VUMC News and Communications

July 24, 2013

Medical Center limited submission opportunity: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

By VUMC News and Communications
July 24, 2013

VU Stroke Center attains new level of certification

The Vanderbilt Stroke and Cerebrovascular Service has received advanced certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, one of only four in Tennessee.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 19, 2013

Vanderbilt Nutrition and Diet Assessment Core established

The Vanderbilt Nutrition and Diet Assessment Core has been established to facilitate all types of human research.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 18, 2013

Baby’s life-changing surgery, before birth

By VUMC News and Communications
July 18, 2013

VU researchers ‘goldsmith’ new RSV vaccine approach

Vanderbilt vaccine researchers are using gold nanotechnology to develop a new approach to making vaccines.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 18, 2013

Brown among Health Care Fellows

The Nashville Health Care Council recently celebrated the commencement of its inaugural class of Nashville Health Care Fellows, including Vanderbilt’s Laura Beth Brown, vice president of Vanderbilt Health Services.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 18, 2013

Teamwork drives Maternal Fetal Medicine program

When Steffanie and Jon Sawyer were told their unborn son had a spinal birth defect called spina bifida, they decided to travel from their home in the Chicago area to Vanderbilt for fetal surgery.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 18, 2013

VUSM rolls out fully integrated Curriculum 2.0

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Class of 2017 arrived on campus in July with a big agenda before them. In addition to acclimating to new surroundings and faces, these students will also be stepping into a new, and nationally recognized, medical education model.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 18, 2013

Norden’s teaching career celebrated

The retirement of Master Science Teacher Jeanette Norden, Ph.D., professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, after more than 40 years with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, marks the end of an educational era.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 18, 2013

Setting the tone Rick Dreiling’s lasting impression on Children’s Hospital

By VUMC News and Communications
July 16, 2013

‘U.S. News’ again ranks VUMC among nation’s elite

"U.S. News & World Report’s" newly released Best Hospitals edition again places Vanderbilt University Medical Center among the best in the nation and shows that VUMC’s specialty programs continue to grow in national prominence.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 15, 2013

Getting ready for the new travel system: Step 1 – Access training

Training is now available for the new Vanderbilt travel system, which will go live July 30.
By VUMC News and Communications