VUMC News and Communications

April 26, 2018

Limited Submission Opportunity: 2019 Pew-Stewart Scholars Program

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center may nominate one candidate for the 2019 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program. This program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 26, 2018

Register now for free VU Public Safety teen driving awareness course June 2

Vanderbilt University Public Safety is teaming up with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Injury Prevention Program and Metro Nashville Police to offer a free Teen Driver Awareness Program at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 26, 2018

GME reunion

Former Vanderbilt University School of Medicine associate deans of Graduate Medical Education (GME) Fred Kirchner Jr., MD, (1988-2007), left, and Dennis Wentz, MD, who was the first associate dean for GME (1978-88), right, recently reunited with current senior associate dean Donald Brady, MD, who took the helm in 2008.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 26, 2018

Nolensville Walk-In Clinic set to open April 30

Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center are opening a fifth walk-in clinic in Williamson County, providing Nolensville residents and those in the surrounding area with care closer to home.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 26, 2018

Remote visit

The chair of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, recently visited Allen County Schools in Kentucky to see a demonstration of the new school-based telemedicine program.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 25, 2018

Dockless bike-sharing pilot continues through summer; preferred pricing available for VU, VUMC

Vanderbilt’s six-month dockless bike-share pilot enters a new phase this Friday, marking the end of the first month of the launch designed to bolster the university’s mobility and transportation strategy.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 20, 2018

My Southern Health: A Q&A with a Nashville Predators team physician

Dr. Jed Kuhn, Kenneth Schermerhorn Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, talks about his work as a team physician with the Nashville Predators.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 20, 2018

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology hosts Cell Dynamics Symposium May 24–25

The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology within the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine hosts its second Cell Dynamics Symposium May 24–25 in Wilson Hall.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 20, 2018

GetPreCiSe Center’s annual workshop features top genomic privacy researchers April 30

The Center for Genetic Privacy and Identity in Community Settings (GetPreCiSe) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has set its annual workshop exploring privacy and genomics for April 30.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 19, 2018

Next Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture is May 3, featuring Ishmail Abdus-Saboor

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the School of Medicine's next Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture with the topic is "Genetic Interrogation of Neural Circuit Mechanisms for Pain."
By VUMC News and Communications
April 19, 2018

How the skin protects

Treatments for common skin conditions such as atopic dermatitis may be improved by understanding the enzymes responsible for forming the skin’s water-tight barrier.
By Sanjay Mishra
April 19, 2018

Unconscious bias training for managers launched

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion has formally launched training for managers to support the Medical Center’s strategic direction to “Make Diversity and Inclusion Intentional.” The first training for this initiative is Unconscious Bias for Healthcare Professionals.
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