Emily Stembridge

Specialty pharmacy technician Nikki Auen went the extra mile to help refill medications for a patient whose home was damaged in the Christmas Day bomb blast in downtown Nashville.

February 11, 2021

Pharmacy tech goes extra mile for bombing victim

A Vanderbilt patient couldn’t access her medications following the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville. That’s when Nikki Auen came into the picture.

By Emily Stembridge

February 11, 2021

Program using telehealth to treat Opioid Use Disorder

The Vanderbilt Maternal Addiction Recovery Program (VMARP) is offering virtual appointments to help reach patients in Nashville’s outlying areas for treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).

By Emily Stembridge

February 8, 2021

The Christmas bombing cut a patient off from her vital medications. Specialty pharmacy technician Nikki Auen was there to help.

“We will always advocate for our patients in any way we can. It’s just what we do.”

By Emily Stembridge

January 28, 2021

Pre-surgery brain mapping helps ease patients’ concerns

Victoria Morgan, PhD, and Allen Timothy Newton, PhD, both biomedical engineers and faculty of the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, have teamed up with Stephen Wilson, PhD, associate professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, to offer brain function mapping services to Vanderbilt brain surgeons and their patients.

By Emily Stembridge

January 26, 2021

Rare tumor disguised as benign

A rare tumor that causes facial weakness was found masquerading as a more common benign facial tumor.

By Emily Stembridge

January 21, 2021

Special Olympics honors Wilkerson Center, Hearing and Speech Sciences

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Bill Wilkerson Center, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, has been awarded the Special Olympics’ Golisano Health Leadership Award for Tennessee. The award is the highest honor health partners can receive from the Special Olympics.

By Emily Stembridge

January 8, 2021

A story of Christmas past: Carols being sung by a choir, an elderly woman stricken in church, and a Vanderbilt nurse saving a life

The Sunday before Christmas, Patricia Wright was in church to hear her mother sing in the choir. Then she heard a call for help.

By Emily Stembridge

January 7, 2021

Foster receives service award from pharmacists association

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has awarded Nichole Foster, MBA, MEd, CPhT, director of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Pharmacy Technicians Training Program, with a Distinguished Service Award.

By Emily Stembridge

December 29, 2020

Medical student addresses food needs during pandemic

“Families being affected by the financial impact of the coronavirus made the subject of food insecurity more important than ever. Children seemed to be a vulnerable population that would benefit from a project like this."