VUMC News and Communications

March 10, 2014

Southwest Airlines provides Vanderbilt patients with free flights

By Jerry Jones
March 6, 2014

Study explores best ways to manage spinal surgery patients

Kristin Archer, Ph.D., DPT, assistant professor of Orthopaedics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has received $1.7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study postoperative management for degenerative spinal conditions.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 6, 2014

Brain Blast!

Saturday’s Brain Blast event at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, attracted 268 children and about 100 adults to free, hands-on activities.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 6, 2014

Nurses hold key to meeting global health challenges

The Nursing Leadership in Global Health Symposium brought together more than 230 attendees and international health providers representing 14 countries. The goal was to address improving care of patient populations by elevating the voice and influence of nursing on health policy and programming.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 6, 2014

Nominations being sought for next Vanderbilt Prize Scholar

Nominations for this year’s Vanderbilt Prize Scholar — a singular honor for female graduate students in the biomedical sciences at Vanderbilt University — are now being accepted. The deadline is April 2.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 6, 2014

Stroke Center’s care quality efforts recognized

The Vanderbilt Stroke Center has once again struck gold, receiving top honors from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 6, 2014

Photo: International visit

Ralf Habermann, M.D., leads a tour of Vanderbilt’s facilities for a group of physicians from Korea seeking to learn more about how long-term care issues are addressed in the United States.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 6, 2014

Program helps children cope when parents are ill

When Kim O’Leary was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma, a type of cancer that had invaded her lymph nodes and caused tumors in her abdomen, her biggest worry was her then 6-year-old son Andrew.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 5, 2014

Concur opens Tuesday for most employee reimbursements

Concur, the online expense system, opens Tuesday for most types of employee reimbursements. The expense system will be disabled on Monday, but travel arrangements may still be made.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 5, 2014

Sticking to normal sleep schedule can ease daylight saving time transition

By VUMC News and Communications
March 5, 2014

Web tool speeds pulmonary hypertension discovery

The pulmonary arterial hypertension knowledgebase (PAHKB), developed by Vanderbilt researchers, provides a useful tool for identifying PAH-related genes and signaling pathways relevant to pathogenesis.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2014

Jeff Gordon grant to help pediatric cancer patients cope with illness

By VUMC News and Communications
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