Jill Clendening

November 15, 2022

Lori Rolando sets an example of working hard but protecting work-life balance

For her work, the Occupational Health Clinic Director was recognized with a Five Pillar Leader Award.

By Jill Clendening
Kristy Sinkfield, MEd, left, hosted a panel discussion with Mamie Williams, MPH, MSN, FNP-BC, Mary Duvanich, MSN, MMHC, Novonda Lilly, and Marques Bradshaw, MD, during Strategy Share 2022. The discussion was on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion throughout VUMC. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
November 1, 2022

Strategy Share 2022 spotlights VUMC’s successes in making health care personal

Strategy Share 2022 was centered on initiatives and programs that advance the three components of the Medical Center’s Strategic Directions: Making Diversity and Inclusion Intentional, Design for Patients and Families, and Discover, Learn and Share.

By Jill Clendening
November 1, 2022

Patient Experience awards honor excellence of clinical teams and individual clinicians

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recognizing 581 clinicians and 148 clinical areas for receiving high marks from patients, earning Excellence in Patient Experience awards for fiscal year 2022.

By Jill Clendening
Sgt. Josiah Cubol, an LPN in the U.S. Army, works with VUMC Labor and Delivery RN preceptor Chelsea Foster, RN, during his SMART Labor and Delivery rotation in April.
October 27, 2022

New SMART rotation of military medical personnel runs Nov. 8-22

The next Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training (SMART) rotation, which includes 15 members of the United States military, is coming to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to work in clinical areas of the Vanderbilt University Hospital in November.

By Jill Clendening
October 26, 2022

Lori Anne Parker-Danley used pandemic time to learn quilting and create her “pandemic quilt”

Improv quilting stitched together her hours during the pandemic

By Jill Clendening
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October 14, 2022

Addition to pancreatic image bank expected to help advance diabetes research worldwide

An image bank of samples of the pancreas from children who developed diabetes shortly before death has gone live at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, with the aim to advance global medical research in the diabetes field.

By Jill Clendening
October 13, 2022

Palliative Care Unit celebrates a decade of providing patient- and family-centered care

Vanderbilt's Palliative Care Unit is celebrating 10 years to patients and families.
By Jill Clendening
September 29, 2022

Top military medical leader gives high marks to VUMC’s military-civilian partnerships

Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, the U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command, visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center last week to observe the ongoing military-civilian partnerships which strengthen the Army’s medical readiness.
By Jill Clendening
September 29, 2022

Kauffmann named vice chair for Global Surgery

Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH, selected to be the inaugural vice chair for Global Surgery in the Section of Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
By Jill Clendening
September 14, 2022

Complementary research, resources, policies improve outcomes for those with substance use disorders: panel

A panel of experts on opioid use disorder (OUD) recently discussed the importance of building recovery ecosystems or networks of resources to respond to the opioid epidemic.
By Jill Clendening
September 8, 2022

Diabetes research grant receives NIDDK renewal

The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center is celebrating its 49th year of continual operation with the five-year competitive renewal of a $10.9 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health.
By Jill Clendening
September 1, 2022

Trial participant steps up to help advance diabetes research

Vanderbilt is one of 16 North American sites conducting the Tolerance Using Plasmid in People with Type 1 Diabetes (TOPPLE) study, a phase 1 investigation that tests the safety and dosing of a new plasmid therapy.
By Jill Clendening
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