VUMC News and Communications

December 19, 2017

Rathmell elected to ASCO nominating committee

W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, Cornelius A. Craig Professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has been elected to the nominating committee for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2017

U.S. News vote provides opportunity to strengthen Vanderbilt’s national reputation

By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2017

Forming memories through CaMKII

Vanderbilt researchers have identified an interaction between two proteins that play a role in learning and memory.

By Sanjay Mishra
December 14, 2017

‘Tis the season

Santa talks with Angelyn Portillo, 6, during a recent daylong visit with patients and families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 14, 2017

Community service project

For its annual community service project, VUMC’s Section of Surgical Sciences collected travel-size toiletries to make 200 care packets for guests of the Hospital Hospitality House (HHH) of Nashville.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 14, 2017

Diabetes Day

Research achievement was recognized recently during Diabetes Day at the Student Life Center. Among those honored were (beginning second from left) Bryan Gitschlag, Danielle Dean, PhD, Ian Williams, Caroline Presley, MD, and Suzanne Starr. Award winners are flanked by Tom Elasy, MD, MPH, (left) and Alvin Powers, MD. Diabetes Day was sponsored by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center and the Vanderbilt Center for Diabetes Translation Research and supported by the National Institutes of Health.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 12, 2017

Advocate for nurses and Americans 50-plus to give VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture Jan. 9

Alicia Georges, a leading nursing advocate and the national volunteer president-elect of the 38 million-member AARP, will be the first speaker in the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s 2018 Dean's Diversity Lecture series.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 8, 2017

School of Nursing presents first Divisional Commodore Award

Ryan E. McNew, manager of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Frist Nursing Informatics Center (FNIC) Support, has been named the school’s first Divisional Commodore Award recipient.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 7, 2017

Nashville Christmas Parade

In its 64th year, the Nashville Christmas Parade on Dec. 2 — themed “The Musical Mile!” — was a celebration of music with a record number of celebrities, marching bands, floats and large balloons filling the streets of downtown Music City with holiday festivity.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 5, 2017

DNA damage repair: molecular insights

Structural details about a protein involved in the repair of damaged DNA provide insight into xeroderma pigmentosum disorders, which are characterized by increased risk for skin cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 1, 2017

Vitamin C deficiency and mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease

Recent findings suggest that vitamin C deficiency could contribute to Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that avoiding deficiency through diet and supplementation could protect against disease onset.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 30, 2017

VUSN doctoral students honor Dietrich, Hande

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing doctoral students recently recognized Mary Dietrich, PhD, and Karen Hande, DNP, ANP-BC, with the school’s student-voted Dean Colleen Conway-Welch faculty awards.
By VUMC News and Communications