Year: 2023

October 17, 2023

StrategyShare is Oct. 25 — a chance to get fresh ideas and win prizes

By VUMC News and Communications
October 17, 2023

Tirzepatide trial shows additional 21.1% weight loss following intensive lifestyle intervention

A Vanderbilt clinical trial evaluating the injectable prescription medication tirzepatide, showed an additional 21.1% weight loss after intensive lifestyle intervention in adults with obesity or who were overweight with weight-related comorbidities, excluding Type 2 diabetes.

By Jill Clendening
October 17, 2023

SHARE Center webinar, “What can you do? Stepping Up to Stop Workplace Violence and Sexual Harassment,” is Nov. 9

By VUMC News and Communications
Wesley Self, MD, MPH
October 17, 2023

How biostatistics saves lives: the Vanderbilt experience

Biostatisticians at VUMC have played a pivotal role in the redesign of clinical trials that rigorously and rapidly determine the effectiveness of life-saving treatments for acutely ill patients.

By Bill Snyder
October 17, 2023

Sexual Harassment Awareness, Response, and Education (SHARE) Center overview of workplace violence is Oct. 19

By VUMC News and Communications
October 16, 2023

New Refusal of Care Policy to be effective Nov. 15

October 16, 2023

VUMC to hold panel discussion for faculty and staff on state firearm policies, Nov. 1

By VUMC News and Communications
October 16, 2023

VUMC scientists record powerful signal in the brain’s white matter

Vanderbilt researchers report that when people who are having their brains scanned by fMRI perform a task, like wiggling their fingers, certain signals increase in white matter throughout the brain, which has long been thought to play a lesser role the more the brain's more energetic gray matter.
By Bill Snyder
October 16, 2023

Initiative seeks to aid youth at risk for suicide

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has joined a national initiative to better identify and care for youth at risk for suicide.
By Jessica Pasley
October 16, 2023

ICU antibiotics may be safe for kidneys

A Vanderbilt study found that two antibiotics thought to cause kidney failure in ICU patients with a severe bacterial infection, especially when combined with another antibiotic, may be safer for the kidneys than previously reported.
By Craig Boerner
October 13, 2023

VUMC in the news, Oct. 17, 2023

October 13, 2023

On the Horizon Town Hall Series: Live event coming Oct. 30

By VUMC News and Communications
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