VUMC News and Communications

June 29, 2015

Vanderbilt doctors urge caution with Fourth of July fireworks

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June 26, 2015

Child heat stroke is a danger as outside temps rise

The temperature inside of a car can rise 20 degrees in as little as 10 minutes and keep getting hotter with each passing minute

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June 25, 2015

Photo: Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center

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June 25, 2015

Grant to spur study of ‘brown fat’s’ metabolic mysteries

Vanderbilt researchers have received a $2.15 million grant to study the amount and activity of “brown fat” in adults, with the aim of understanding its role in metabolic disease and identifying new therapeutic targets.

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June 25, 2015

Health coaching certificate program enrolling for fall

The popular health coaching certificate program will be offered again this fall.

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June 25, 2015

VUSM to offer master’s degree in applied clinical informatics

A new program being offered this fall through Vanderbilt University School of Medicine will offer health care professionals the opportunity to earn a master’s degree in the growing biomedical informatics field.

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June 25, 2015

Award-winning VICC investigators in spotlight at ASCO

The 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held May 29 - June 2 in Chicago, put multiple Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators in the spotlight.
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June 25, 2015

New apps increase efficiency and safety for anesthesiologists

Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesiology and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) have teamed to provide anesthesiologists with new applications to improve workflow and safety practices.
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June 25, 2015

Vanderhoef recognized by American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Assistant Professor Dawn Vanderhoef is the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Education from the American Nurses Psychiatric Association.
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June 25, 2015

Photo: Leon W. Cunningham Award

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June 25, 2015

Hanto Named Director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center

Douglas Hanto M.D., Ph.D., professor of Surgery and associate director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center has been named the Center’s new director. His appointment becomes effective July 1.
By Jessica Pasley and John Howser
June 25, 2015

Several departments will update contacts beginning July 1

As Vanderbilt continues to prepare for the legal and financial separation of the university and future independent Vanderbilt University Medical Center, some departments will participate in a “dress rehearsal” for the future separation beginning July 1.
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