Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 260 of 390

Portrait of David Penson wearing a white medical coat and patterned tie.
August 14, 2014

Penson to chair NIH health services research study section

Vanderbilt’s David Penson, M.D., MPH, director of the Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research, has been named to serve as chair of the Health Services Organization and Delivery Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) of the National Institutes of Health. He will serve a two-year term.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Ron Shapiro wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and red patterned tie against a plain blue-gray background.
August 14, 2014

VUSN workshop to feature noted author, sports agent

Ron Shapiro, negotiator, sports agent, attorney, educator, author and civic leader, will lead a free workshop, “How to Negotiate so Everyone Wins, Especially You!” at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing on Monday, Sept. 22, from 4 – 6:30 p.m.

By Vanderbilt Health News
August 14, 2014

Sign up for annual lead shielding inspections

Vanderbilt’s Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences will provide annual lead shielding inspections of lead-lined aprons, vests, skirts/kilts, thyroid collars, gonadal shields, gloves and vinyl-type mobile shields every Thursday from Oct. 2 to Dec. 11, from 3:30 to 9 p.m.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Gray-haired man in a suit and patterned tie speaks into a lapel microphone while seated beside a partially visible event banner.
August 14, 2014

Photo: Strategic innovations

Vanderbilt’s Ken Holroyd, M.D., MBA, assistant vice chancellor for Research, recently served on a panel discussing the Global Action Platform/Cumberland Center’s 2014 Global Action Report at the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Transparent graduated laboratory pipette resting across multiple clear culture dishes containing pink-purple liquid.
August 14, 2014

Growth factor blockade targets breast tumors

Inhibition of BMP growth factor signaling reduces breast tumor burden and metastasis.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A physician in a white coat speaks with a seated patient in an outpatient examination room equipped with a medical monitor, examination chair, wheelchair, and cabinets.
August 14, 2014

Outpatient PM&R clinic opens at Stallworth

A new Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic has opened on the first floor of the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s outpatient clinical services.

By Vanderbilt Health News