Author: Kathy Whitney

Medical students’ research highlighted at symposium

Feb. 6, 2020—The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) Medical Scholars Research Symposium was held Feb. 3 and highlighted the work of eight medical students who spent the 2018-2019 academic year immersed in research under the guidance of faculty mentors.

Dinner and auction set to raise funds for Shade Tree Clinic

Jan. 29, 2020—The 8th Annual Shade Tree Clinic Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction will take place Thursday, Feb. 20, from 6 – 8:30 p.m. in the Student Life Center on Vanderbilt University’s campus.

From left are VUMC Chief Diversity Office Andre Churchwell, MD; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award honorees Adriana Bialostozky, MD, and Jannyse Starks, DNP, FNP-BC; keynote speaker Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN; and honoree Tamika Hudson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C; and School of Nursing Dean Linda Norman, DSN, RN.

MLK lecture celebrates diversity, inclusion, equity

Jan. 22, 2020—The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture was held on Monday and for the third year commenced with the United Voices of Vanderbilt choir’s stirring medley of inspirational songs.

Sharps to deliver Jan. 20 Martin Luther King Jr. lecture

Jan. 9, 2020—The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series will take place at noon, Jan. 20, in 208 Light Hall.

Del Ray Zimmerman, left, André Churchwell, MD, and Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, pose with the portrait of John Fryer, MD.

Portraits honor education, science, medicine pioneers

Dec. 18, 2019—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine honored two pioneers for their historic contributions to education, science and medicine during a formal portrait unveiling at Langford Auditorium this week.

Among those at the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance anniversary celebration were, from left, James E.K. Hildreth, MD, PhD, John Maupin Jr., DDS, George Hill, PhD, Susan Wente, PhD, Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, André Churchwell, MD, and Donald Brady, MD.

Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance celebrates 20 years of collaboration

Nov. 20, 2019—In 1999 Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced the establishment of a formal alliance to enhance the educational, scientific and clinical programs at and between both institutions.

John Wiley, Marian “Peggi” Wiley, Pamela Gunter-Smith, PhD (granddaughter of William Gunter Sr., and Randy Bates were recognized at the Hidden VUMC Figures event held Nov. 4.

Hidden VUMC Figures event honors unsung contributors

Nov. 6, 2019—This week, VUMC's Office for Diversity Affairs presented the third annual “Hidden VUMC Figures” event — a tribute to employees who have made significant long-term contributions to the Medical Center, often behind the scenes.

Isla Garraway, MD, PhD, and André Churchwell, MD, pose for a photo at Tuesday’s Levi Watkins Jr., MD Lecture.

Watkins’ niece Garraway discusses research, family ties

Oct. 9, 2019—UCLA's Isla Garraway, MD, PhD, delivered Tuesday's Levi Watkins Jr., MD Lecture.

Pettepher to receive AAMC Distinguished Teacher Award

Sep. 24, 2019—Cathy Pettepher, PhD, is the recipient of the 2019 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

Katie Cox Johnson, MD, at the opening of the Shade Tree Clinic.

Katie Cox Johnson, co-founder of Shade Tree Clinic, mourned

Sep. 18, 2019—Katie Cox Johnson, co-founder of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Shade Tree Clinic, died Sept. 11. She was 38.

Garraway set for Oct. 8 Levi Watkins Jr., MD, Lecture

Sep. 9, 2019—The 18th Annual Levi Watkins Jr., MD Lecture will be held at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 8, in 208 Light Hall. Isla Garraway, MD, PhD, associate professor of Urology and director of research at UCLA, will deliver the lecture.

Three student-adviser pairs receive Gilliam Fellowships

Sep. 5, 2019—The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded 2019 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study to three doctoral student-adviser pairs at Vanderbilt.

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