Year: 2019

December 31, 2019

Kavalali receives Humboldt Research Award

Ege T. Kavalali, PhD, professor and acting chair of the Department of Pharmacology in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been elected a recipient of a prestigious Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.

By Bill Snyder
December 30, 2019

Nettles reappointed as chair of statewide planning and policy council

Ari Nettles Reappointed as Chair of Statewide Planning and Policy Council

By John Howser
December 27, 2019

Grants bolster scholarships for students studying autism, pediatric hearing loss

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences has received three new grants from the U.S. Department of Education to train graduate students to work with children with autism and hearing loss.

By Kelsey Herbers
December 23, 2019

Last New Year’s Day, Gregory Tidwell was in a coma. At the beginning of 2020, he is doing much better

“It has made me ecstatically happy to watch him get better,” his mom said.

By Kelsey Herbers
December 23, 2019

Pets of VUMC: A look back at the best of 2019

A handy, one-stop collection of the winners of the “VUMC Voice” 2019 Pets of VUMC contest.
December 20, 2019

Tennessee Receives Grant from Federal Government to Address Opioid Crisis

The Division of TennCare will partner with VUMC as part of the MOM program focusing on 26 rural and urban counties to improve the outcomes for women with opioid use disorder and their infants.

By Holly Fletcher
December 20, 2019

Hepatitis C–positive donors a viable option to expand heart donor pool

Hepatitis C-positive heart donors offer a strategy to safely expand the donor pool and allow more patients to undergo transplant.
By Matt Batcheldor
December 20, 2019

Reversing stress-related anxiety

Inhibiting COX-2 — an enzyme associated with inflammation — could provide a novel therapeutic approach for stress-related psychiatric disorders.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2019

Hickson named to new VUMC leadership roles

Gerald Hickson, MD, Joseph C. Ross Professor of Medical Education and Administration, will assume new leadership and advisory roles with the Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) and the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network (VHAN), beginning Jan. 1, 2020.
By John Howser
December 19, 2019

2019 a year of growth, achievements, accolades

The following is a roundup of the news that made headlines at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2019.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2019

Year in Review 2019: New appointments bolster VUMC’s core missions

By Doug Campbell
December 19, 2019

Year in Review 2019: Medical Center lauded on numerous national rankings

During the past year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center placed highly in several national rankings and was honored with numerous awards.
By Doug Campbell
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