VUMC News and Communications

May 25, 2017

Vanderbilt, Ono Pharmaceutical extend drug discovery agreement

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Vanderbilt University and Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have expanded a drug discovery agreement initiated in 2015 that will now run through 2019.

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The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) presented its annual awards to faculty, staff and a friend of the school during its spring assembly on May 18. (Vanderbilt University)
May 25, 2017

2017 School of Nursing awards recognize faculty, staff and VUSM’s Bernard

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing presented its annual awards to faculty, staff and a friend of the school during its spring assembly on May 18.

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The nursing staff agreed to let LeBar hold newborn daughter in a technique called “ventral skin-to-skin contact,” which has been shown to improve premature infants’ health, both short- and long-term.
May 24, 2017

My Southern Health: The benefit of skin-to-skin contact for infants

Ventral skin-to-skin contact has been shown to improve premature infants’ health, both short- and long-term. The baby is undressed or unwrapped and placed against the mother’s bare skin, nestled against her chest. A cozier name for this method of holding a new baby is “kangaroo care.”

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May 22, 2017

Male adults needed for hearing study

The Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is seeking male adults to participate in a research study. The study will explore how the brain processes linguistic sounds.

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May 22, 2017

Numerous ATV trauma admissions concern providers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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May 19, 2017

My Southern Health: What to ask your doctor about prostate cancer screening

In 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended that men of all ages should not be routinely screened for levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). That group now recommends that men ages 55 to 69 should talk with their doctors and make well-informed individual decisions about the potential harms and benefits of PSA screening, and treatment if cancer is found.

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May 19, 2017

My Southern Health: Why young adults should pay more attention to heart health

Here’s what you need to know to boost your heart health and reduce heart attack risk.
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May 19, 2017

Save the date: Second School of Medicine Research Enterprise Forum is May 30

The second School of Medicine Research Enterprise Forum is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, in Light Hall, Room 208. Jennifer Pietenpol, Vanderbilt University Medical Center executive vice president for research, will host the event.
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May 18, 2017

Vanderbilt Women in Surgery

The Section of Surgical Sciences recently hosted an inaugural Vanderbilt Women in Surgery event that featured a panel discussion with three prominent female Nashville surgeons: Bonnie Miller, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Health Sciences Education and Executive Vice President for Educational Affairs; Gretchen Jackson, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Pediatric Surgery; and Jeanne Ballinger, M.D., general surgeon with Saint Thomas Health.
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May 18, 2017

Nursing graduates ready to begin health care journeys

Linda Norman, DSN, R.N., Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) and Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing, told the Class of 2017 during Investiture ceremonies last week that they have chosen to become nurses at the best point in history.
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May 18, 2017

Oxidative stress in tumors

Vanderbilt investigators have developed a new method for measuring oxidative stress in human tumors, which provides insight into cancer development.
By Sanjay Mishra
May 17, 2017

Remembering Floyd Dennis, disability civil rights advocate

H. Floyd Dennis, professor of special education, emeritus, died April 17 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was 89. As a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researcher, Dennis was founding director of the Kennedy Center Institute on Youth and Social Development.
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