Year: 2019

Backpack Safety & Injury Prevention
September 5, 2019

Help students avoid backpack pain with these tips from Children’s Hospital

Backpacks are a necessity for school, and they don’t need to cause pain for the students who carry them

By Jessica Pasley
September 5, 2019

Chief Human Resources Officer to depart VUMC

Traci Nordberg, JD, Chief Human Resources Officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is leaving the organization effective Oct. 31 to assume another role outside of VUMC.

By John Howser
September 5, 2019

VUMC campus

By Wayne Wood
September 5, 2019

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine entrance

By Wayne Wood
September 5, 2019

Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital with helipad

By Wayne Wood
September 5, 2019

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

By Wayne Wood
September 5, 2019

Bailey to direct general surgery residency program

Christina Bailey, MD, MSCI, assistant professor of Surgery, has been named the new program director of the general surgery residency training program in the Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences.
By Jill Clendening
September 5, 2019

How salt increases blood pressure

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that a protein called SGK1 in immune cells is activated by sodium, leading to the development of salt-sensitive hypertension.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 5, 2019

Team explores epilepsy-related brain disturbances

A team led by a neurosurgeon-scientist and an engineering professor who specializes in techniques for analyzing functional neuroimaging data has received a $3 million grant to study disturbances in brain networks related to attention lapses and cognitive deficits in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
By Pam Coyle
September 5, 2019

Study backs genetic testing for all metastatic breast cancer patients

By Tom Wilemon
September 5, 2019

Johnson named to NIH Council of Councils

The National Institutes of Health have announced the appointment of Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, to the NIH Council of Councils.
By Paul Govern
September 5, 2019

Three student-adviser pairs receive Gilliam Fellowships

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded 2019 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study to three doctoral student-adviser pairs at Vanderbilt.
By Kathy Whitney
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