Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 122 of 390

Portrait of Lee Ann Liska, MBA, smiling against a blue mottled background.
October 1, 2020

Liska named adult hospital chief operating officer

Lee Ann Liska, a 30-year veteran of the health care industry, has been named chief operating officer of Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital (VUAH). She will join Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Oct. 19.

By Kathy Rivers
Portrait of Linda Norman wearing glasses, a black blazer, and a brooch.
September 24, 2020

Norman to step down as dean of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Linda Norman, DSN, RN, dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and the Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing, announced she will step down from the position June 30, 2021.

By Melanie Moran
Exterior of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s Frances Williams Preston Building, a brick-and-glass research building with a covered entrance and elevated pedestrian bridge.
September 24, 2020

Cancer centers nationwide join to address the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cancer prevention and treatment

A consortium of 17 cancer centers in the United States, including Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, have come together to better understand the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in delaying cancer detection, care and prevention.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Lisa Shadrick, who participated in Vanderbilt’s MyMaternityHealth bundle program, is a tutor employed by Metro Nashville Public Schools. Here, she is holding her newborn son, Jameson.
September 23, 2020

VUMC creates MyHealth Bundles, providing innovative options for employee health coverage

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has created MyHealth Bundles, an innovative and value-based approach to managing some of the most common and costly health conditions.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Donna and Jeffrey Eskind, MD, have committed to endowing a chair in autism spectrum disorder research in the School of Medicine.
September 17, 2020

Eskind gift to boost research on autism spectrum disorder

Donna and Jeffrey Eskind, whose generous gifts have advanced Vanderbilt research that is improving lives, have made a new commitment of $2 million to endow a new chair in autism spectrum disorder research in the School of Medicine.

By Ann Marie Deer Owens
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar visited VUMC Tuesday, Sept. 15, to learn more about the Medical Center’s ongoing Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial and the convalescent plasma trial. Both studies are funded through the National Institutes of Health’s Operation Warp Speed. In the photo above, Azar and VUMC’s Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, speak with reporters during a press conference following Azar’s visit.
September 17, 2020

HHS Secretary Azar visits VUMC

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar visited VUMC Tuesday, Sept. 15, to learn more about the Medical Center’s ongoing Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial and the convalescent plasma trial.

By Vanderbilt Health News