Kelsey Herbers Archive — Page 5 of 14

Portrait of a smiling, bearded man with a shaved head wearing a gray-and-black striped sweater, seated near a window and wooden doorway.
February 13, 2020

Schuyler Clayton battled a decade of opioid addiction. Now a recovery coach, he serves as a beacon of hope amid a nationwide epidemic.

“Our patients live with a disease they don’t get help for out of fear of blame. It’s important for me to say, ‘I’m living with the same thing, and I’m not ashamed.’”

By Kelsey Herbers
White, featureless figures stand in a group behind a larger figure whose body is covered with repeated colorful “HELP” lettering and whose head is a multicolored ball with partial lettering.
February 13, 2020

VUMC-led study set to explore risk factors for depression recurrence

VUMC researchers are conducting a five-year multisite trial to explore potential methods for predicting which patients may have a worse course of depression or are most vulnerable to recurrent episodes.

By Kelsey Herbers
Dr. William Stone and his longtime secretary, Darlene Anderson, pose together indoors during the naming of the VA fourth-floor dialysis unit.
February 13, 2020

Nashville VA dialysis unit named in Stone’s honor

The Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center has dedicated its dialysis unit to William Stone, MD, a nephrologist and professor of Medicine at VUMC

By Kelsey Herbers
Joyce Jackson, right, established a fund in honor of her parents, Hazel and George Fellendorf, to support programs that benefit children with hearing loss.
February 13, 2020

Jackson’s gift to help children with hearing loss

In honor of her parents, Joyce Jackson established The Hazel J. and George W. Fellendorf Childhood Deafness Fund at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center to support programs that benefit children with hearing loss.

By Kelsey Herbers
Brain-shaped word cloud on a white background, dominated by the words “Alzheimer’s,” “memory,” “dementia,” “cognitive impairment,” and “mental health.”
February 12, 2020

Study seeks link between menopause, Alzheimer’s

Beginning this month, researchers from VUMC and the University of Vermont are launching a study to examine whether cognitive changes that occur at menopause for some women are related to an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

By Kelsey Herbers
Blue graphic with large white text reading “Vanderbilt He…” above “Walk-In”; the first line is cropped at the right edge.
February 12, 2020

Mt. Juliet set for new primary care and walk-in clinics

To celebrate the debut of a new primary care clinic and walk-in clinic in Mt. Juliet, Vanderbilt Health will hold an open house on Friday, Feb. 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the clinics’ new location.

By Kelsey Herbers