VUMC News and Communications

October 30, 2012

Vanderbilt burn doctors treat more patients during cold-weather months, urge caution with home heating

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The Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (Neil Brake/Vanderbilt)
October 29, 2012

Cancer research and education agreement announced between Baptist Memorial Health Care and Vanderbilt University

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October 29, 2012

Take extra steps on Halloween to keep children safe, caution safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

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October 25, 2012

Wiesner to lead new hereditary cancer program

Georgia Wiesner, M.D., M.S., has joined Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) as professor of Medicine and director of the newly created Clinical and Translational Hereditary Cancer Program.

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October 25, 2012

Combined drug therapy may delay melanoma progression

Combination therapy with two drugs delayed the development of treatment resistance in patients with metastatic melanoma that expresses a specific mutation in the BRAF gene.

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October 25, 2012

Nurses group names VUMC top employer

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named the Employer of the Year for 2012 by the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA).

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October 25, 2012

Nurses’ investigative efforts highlighted at Research Day

A bright spotlight shone on nursing research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research Committee’s annual Research Day on Oct. 17.
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October 25, 2012

Speaker urges students, faculty to continue diversity-related efforts

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, said the appearance of more diversity in medical schools is evidence of progress, but he cautions that the issue is more complicated than ever.
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October 25, 2012

Bid protein guards blood cells against stress

A protein normally known to promote cell death found to encourage survival of blood forming cells.
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October 19, 2012

Visit Christmas Village, support VU programs, Nov. 9-11

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October 19, 2012

More gene links to breast cancer risk

Two newly identified gene variants linked to breast cancer may aid in predicting disease risk and targeting screening and prevention strategies.
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October 18, 2012

VUSM student lauded for Mobile Market

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