Year: 2024

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Class of 2024 (photo by Donn Jones)

Commencement 2024

Hundreds of Vanderbilt medical, nursing and graduate students took part in last week’s Commencement.

Parking and shuttle information for May 27 Memorial Day holiday are here

VUMC’s new automated biobanking system can store as many as 10 million biospecimens.

Training grant builds research ethics capacity for genetic and genomic research in Nigeria

The long-standing partnership between Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) and collaborators Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and Bayero University (BUK) is poised to address the growing demand for research in precision medicine in Africa.

By Kristin Centers

VUMC Pets of the Day: Emma and Zoe

DAISY Award spotlight: “Nurse Rhonda went out of her way to make my husband feel at ease”

Rhonda Bryant, LPN, works in in the inpatient unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. She is one of the latest group of DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor

Audrey Kuntz won an award. Her colleagues gifted her a tool belt.

For her ability to problem solve and advocate for patients and staff, Kuntz was a named a Credo Award winner.

By Matt Batcheldor

May 10, 2024

Are you freaked out, apprehensive, or even mildly concerned about the impending INVASION of BILLIONS of red eyed, noisy INSECTS? Vanderbilt’s Jim Kendall has a brief cicada survival guide.

“It is important to remember,” he says, “This too shall pass."

May 10, 2024

VUMC Pets of the Day: Sadie Bird and Bella

May 10, 2024

“Your Health in Bloom” employee health fairs coming to Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital, Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

May 10, 2024

Postdoc Awards Ceremony set for May 23

May 9, 2024

Mom’s the word for mother-daughter Labor and Delivery nurses at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

Denise Zickgraf and her daughter, Victoria Garcia, support new mothers and each other

By Danny Bonvissuto

May 9, 2024

Inaugural Nursing Grand Rounds kicks off Nurses Week celebrations

The presentation focused on the essential value of fundamental nursing care, connecting and being present with patients, and attending to their basic care needs, such as nutrition, mobility and oral health.

By Matt Batcheldor