VUMC News and Communications

June 10, 2013

Cal Turner Fellows laid groundwork on Nashville housing fund

A group of Cal Turner Fellows who brought renewed attention through a two-year research project to Nashville’s dire need for more affordable housing help lay the foundation for Mayor Karl Dean’s recent announcement on a housing trust fund.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 6, 2013

Division of Trauma holds free course at rural hospitals

By VUMC News and Communications
June 6, 2013

LifeFlight receives multiple ‘Star of Life’ awards

By Jerry Jones
June 6, 2013

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society honors Ohi’s research

Puck Ohi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, has received the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society SCHOLAR award for his research on the role of enzymes that affect cell division, which has implications for treating cancer and blood disorders like leukemia and lymphoma.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 6, 2013

McBride’s fans band together to support cancer research efforts

On Tuesday, award-winning country music star Martina McBride and a group of her fans presented a check for $40,550 in support of cancer research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 6, 2013

Vanderbilt offers safety tips for CMA Music Festival

As Nashville welcomes visitors from around the world to the CMA Music Festival this week, Vanderbilt LifeFlight officials are urging fans to take necessary precautions to avoid illness and injury.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 3, 2013

Making a world of difference

By VUMC News and Communications
May 30, 2013

Study finds state-to-state variation in benign lung disease diagnosis

A study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators found that rates of benign lung disease diagnosis varied widely by state following surgery for lung cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 30, 2013

Photo: Mama Lere graduation

The Mama Lere Hearing School at Vanderbilt recently held its 2013 Student Celebration and Graduation in Light Hall on the Vanderbilt University Medical Center campus.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 30, 2013

Berlin earns stomach cancer foundation award

Jordan Berlin, M.D., professor of Medicine and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has received the Tree of Life award from Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer (DDF).
By VUMC News and Communications
May 30, 2013

Team William raises funds

Inspired by William Spickard, Peabody alumna Andrea McDermott Sanders, M.Ed., founded “Team William” in 2005 to support scholarships for children with Down syndrome to the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Reading Clinic.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 30, 2013

Defense Department grant spurs nerve regeneration research

Vanderbilt investigators led by Wesley Thayer, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, have been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the Department of Defense to develop a new surgical device that may help repair severed nerves.
By VUMC News and Communications