VUMC News and Communications

Richard B. Johnston Jr., BA’57, MD’61
April 18, 2017

Richard B. Johnston Jr., BA’57, MD’61 is Vanderbilt University Distinguished Alumnus

Richard B. Johnston Jr., BA’57, MD’61—a renowned immunologist and pediatrician—is the recipient Vanderbilt Distinguished Alumni Award.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 14, 2017

My Southern Health: One family’s story—the price of distracted driving

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Read one family’s story about how distracted driving impacted them.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 13, 2017

Anesthesiology creates perioperative medicine fellowship

The department of Anesthesiology has created a new training program, the Fellowship in Perioperative Medicine, set to launch in July. The multidisciplinary 12-month program has slots for up to four fellows, and is open to physicians who’ve completed residency in either Anesthesiology or General Surgery.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 11, 2017

Audiology Clinic to offer free hearing screenings April 26, 27, 28

The Vanderbilt Audiology Clinic is offering free hearing screenings to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University employees from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 26, 27 and 28.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 6, 2017

Vanderbilt’s Pietenpol joins Sledge as a Chief Scientific Advisor for Susan G. Komen

Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named a Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) for the nonprofit breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 6, 2017

May honored by Society of Critical Care Medicine

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) recently awarded Addison May, M.D., the Barry A. Shapiro Memorial Award for Excellence in Critical Care Management.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 6, 2017

VUMC named among ‘100 Great Hospitals in America’

Once again, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America.”
By VUMC News and Communications
April 6, 2017

Three students named Goldwater Scholars for 2017

Vanderbilt students Lauren Branscombe, Joshua Fleck and David Zhang have been recognized in this year’s Goldwater Scholars competition. They are among a group of 240 scholars selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,286 mathematics, science and engineering students nationwide.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 5, 2017

Symposium on Modeling Immunity set for April 27

The Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology and the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center invite you to attend the 2017 Symposium on Modeling Immunity April 27. The event will focus on modeling and designing antibodies.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 4, 2017

Journey of an engineer turned entrepreneur: WiseWear CEO disrupts wearables market

By VUMC News and Communications
April 4, 2017

MEDIA ADVISORY: U.N. speaker to link human rights and fake news

A United Nations official will speak at Vanderbilt Law School about "fake news" as a human rights problem.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 3, 2017

Vanderbilt investigator lands Stand Up To Cancer grant for “smart” nanoparticles cancer research

John Wilson, Ph.D., assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received an Innovative Research Grant from Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Wilson is among 10 early-career scientists to receive the grant awards focused on immuno-oncology.
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