Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 149 of 390

August 16, 2018

YAP after acute kidney injury

Activation of the signaling protein YAP may be a target for treating acute kidney injury, which affects up to 20 percent of hospitalized patients.

Patient Dylan Makor smiles while Hong Vo, RN, wearing gloves, provides care at his bedside. The patient lies in a hospital bed under a light green blanket.
August 16, 2018

Orthopaedic Outreach Day

Dylan Makor receives care from Hong Vo, RN. She and more than 30 colleagues volunteered Saturday, Aug. 11, so uninsured people could have access to hand surgeries during Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Outreach Day, an event that is part of the Touching Hands Project, an initiative of the American Society for Hand Surgery.

Children’s Hospital patients and four adults pose with Champ, a costumed dog mascot, in front of a Children’s Hospital and Seacrest Studios backdrop.
August 16, 2018

Premier Parking, Children’s Hospital partner on signage project

Premier Parking is teaming up with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to create custom Children’s Hospital signage that will feature patient artwork and be displayed in seven select parking lots throughout downtown Nashville.

Six adults pose at a ribbon-cutting ceremony inside a clinic entrance; five stand around a seated older woman in a wheelchair, holding a blue ribbon and oversized bow.
August 16, 2018

Green Hills audiology clinic debuts

A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house was held on Aug. 9 to celebrate the opening of a new Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center audiology clinic in Green Hills.

A smiling woman with her hair in a bun leans beside a smiling boy in a recording studio, with microphones and audio equipment in the foreground.
August 9, 2018

Rising star

Music artist Riley Clemmons, right, visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Aug. 3 — which was also the day her self-titled debut album was released. She performed and visited with patients and families in Seacrest Studios.

Portrait of Peter Buerhaus, PhD, wearing glasses, a light purple shirt, and tie.
August 9, 2018

Buerhaus to deliver Aug. 28 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture

Peter Buerhaus, PhD, an internationally recognized health care economist and workforce expert, will give the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Tuesday, Aug. 28, noon-1 p.m., in VUSN’s Nursing Annex room 155.