Month: August 2017

August 31, 2017

First leadership-track DNP students among VUSN incoming class

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) welcomed 474 new Master of Nursing Science, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Ph.D. students in a series of orientation events Aug. 16-28. The new class included the school’s first cohort of eight executive leadership-track DNP students.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 31, 2017

During Eskind renovation, other libraries provide space and services

During the yearlong renovation of the Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library, all Vanderbilt University (VU) libraries are open to all Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and School of Nursing personnel.

By Jill Clendening
August 30, 2017

Incoming School of Nursing class includes first Executive Leadership DNPs

The School of Nursing welcomed 474 new master of nursing science, doctor of nursing practice (DNP) and Ph.D. students in a series of orientation events Aug. 16-28. The new class included the school’s first cohort of eight Executive Leadership-track DNP students.

By VUMC News and Communications
Carlos Lopez (Vanderbilt University)
August 30, 2017

Lopez named Vanderbilt’s liaison to Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Carlos F. Lopez, assistant professor of biochemistry and biomedical informatics, has been appointed as Vanderbilt University’s liaison to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 28, 2017

Faculty Funding and Resource Fair set for Sept. 19

The Office of the Provost will host an open house Tuesday, Sept. 19, to showcase Vanderbilt’s internal funding programs and professional development initiatives available to faculty.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 26, 2017

All over the Medical Center, and all over the world

When Debby Booth started college in the early 1970s, she didn’t want to be a nurse. That was something her older sister did.

By Leigh MacMillan
August 25, 2017

The world beyond work: Carolyn Lovelace

The world beyond work: a childhood in a funeral home and road trips with her husband on a Harley.
By Wayne Wood
August 25, 2017

Students and faculty experience what life is like when you’re poor

Health care providers, community leaders, and faculty and students from the School of Nursing and other area universities explored the challenges of poverty during a recent simulation pilot project.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 25, 2017

The day Johnny Cash came to VUMC

Memories from the day when the Man in Black and June Carter Cash came to open a new unit at VUMC.
By Wayne Wood
August 25, 2017

Vanderbilt Primary Care–Williamson County expands, accepting new patients

Vanderbilt Primary Care in Williamson County has expanded its practice, and several clinic providers are now scheduling new patient appointments for all your primary care needs.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 24, 2017

Council formed to support early career physicians

A physician council has been established to recognize excellence among early career clinicians at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and to create dialogue between leadership and faculty regarding obstacles to ongoing success.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 24, 2017

Drug discovery efforts may lead to new Rett syndrome treatments

Vanderbilt University research-ers have relieved symptoms of Rett syndrome in a mouse model with a small molecule that works like the dimmer switch in an electrical circuit.
By Bill Snyder
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