Month: May 2017

May 12, 2017

Children 8–11 with normal hearing needed for study

The Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is looking for research subjects to better understand how children listen in background noise.

By VUMC News and Communications
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
Insulin in vials
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
May 11, 2017

Discovery Lecturer Kandel tackles age-related memory loss

Eric Kandel, M.D., who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2000 for discovering molecular mechanisms of memory storage, told the crowd at last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture that he has recently become interested in memory in the aging brain.
By Leigh MacMillan
May 11, 2017

May the 4th be with you

Star Wars characters visited with patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on May 4, a date known among Star Wars enthusiasts as “May the 4th be with you” day.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 11, 2017

Rush honored by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

The Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) recently named Meg Rush, M.D., as the 2017 JDRF Living & Giving Honoree.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 11, 2017

New interactive tool lets VUMC community share creative ideas

Sharing ideas is powerful. IdeaShare, a tool to share ideas among groups of people, and even vote about which ideas you like best, is coming to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) beginning May 16.
By Wayne Wood and Cynthia Manley
May 11, 2017

Varied interests inspire Urologic Surgery’s Chang

If a career in medicine hadn’t worked out for Sam Chang, he might have been a politician. As an undergraduate at Princeton University, Chang chose to major in politics instead of common premed majors such as biology or chemistry. That way, he would have the opportunity to take a spectrum of liberal arts classes, from psychology to sociology to anthropology.
By Matt Batcheldor
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