Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 221 of 390

Children in Halloween costumes, including a witch, pirate, superhero, and skeleton, walk together outdoors carrying orange pumpkin treat buckets.
October 28, 2015

Reminder: Child pedestrian deaths increase on Halloween night

Safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt know Halloween can be scary, but for different reasons than you think. On average, twice as many children are killed while walking on Halloween than on any other day of the year.

Six formally dressed adults pose together indoors at a scientific retreat, with seated attendees visible in the background.
October 22, 2015

VUMC and Incyte Corp. form new scientific alliance

Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have joined forces with scientists at Incyte Corp. to explore new therapies for the treatment of various types of cancer, as well as other diseases. The company has agreed to help fund basic and translational science research by VUMC investigators.

October 22, 2015

VU-invented wireless ECG system receives FDA approval

A wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) system invented at Vanderbilt University and marketed by a Nashville company, InvisionHeart, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

Colorful flyer reading “Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center Annual Cancer Survivor Celebration” and “Survivors Rock!” with event details and bright floral and abstract decorations.
October 22, 2015

Cancer Survivorship Celebration set for Nov. 1

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, in partnership with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, is hosting the 2015 Cancer Survivorship Celebration Sunday, Nov. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.

Five adults pose on the steps of a building, with two men standing behind three women. The woman at left wears a red, white, and navy striped dress; the center woman wears black; and the woman at right wears a patterned blouse and light cardigan.
October 22, 2015

Vanderbilt’s MPH program adds health policy track

Vanderbilt’s Master of Public Health program has added a health policy track, with four new MPH students (class of 2017) joining the track in this initial semester.

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October 21, 2015

More secure LDAP authentication requires action from application owners

Vanderbilt IT will install a new certificate for LDAP, which is an enterprise service that software applications can use to authenticate users, when the current certificate expires Dec. 5.