Year: 2024

May 30, 2024

Microsoft Teams training and ‘Community of Champions’ available

May 30, 2024

NIH awards $4.2 million for AI patient assessment

Tkaczyk and collaborators will assemble a database of more than 11,000 photographs and associated clinical information from diverse patient populations at five centers: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, NIH, University of Pennsylvania and VUMC.

By Paul Govern
May 30, 2024

Nominations are now open for membership to Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine; deadline is July 14

These clinicians are increasingly important in an era of rapid change in medicine, and selection recognizes their contributions to Vanderbilt’s mission of clinical excellence and innovation.
May 30, 2024

Study to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome seeks participants

Participants may be able to join this study if they have Down syndrome, are between 35 and 50 years old and have a study partner willing to attend all study visits.
Abigail Lindsey Rich talks about her research poster with Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center director Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD. (photo by Donn Jones)
May 30, 2024

Speakers share history of hereditary cancers at scientific retreat 

Speakers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center 25th Annual Scientific Retreat detailed the history of hereditary cancer discoveries and gave overviews about ongoing research. 

By Tom Wilemon
May 30, 2024

Her Make-A-Wish was to make a movie; raw milk and disease risk; discussing teen suicide and other news stories with VUMC sources

May 30, 2024

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital: 5 years

To honor VWCH’s 45 years of service, and their fifth as Vanderbilt Health, C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Health System Officer, and VWCH president Scott McCarver presented a State of the Hospital address to the Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce
By Danny Bonvissuto
May 29, 2024

Goo Goo Dolls to headline fund-raiser for VUMC’s Firefly program, Aug. 16

May 29, 2024

On the Horizon Town Hall Series, “New Technology Platforms at Vanderbilt,” is June 18

“New Technology Platforms at Vanderbilt: Cores at the Cutting Edge” is hosted by Susan Meyn, Associate Vice President for Research Resources of the Office of Research, with presentations from Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH, David Flaherty, Jenny Schafer, PhD, and Jim Cassat, MD, PhD.
May 29, 2024

VUMC Biostatistics hosts International Chinese Statistical Association symposium, June 16-19

May 29, 2024

Robotic pancreatectomy speeds recovery time for retired educator 

He knew he needed complicated surgery, so researching his options, he learned about the Vanderbilt surgical team led by Kamran Idrees, MD, MSCI, MMHC, Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research.
By Tom Wilemon
May 29, 2024

SHARE Center offers customizable presentations and workshops for VUMC departments

VUMC’s Sexual Harassment Awareness, Response, and Education (SHARE) Center offers workshops for VUMC teams or departments on preventing and responding to workplace violence – including sexual harassment by patients, contractors, employees and visitors.
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