Kelsey Herbers Archive — Page 3 of 14

Six participants appear in a Zoom video call grid, with name labels visible on the tiles and meeting controls along the bottom; the caption identifies them as students discussing a protocol to decontaminate N95 respirator masks.
May 21, 2020

MIDP students get creative to decontaminate respirator masks

Students from the Medical Innovators Development Program (MIDP) within the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) have devised a protocol that repurposes hospital blanket warmers to decontaminate N95 respirator masks — a process that could extend the current supply of the disposable masks by allowing them to be reused up to five times.

By Kelsey Herbers
Five smiling adults pose closely together outdoors beside a building, with one man embracing a woman in front and three women gathered around them.
May 20, 2020

As an ICU doctor, Geoffrey Fleming cared for many children who were dying. Now facing death himself, he applies the wisdom he learned from those children.

“Sometimes as providers, all we have to do is be brave and ask ourselves, ‘Is this about me, or is this about the patient?’”

By Kelsey Herbers
Group portrait of nine professionally dressed adults standing together indoors in front of a wall featuring a large letter R.
May 20, 2020

Specialty Pharmacy earns second consecutive Patient Choice Award

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Specialty Pharmacy (VSP) has received a 2020 Patient Choice Award recognizing its commitment to patient satisfaction.

By Kelsey Herbers
Tina Hartert, MD, MPH, seated at a conference table with papers in front of her.
May 12, 2020

Study to determine rate of novel coronavirus infection in U.S. children

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are leading a nationwide study to determine the rate of novel coronavirus infection in U.S. children and their families.

By Kelsey Herbers
Researchers are developing software to make social media platforms more accessible for adults with traumatic brain injury.
May 7, 2020

Project seeks to help adults with TBI access social media

With more than $2 million in funding, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center are developing software to make social media platforms more accessible for adults with cognitive disabilities.

By Kelsey Herbers
Melissa Duff, PhD
May 7, 2020

Study to explore memory system’s role in TBI behavior deficits

VUMC researchers are beginning a new five-year study to characterize the role of a memory system in behavioral deficits commonly seen in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

By Kelsey Herbers