VUMC News and Communications

April 18, 2016

Orange Alert in effect for VUMC phones

By VUMC News and Communications
April 15, 2016

Employee Appreciation Picnic set for May 13 and 17

Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will jointly host the 2016 Employee Appreciation Picnic May 13 and 17, with off-campus deliveries scheduled for May 12 and 13.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 15, 2016

Mechanism of a DNA repair protein

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered details about the mechanism of an important DNA repair protein that maintains genome stability.

By Sanjay Mishra
April 14, 2016

AccessVU to be unavailable April 29–May 1

AccessVU, the tool that supports creating new VUNetIDs, changing ePasswords and other services, will be unavailable from 5 p.m. April 29 to 2 p.m. May 1.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 14, 2016

Marnett named dean of basic sciences for School of Medicine

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente announced today that Lawrence J. Marnett will be named dean of basic sciences in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine at the time of the legal separation of the university and Medical Center.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 14, 2016

Vanderbilt Anesthesia broadens global efforts

Vanderbilt International Anesthesia (VIA) is developing interactive curricula and training providers who will practice around the world.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 14, 2016

Switching breast cancer off

Signaling by a receptor that is overexpressed in aggressive forms of breast cancer has been linked to glutamine metabolism, suggesting new anti-cancer therapeutic targets.
By Marilyn Holt
April 13, 2016

Free head and neck cancer screening April 15

The symptoms of head and neck cancer can be subtle. To help catch the disease in its earliest stages, the Vanderbilt Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will offer free head and neck cancer screenings Friday, April 15.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 12, 2016

Jeff Carr, major force at Vanderbilt and in the community for three decades, dies

A longtime vice chancellor and general counsel who cared deeply about Vanderbilt's integrity and reputation has died at the age of 75.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 8, 2016

American Nurse Association president visits VUSN

Pamela F. Cipriano, president of the American Nurse Association, was the guest of honor at a reception hosted by the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing on April 5.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 7, 2016

My Southern Health: Spring sees uptick in hand, foot and mouth disease

Some local day care centers are reporting incidents of hand, foot and mouth disease. Learn more about this viral illness, which blossoms in the spring causing fever, fussiness and ulcers.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 7, 2016

Pietenpol named to NCI Blue Ribbon Panel

Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., B.F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Oncology and director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been selected to serve on a Blue Ribbon Panel that will inform the scientific direction and goals at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for Vice President Joe Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
By VUMC News and Communications
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