VUMC News and Communications

March 31, 2016

Patient encourages early screening for colon cancer

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center patient encourages early screening for colon cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 31, 2016

VICC to benefit from upcoming Kenny Chesney concert at Auburn

The Chicken Salad Chick Foundation has named Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center as one of the beneficiaries of funds raised at the inaugural Music & Miracles Superfest, featuring singer Kenny Chesney.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 31, 2016

Powers receives award from Nutrition and Dietetics association

James Powers, M.D., associate professor of Medicine and chief of Geriatric Medicine at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center, was recently named to receive the Iris Award from the Nashville Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 30, 2016

Get a free Ben & Jerry’s cone, support Project SEARCH April 12

Enjoy Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day April 12 and support Project SEARCH, a program housed at Vanderbilt that provides free on-the-job training and job placement to people living with disabilities.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 28, 2016

Churchwell to discuss ‘Creativity and Applied Physics’ April 11

Dr. André Churchwell, senior associate dean for diversity affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will share his personal insights on the role of art in all of its creative forms and its relationship to applied physics in the solution of humankind’s medical woes when he delivers the next installment of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series April 11.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 24, 2016

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center TRIAD celebrates Autism Awareness Month

April is Autism Awareness Month, and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders is preparing a series of events to increase autism awareness and promote acceptance and inclusion in the community.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 24, 2016

Singer’s concert honors care received at Cancer Center

A cancer patient’s gratitude toward his Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) physician led to a star-studded concert to benefit the Cancer Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 24, 2016

Discovery Lecture Coyle

Joseph Coyle, M.D., discussed the neurobiology of serious mental illness at his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 24, 2016

Team effort helps renovate playroom at Children’s Hospital

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt cut the ribbon Tuesday on a newly renovated teen game room.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 21, 2016

Putting schizophrenia to bed

A new compound developed at Vanderbilt treats multiple symptoms of schizophrenia in an animal model, without causing sedation.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 17, 2016

ROCKs and cancer invasion

The rigidity of the microenvironment around cancer cells drives invasive behavior through distinct ROCK signaling pathways, which could guide the development of specific anti-invasive therapies.
By Sanjay Mishra
March 17, 2016

T.J. Martell Foundation lauds Pietenpol’s research

Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., B.F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Oncology and director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), was honored with the Medical Research Advancement Award during the 8th Annual T.J. Martell Foundation Nashville Honors Gala held recently at the Omni Nashville Hotel.
By VUMC News and Communications