VUMC News and Communications

October 24, 2013

Clinical enterprise address set for Nov. 6

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students are invited to register online to attend the 2013 State of the Adult Clinical Enterprise address by David Posch, CEO of Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinics and executive director of Vanderbilt Medical Group, to be delivered Wednesday, Nov. 6 at two locations — at 7 a.m. in Williamson County at the Franklin Marriott, 700 Cool Springs Blvd., and again at 4 p.m. on the Vanderbilt University Medical Center campus at 208 Light Hall.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 24, 2013

Theatre offers promise for youth with autism

A novel autism intervention program using theatre to teach reciprocal communication skills is improving social deficits in adolescents with the disorder that now affects an estimated one in 88 children, Vanderbilt University researchers report in the journal Autism Research.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 24, 2013

Shining a light on night blindness

Vanderbilt researchers are studying how mutations in the receptor for light, rhodopsin, cause light blindness.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 22, 2013

Theatre offers promise for youth with autism, Vanderbilt study finds

A novel autism intervention program using theatre to teach reciprocal communication skills is improving social deficits in adolescents with the disorder that now affects an estimated one in 88 children, Vanderbilt University researchers released today in the journal Autism Research.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 21, 2013

More than 4,000 trips already booked through Concur

More than 6,700 users have set up travel profiles. More than 4,125 trips have been booked, and travelers have received more than $2.6 million in reimbursements, 80 percent within three to five days of their report being approved.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 17, 2013

VUMC joins national stroke prevention research network

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has joined a national network funded by the National Institutes of Health to streamline multi-site clinical trials focused on key interventions in stroke prevention, treatment and recovery.

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October 17, 2013

Automated parking system for patients, visitors postponed

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s plan for an automated system that would include a daily charge for patient and visitor parking on the Medical Center’s 21st Avenue campus, in the Central, East and South Garages, remains under consideration but the launch date for the new system is being postponed.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 17, 2013

Fellow tracks post-vaccination bacterial trends

Pediatric Infectious Diseases fellow Annabelle de St. Maurice, M.D., has been awarded a grant to determine the relationship between pneumococcal vaccination and the emergence of certain strains of pneumococcal bacteria not covered by vaccines.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 17, 2013

We Care for Kids Day

The crowds turned out for Sunday’s We Care for Kids Day, hosted by the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and its community partners.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 17, 2013

Photo: Discovery Lecture

Intracellular receptor expert Keith Yamamoto, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, discusses molecular signal processing during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 17, 2013

Bentley’s ‘Miles & Music for Kids’ set for Nov. 3

Multi-platinum country music artist Dierks Bentley will host his eighth annual "Miles & Music for Kids" celebrity motorcycle ride and concert in Nashville benefiting the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt on Sunday, Nov. 3.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 17, 2013

New technique tracks breast cancer subtypes, treatment effectiveness

A group of Vanderbilt researchers has used laser technology and a custom-built multiphoton microscope to distinguish breast cancer subtypes and determine if specific therapies are working against the cancer cells in as little as two days.
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