Nancy Humphrey

November 19, 2015

Growth, collaboration key to VUMC’s future: Balser

Discovery, education and clinical care will continue to be the core of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) mission as the date of the legal separation for Vanderbilt University and VUMC nears, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, said to a capacity crowd at last week’s Fall Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly.

By Nancy Humphrey
November 19, 2015

Colombo named CEO of Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital

Armando Colombo, president and chief executive officer of InterMedical Hospital of South Carolina, has been named chief executive officer of Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital.

By Nancy Humphrey
November 19, 2015

Banovac named section chief of Interventional Radiology at VUMC

Filip Banovac, M.D., chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Georgetown University, has been named section chief of Interventional Radiology within the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Nancy Humphrey
October 29, 2015

Study explores nicotine patch to treat memory loss

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $9.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to test the effectiveness of a transdermal nicotine patch in improving memory loss in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease.

By Nancy Humphrey
October 22, 2015

New faculty: Lisa Kachnic is pioneering advances in radiation therapy

New Department of Radiation Oncology Chair Lisa Kachnic wants to make Vanderbilt’s program one of the best in the country.

By Nancy Humphrey
October 1, 2015

Donation to bring computers to thousands of MNPS families

A few thousand families in the Metro Nashville Public Schools system will now have computers at home, thanks to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s donation of 3,800 lightly used computers.

By Nancy Humphrey
September 24, 2015

Flulapalooza mass vaccination event set for Oct. 7

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center (VUMC) faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination event that four years ago more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period.
By Nancy Humphrey
September 16, 2015

Vanderbilt is one of seven centers now accepting patients for Undiagnosed Diseases Network

Eighteen-year-old Rachel Barnett of Robertson County is one of the first patients to be enrolled in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center — one of seven medical centers around the country participating in a clinical research initiative of the National Institutes of Health to identify rare disorders in patients.
By Nancy Humphrey
September 2, 2015

Flulapalooza mass vaccination set to take place Oct. 7

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center (VUMC) faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination event that four years ago more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period.
By Nancy Humphrey
August 27, 2015

Depression study seeks to predict treatment response

Treating depressed individuals and figuring out who will and won’t respond to antidepressants is mostly trial and error — much to the frustration of patients and the health care providers who treat them.
By Nancy Humphrey
August 20, 2015

Study seeks to ease ‘chemobrain’ for cancer patients

Many women who receive chemotherapy for breast cancer report problems with their thinking, memory and attention after treatment.
By Nancy Humphrey
August 6, 2015

Rothman named to lead population health research efforts

Russell Rothman, M.D., MPP, professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Health Policy, chief of the Section of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, has been named assistant vice chancellor for Population Health Research.
By Nancy Humphrey
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