VUMC News and Communications

March 24, 2017

Memorial service for Professor Vivien Casagrande set for April 12

A memorial service for Professor Vivien Casagrande is planned for April 12 in Benton Chapel.

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Architect’s rendering of the new Vanderbilt University School of Nursing expansion as seen from 21st Avenue South. (Hastings Architecture Associates LLC/Vanderbilt University School of Nursing)
March 23, 2017

New building expansion planned for Vanderbilt School of Nursing

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will soon break ground on a new 29,947-square-foot addition on the Vanderbilt campus. Construction is expected to begin in late spring 2017.

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March 23, 2017

Breast cancer program lands new research grants

Several investigators in Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s (VICC) Breast Cancer Program have received grant awards to support translational research that may improve disease outcomes for patients.

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March 23, 2017

Emerging Scholar

Rene Raphemot, Ph.D., a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow at Duke University, delivered the inaugural Discovery Science Emerging Scholars Lecture at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine last week.

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March 20, 2017

Delirium in the ED

Interventions for delirium in the emergency department setting are needed to preserve patients’ long-term function and cognition, Vanderbilt investigators have found.

By Laura Daniel
March 17, 2017

My Southern Health: Gluten sensitivity or celiac disease?

A gluten-free diet is not a weight-loss solution. Here’s what it treats and how.

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March 17, 2017

New target for colorectal cancer

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered that activated epidermal growth factor receptor may be a target for therapies to prevent colorectal cancer development.
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March 16, 2017

Ambulance association honors LifeFlight’s Brywczynski

The Tennessee Ambulance Service Association (TASA) has named Vanderbilt LifeFlight’s Jeremy Brywczynski, M.D., as the medical director of the year for the statewide ambulance association.
By Jerry Jones
March 16, 2017

Brain Blast!

Hammed Aljohani, 5, shares what he’s discovered about fruit flies with his older brother, Ruwwad Aljohani, 8, with the help of Vanderbilt neuroscience graduate student Nicholas Smith on Saturday during the annual “Brain Blast.”
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March 16, 2017

Discussing retroviruses

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March 16, 2017

Esophageal cancer complexities

New findings that reveal complex interactions in esophageal adenocarcinoma could lead to diagnostic, prognostic or therapeutic biomarkers.
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March 15, 2017

Delirium awareness promoted by Vanderbilt physicians

Today is the inaugural World Delirium Day, created to raise delirium awareness and inspire positive action among health care providers.
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