VUMC News and Communications

February 5, 2015

New medical weight loss program set for VUMC campus

For people with diabetes, watching their waistline is an important way to help control their blood glucose and lower the risk for complications from the illness.

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February 2, 2015

New ‘reset’ button discovered for circadian clock

The discovery of a new “reset” button for the brain’s master biological clock could eventually lead to new treatments for seasonal affective disorder, reduce the adverse health effects of working the night shift, and possibly even treat jet lag.

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January 30, 2015

Retirement plan fund selection window is open

Active employees can now choose the funds their contributions will be directed to beginning in April when Vanderbilt transitions to its new retirement plan structure.

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January 29, 2015

Vanderbilt Star competition rescheduled for March 22

Ten students from Vanderbilt University and Belmont University will compete for a one-song record deal.

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January 29, 2015

Address highlights performance of VU adult enterprise

After weathering a challenging year of immense changes in the health care industry, Vanderbilt University Hospital and Vanderbilt’s adult clinics have emerged stronger and better poised for long-term growth.

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January 29, 2015

Patient experience key to improving outcomes: speaker

Patients who feel included in their care have better outcomes, Christina Dempsey, MSN, MBA, chief nursing officer at Press Ganey, told a large audience at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing during her recent talk sponsored by the Patricia Townsend Meador Endowed lecture series.

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January 29, 2015

Photo: Delivering health

Vanderbilt’s Mark Frisse, M.D., M.S., MBA, Accenture Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, delivered last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture in Light Hall.
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January 29, 2015

Moore to direct VUSN’s women’s health specialty program

Ginny Moore, DNP, APRN, has been named director of the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Specialty Program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN). She has served as interim director of the program since August 2014.
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January 29, 2015

New therapy options enhance prostate cancer treatment

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) patient William Ostman smiled while gazing into a camera lens and declared, “I am a prostate cancer survivor.”
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January 29, 2015

Grant bolsters pancreatic cancer drug discovery efforts

The Lustgarten Foundation has awarded a $1.5 million Research Investigator Grant to Stephen Fesik, Ph.D., professor of Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Chemistry, for research designed to discover new drugs for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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January 29, 2015

Vice chancellor shares next steps in VU-VUMC transition

Vanderbilt department heads gathered for a meeting Jan. 22 were given more information on the plan to establish Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center as separate legal and financial entities.
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January 28, 2015

TIPS, Chancellor Faculty Fellow applications under review

Submissions and nominations for two new programs launched under the Academic Strategic Plan—Trans-institutional Programs, or TIPS, and the Chancellor's Faculty Fellows Program—are in the midst of review by faculty from across the university.
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