Year: 2024

November 7, 2024

VUMC IT downtime notification: Workday monthly service update and Tecsys service update occurring on Nov. 23 & 24

November 7, 2024

Emerging Scholars Lecture with Stanford’s Anthony Venida to be Nov. 19

Transplant patient Bill Jackson. (photo by Matt Batcheldor)
November 7, 2024

Transplant patient’s indomitable spirit proves inspirational

Bill Jackson received a heart and double lung transplant, an unusual procedure performed only a handful of times each year at VUMC and one that can occur at only the most specialized transplant centers.

By Matt Batcheldor
November 6, 2024

Why not using hearing aids can lead to other health problems; a 40-guitar donation; financial pressure from chronic disease; plus other news stories with VUMC sources

November 6, 2024

Frontiers in Biochemistry seminar with U.T.-Knoxville’s Francisco Barrera is Nov. 22

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November 6, 2024

Number of whooping cough cases on rise nationally

While it has been difficult to pinpoint the reason for the rise in cases, waning immunity and vaccine hesitancy may be the likely culprits.

By Jessica Pasley
November 6, 2024

VHAN to host Well Moment webinar on suicide prevention, Dec. 11

November 6, 2024

VUMC again receives Best Workplace for Men in Nursing Award

Criteria for the award included recruitment materials featuring men in nursing, evidence demonstrating an increase in the number of men in nursing and evidence of male nurse involvement.
By Matt Batcheldor
November 5, 2024

2024 Pumpkin Carving Contest winners

Gourd-oriented artistry and wit abound
By Erin O. Smith
November 5, 2024

VUMC has long record of supporting military on Veterans Day — and every day

“Vanderbilt is an extremely welcoming environment for military personnel, and you see that all over campus.”
By Jill Clendening
November 5, 2024

Katrina Brown receives 2024 Magnet Nurse of the Year Award

She has dedicated her career to transforming care for victims of sexual assault and intimate partner violence.
By John Howser
November 4, 2024

Tae Kon Kim receives V Foundation grant for MDS drug research 

Kim and colleagues will study whether this protein hinders the ability of the immune system to fight MDS and whether it can be blocked to treat MDS.
By Tom Wilemon
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