Chronic diseases in Africa topic of VUSM dean’s lecture Sept. 27

Watch Sept. 20 State of the Medical Center address

National Child Passenger Safety Week Sept. 18-24

Bariatric and metabolic surgery lecture Sept. 20

Celebrate with 60-year employee Margurite Douglas at service awards ceremony Sept. 13

Margurite Douglas, who is marking 60 years of employment at Vanderbilt in 2011, will be honored at the annual Service Awards Celebration scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in Langford Auditorium.

Host countermeasure hinders HIV

New details about a host mechanism that fights off HIV may reveal strategies for therapies to treat or prevent HIV infection.