humphrey
May 11, 2017

Researchers seek best ways to increase HPV vaccination rates

Tennessee has one of the lowest human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in the nation, and investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are hoping to change this by improving the way medical providers present these vaccines to patients and by improving patient and patient family education.
By Jill Clendening