Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 211 of 390

Person using a laptop displaying a social media profile page with a building photo and multiple thumbnails; some screen text is too small to read.
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 Vanderbilt Health News
Five adults pose together at a Vanderbilt liver transplant program anniversary celebration: an older man and woman, a man in a dark suit and red tie, a woman in an orange dress, and a bearded man in a tan jacket; part of another person is visible at the right edge.
March 3, 2016

Happy anniversary

A special event was held last week celebrating the 25th anniversary of Vanderbilt’s liver transplant program.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a bearded man wearing glasses, a white medical coat, and blue scrubs.
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 Vanderbilt Health News
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 Vanderbilt Health News
Gold-and-orange abstract background featuring a large translucent Vanderbilt University logo and repeated “VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY” text.
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 Vanderbilt Health News
Bright clinical room with five white reclining treatment chairs, each beside an IV infusion stand and small wooden side table.
February 25, 2016

Chemo better option following pancreatic cancer surgery: study

A multicenter study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) investigators found that pancreatic cancer patients who underwent surgery and received chemotherapy lived longer and had fewer cancer recurrences in other parts of the body than patients who also received chemoradiation therapy.

By Vanderbilt Health News