Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 224 of 390

Red-haired woman in a bright green top leans over and kisses a person lying in a hospital bed, who is wearing an oxygen mask and connected to medical tubing.
October 1, 2015

Many hands help make wedding dream come true

Their wedding date was just weeks away when Caleb Hanby and his fiancée Bethany Davidson rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center last Thursday.

Hand holding an older-model smartphone with a grid of app icons visible on its screen, including Facebook, App Store, and Music, in front of a blurred computer monitor.
October 1, 2015

New digital tools set to enhance patient experience at VUMC

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is introducing a host of customer-focused digital tools to increase access and help patients better manage their health.

Three researchers pose in a laboratory beside microscopes, computer monitors, and other equipment; one monitor displays a magnified specimen.
September 24, 2015

Team to explore using nanoparticles to fight cancer

Three Vanderbilt researchers have received a federal grant to study the use of nanoparticles to deliver potential therapies for breast cancer that has spread to the bone.

Portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length dreadlocks wearing a dark blazer over a light top, with a blurred office or clinic background.
September 24, 2015

Ovarian cancer foundation honors VUMC’s Khabele

Dineo Khabele, M.D., associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cancer Biology, has been named to the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF).

September 24, 2015

Nursing School lands AANA postdoctoral fellowship

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) was recently awarded support for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Foundation for a health services research topic related to anesthetic operative phenomena.

Stethoscope resting on a laptop keyboard.
September 23, 2015

Data diving for health

To most effectively use electronic health records for research, investigators should query multiple components of the record to identify patients with specific diseases.