Month: January 2018

January 10, 2018

Children and adolescents needed for study on reading and learning

Children and adolescents ages 9-14 are needed for a Vanderbilt University research study to better understand the relationship between reading and learning.

By VUMC News and Communications
Iconic Baltimore inner city row houses.
January 9, 2018

Heart failure risk predicted by communities, not wealth

When buying and selling real estate, how often have you heard the realtor’s mantra — location, location, location? This is also the central theme of a recently released journal report on factors that can predict heart failure risk.

By Jessica Pasley
Istock image of neurons in the brain
January 8, 2018

Vanderbilt signs licensing, research agreements to develop new approach to schizophrenia treatment

Under the terms of the licensing agreement, Lundbeck has exclusively licensed rights to compounds developed at Vanderbilt that act on a receptor in the brain that has been implicated in schizophrenia.

By Bill Snyder
January 8, 2018

Children’s Hospital opens comprehensive Prader-Willi syndrome clinic

By VUMC News and Communications
January 5, 2018

Center for Health Information Management’s Phronda Buckley goes above and beyond to help others

“We provide excellence in healthcare, research and education. We treat others as we wish to be treated. We continuously evaluate and improve our performance.”

By Christina Echegaray
January 5, 2018

My Southern Health: Got the flu? Here’s why you need to stay home

Survey results suggest 75 percent of parents leave the house with the flu—and they’re spreading it to others.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 5, 2018

What you need to know about this year’s flu

Discover what strains are prominent, how effective this year’s vaccine is, and how hard the virus has hit Tennessee so far.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 4, 2018

Young named chief medical officer of American Red Cross

Vanderbilt’s Pampee Young, MD, PhD, has been named chief medical officer of the American Red Cross.
By Tom Wilemon
January 4, 2018

Program ensures continuity of care for complex patients

Lou Ann Owens had lost count of how many times her husband Paul had been hospitalized by mid-2017, so when a team from the Vanderbilt Familiar Faces (VFF) program visited his room in August with an idea that might reduce his hospital stays and better manage his health, the couple immediately agreed to participate.
By Jill Clendening
January 4, 2018

Research sheds light on how microtubules are assembled

Microtubules are the “railroad tracks” essential for moving intracellular “freight” around in the cell. They’re also part of the spindle that pulls the two centrosomes apart during cell division.
By Bill Snyder
January 4, 2018

Rehm, Williams take new roles in Department of Pediatrics

Two Department of Pediatrics faculty members have been named to new and expanded roles. Kris Rehm, MD, has been named vice chair of Outreach Activities. Succeeding Rehm in her role as Division Chief for Hospital Medicine is Derek Williams, MD, MPH.
By Christina Echegaray
January 4, 2018

Brown honored by internal medicine association

The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine’s APM Council will award Vanderbilt’s Nancy Brown, MD, the 2018 Robert H. Williams, MD, Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award during the APM Winter Meeting, March 18-21 in San Antonio.
By Kathy Whitney
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