VUMC News and Communications

July 25, 2017

Altered metabolism and disease

Vanderbilt researchers report a structure of a human metabolic enzyme bound to its substrate 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 20, 2017

Shyr named chair of Department of Biostatistics

Yu Shyr, Ph.D., Harold L. Moses Professor of Cancer Research and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences, has been named chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Biostatistics. He will assume the post Sept. 1.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 20, 2017

Dog Days of Summer

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt held a “Dog Days of Summer Paw-ty” for patients and families June 18.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 20, 2017

Emergency Medicine’s Wrenn leaves legacy of learning

Keith Wrenn, M.D., who for 25 years has been a leader in Vanderbilt’s Department of Emergency Medicine serving as its first and only residency director, is stepping down.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 13, 2017

IdeaShare initiative inspires wide variety of creative solutions

Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 13, 2017

Arteaga to direct UT Southwestern cancer center

Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D., director of the Center for Cancer Targeted Therapies (C2T2), director of the Breast Cancer Research Program and associate director for Clinical Research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named director of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate dean of Oncology Programs at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 13, 2017

Rate adjustment ahead for VUMC employee parking

Members of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) community will see an increase in monthly fees for on-campus parking, effective Sept. 1.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 13, 2017

Caring for the Preds

Representatives from the Nashville Predators joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) leaders for a special reception to recognize the team’s historic season and the medical care provided by VUMC.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 13, 2017

Animal care program receives continued full accreditation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Animal Care and Use Program has received continued full accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC International).
By VUMC News and Communications
July 13, 2017

Pageant of fun

The newly crowned Miss Tennessee, Caty Davis, visited with patients and families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt last week.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 13, 2017

Kachnic named one of the ‘Women to Watch’ in health care

Lisa Kachnic, M.D., Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Radiation Oncology and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has been named one of the “Women to Watch” in health care by Nashville Medical News.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 12, 2017

Conference to focus on link between viruses and cancer

The association between tobacco use and cancer is well known. But there are other risk factors for cancer that are less recognized, including the link between cancer and certain viruses.
By VUMC News and Communications
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