VUMC News and Communications

December 18, 2014

Sounds of the season

Every holiday season, members of the Vanderbilt Community Chorus sing holiday-themed carols to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center patients, family members and visitors.

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December 17, 2014

McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription to expire end of 2015

Vanderbilt’s McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription is set to expire Dec. 31, 2014. Vanderbilt will continue to offer VirusScan through Dec. 31, 2015, providing customers with a year to migrate from VirusScan to SCEP.

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December 11, 2014

Terhune to direct General Surgery residency program

The General Surgery residency program at Vanderbilt School of Medicine is getting a new program director, but it won’t be a new face.

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December 11, 2014

Photo: Flexner Dean’s Lecture

Vanderbilt’s William Schaffner, M.D., professor of Preventive Medicine, delivered Monday’s Flexner Dean’s Lecture, where he discussed Ebola, public health policy and the media.

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December 11, 2014

Photo: Being in the zone

The Allstate Foundation recently presented a $72,000 check to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s teen motor vehicle safety program, “Be in the Zone — Turn off Your Phone.”

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December 11, 2014

Visit unites stem cell transplant patient, donor for first time

When Darlena Clark of Hendersonville, Tennessee, saw Jon Strong for the first time at Nashville International Airport she, “just grabbed him and hugged him and just held on.”

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December 11, 2014

Study finds few meet criteria for healthy cardiovascular lifestyle

When it comes to taking care of our hearts, there is a big divide between what we should do and what we actually do, a new multi-institution study reports.
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December 8, 2014

Employee reimbursement process moves to Concur Jan. 1

Starting Jan. 1, all employee reimbursements will be done through Concur.
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December 5, 2014

New Concur interface to debut with the new year

Concur, Vanderbilt’s online travel and expense system, will unveil a new look in January 2015.
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December 4, 2014

Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs

Last fall, during a grim period for many of the nation’s hospitals and by any measure a stressful time for VUMC, we did something few institutions would. We held a community survey.
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December 4, 2014

Retirement plan updates make saving easier in 2015

Vanderbilt is taking steps to streamline and simplify the administration of the 403(b) retirement plan beginning in April 2015.
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December 4, 2014

Blood pressure gene tied to cognitive decline

Size may not matter in a lot of things, but when it comes to cognitive decline, the size of the hippocampus definitely seems to be an issue.
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