VUMC News and Communications

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

May 30, 2013

Brain aneurysm patients draw strength from support group

A brain aneurysm is often likened to a ticking time bomb — the bulge in a blood vessel is just waiting to burst, with devastating consequences for motor and cognitive function.

By VUMC News and Communications

May 28, 2013

Travel system to debut in July

Vanderbilt’s new travel system, which will offer faculty and staff traveling on university business a better, faster way to book and manage travel and handle expenses for trips, is slated for rollout on July 30.

By VUMC News and Communications

May 28, 2013

Health care workers can improve communication with Latino patients with new Vanderbilt course

A new course at Vanderbilt University that can help healthcare workers be more effective in treating the growing population of Spanish-speaking patients.

By VUMC News and Communications

May 28, 2013

Vanderbilt physician says ugly plants worse for allergy patients

As allergy season rolls in for Middle Tennessee residents, a largely unknown adage rings true: the uglier a flower or weed, the more allergy-inducing its pollen tends to be.