VUMC News and Communications

March 9, 2016

Erik Carter serves as expert speaker at Congressional briefing

Changing post-school pathways of youth and young adults with severe disabilities was the focus of Erik Carter’s presentation at a Congressional briefing.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 9, 2016

Spring forward this weekend; Get tips on surviving the seasonal time change

Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown has a list of tips people can follow to avoid the jolt to their sleep cycles and the resulting fatigue when clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 13.

March 7, 2016

A clue to cell cleavage

Actin and microtubule cytoskeletons are coordinated during cytokinesis – the process that separates one cell into two and is linked to events underlying cancer.

By Sanjay Mishra
March 4, 2016

Next Steps students celebrate courage and dreams

The students of Next Steps at Vanderbilt are this year’s recipient of the Perry Wallace Courage Award.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2016

First VICC cancer patient treated with new immunotherapy

For the first time, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators have used a cancer patient’s own re-engineered immune cells to treat a form of blood cancer by stimulating the immune system.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2016

Making their day

Joe Don Rooney of the group Rascal Flatts came the closest to a hole-in-one at the inaugural Million Dollar Hole-in-One for Charity event at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Feb. 11 in California. Rooney chose Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as the beneficiary of his $50,000 prize.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2016

Anesthesiology debuts new patient outcomes system

The Vanderbilt Anesthesiology and Perioperative Informatics Research (VAPIR) Division has launched a novel system that connects clinicians in the Department of Anesthesiology to their patients’ outcomes.
By Renuka Christoph
March 3, 2016

Meeting highlights growth of VUMC’s social media efforts

Leaders of social media programs at 15 major hospitals and health systems gathered in Nashville last week as Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) hosted the “founders meeting” of a new national organization.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2016

Happy anniversary

A special event was held last week celebrating the 25th anniversary of Vanderbilt’s liver transplant program.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2016

Sandberg elected president-elect of Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists

Warren Sandberg, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesiology and professor of Biomedical Informatics and Surgery, has been elected president-elect of the Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2016

Grant spurs research into how cancer cells spread

Aron Parekh, Ph.D., assistant professor of Otolaryngology, has received a four-year, $790,000 Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society to further his research into the mechanical and biological properties of cancer cells and the methods by which they leave the initial tumor and spread or metastasize to other parts of the body.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 29, 2016

Vanderbilt’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute awarded second million-dollar gift

The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded its second $1 million gift to Vanderbilt University to strengthen and expand its resources for lifelong learning and engagement.
By VUMC News and Communications