Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 268 of 390
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April 24, 2014
Schaffner honored by pharmacy association
William Schaffner, M.D., professor of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, received the Immunization Champion Award — Friend of Pharmacy from the American Pharmacists Association (APA) at the group’s annual meeting recently in Orlando, Fla. -
April 24, 2014
VICC debuts novel neuroendocrine tumor treatment
A retired elementary school principal has become the first patient at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to receive an investigational cancer therapy for the treatment of his neuroendocrine tumor. -
April 24, 2014
VICC research takes center stage at national meeting
Research led by Joan Garrett, Ph.D., research instructor in Hematology/Oncology, reveals a molecular mechanism that may explain why some forms of breast cancer become resistant to therapy. -
April 22, 2014
Class of 2014: Domonique Bragg and Cody Stothers are Aspirnaut pioneers
Seniors Domonique Bragg and Cody Stothers, who both hail from rural Arkansas, followed a similar path to Vanderbilt. -
April 17, 2014
VICC’s Arteaga assumes presidency of AACR
Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D., professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology and Donna S. Hall Professor of Breast Cancer Research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), assumed the presidency of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) for 2014-2015 during the group’s annual meeting last week in San Diego. -
April 17, 2014
Redesign of nursing workflow seeing success
In 2008, Vanderbilt nurses participated in a nationwide survey to determine how they spent their time, and it revealed that only 16 percent was spent on direct patient care, while 28 percent was spent on documentation.