Year: 2024

(photo by Erin O. Smith)

25th Annual VICC Scientific Retreat focuses on hereditary cancers

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center 25th Annual Scientific Retreat will focus on hereditary cancers and feature nationally and internationally renowned speakers on the subject.

VUMC Pets of the Day: Antoine and Leo

Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, spoke about the Medical Center’s growth during the Spring Leadership Assembly. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

VUMC Growth Strengthens Communities

Recent expansions in locations, capacity and business lines underscore how VUMC is navigating fast-paced population growth and the financial headwinds facing health systems across the country.

By Holly Fletcher

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Relaunched Staff Advisory Council better reflects makeup of Medical Center

The Medical Center Staff Advisory Council has evolved to better reflect today’s VUMC, which has grown significantly since the council’s formation.

By Jill Clendening

The big sort

A new interactive tool presents information on noncoding RNA in extracellular vesicles — agents of cell-cell communication that may have a future in medical diagnosis and therapeutics.

New drawing for Predators playoff tickets to be held Friday

May 1, 2024

VUMC’s Alexander Bick receives a ‘healthy aging’ research award

Vanderbilt's Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, has received a Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Award in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and Hevolution Foundation.

By Bill Snyder

May 1, 2024

Bird flu in the milk supply; an allergy doctor’s allergy shots; the cost of weight-loss and diabetes drugs; and other news stories with VUMC sources

May 1, 2024

Iroquois Steeplechase set for Saturday, May 11

The Iroquois Steeplechase, Nashville’s iconic sporting event benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has named its honorary co-chairs and child ambassador for the 2024 race, set for Saturday, May 11.

By Jessica Pasley

May 1, 2024

Kathleen Zeglinski from Australia’s Hall Institute of Medical Research to speak May 8

May 1, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: “Maddy was so compassionate and caring the entire time.”

Maddy Barber, BSN, RN, works in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She is one of the latest group of DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor

May 1, 2024

Study finds 500 new blood pressure genes

An analysis of the genomes of more than 1 million people of European ancestry, conducted by several of the world’s leading genomic centers, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has identified more than 2,000 independent genetic signals for blood pressure.

By Bill Snyder