VUMC News and Communications

March 5, 2015

VUSN’s Schorn to be honored at Shade Tree Benefit Dinner

Mavis Schorn, Ph.D., CNM, senior associate dean for Academics at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, will be honored at this year’s Shade Tree Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction on Wednesday, March 25.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 5, 2015

Photo: Culture’s impact on health

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., MPH, spoke at Vanderbilt recently on the impact on health outcomes of acculturation — the adoption of the cultural traits of another group.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 5, 2015

Tennessee Ambulance Service Association honors Pierce

The Tennessee Ambulance Service Association (TASA) has named Vanderbilt LifeFlight’s Vernon Carl Pierce the Jimmy Studdard EMT of the Year.

By Jerry Jones
March 5, 2015

Zanic’s journey to the lab followed winding path

It’s roughly 5,000 miles from Croatia to Tennessee as the crow flies.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2015

LifeFlight’s blood transfusion practices affirmed by new study

Research soon to be published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) shows that airlifted trauma victims who receive blood transfusions in the helicopter before arriving at a trauma center have a higher chance of survival.

By Jerry Jones
March 3, 2015

Study shows poor heart function could be major Alzheimer’s disease risk

A healthier heart could prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2015

Vanderbilt sleep specialist says begin preparing now for this weekend’s change to daylight saving time

By VUMC News and Communications
March 2, 2015

Results challenge conventional wisdom about where the brain begins processing visual information

A new brain imaging study challenges conventional wisdom about how and where in the brain the processing of visual orientation information first occurs.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 26, 2015

Paralyzed by accident, grad student engineers his future with exoskeleton

Andrew Ekelem, who has used a wheelchair since a college snowboarding accident, brings an invaluable perspective to the lab of mechanical engineer Michael Goldfarb.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 26, 2015

Cancer survival improvements vary by age, race

Improvements in cancer diagnosis and treatment have led to longer survival for most cancer patients in the United States. However, the improvement in survival was substantially greater among younger patients and those who are white in most of the cancers studied, according to new research by Vanderbilt University investigators.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 26, 2015

National Academies of Practice honors VUSN’s Kim, Parish

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing faculty members Jennifer Kim, DNP, and Abby Parish, DNP, were recently elected as Distinguished Practitioners and Fellows of the National Academies of Practice (NAP).
By VUMC News and Communications
February 26, 2015

VUMC’s Arteaga named a fellow of the AACR Academy

Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D., director of the Center for Cancer Targeted Therapies and director of the Breast Cancer Program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named a fellow of the AACR Academy.
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