VUMC News and Communications

April 15, 2009

Chemists synthesize herbal alkaloid

A team of synthetic chemists at Vanderbilt University report in the March 18 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society that they have created an efficient way to make a naturally occurring alkaloid that could have anti-cancer properties and may combat memory loss from scratch.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 8, 2009

First set of conjoined twins separated at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Tuesday morning, surgeons at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt successfully completed the hospital’s first separation of conjoined twins.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 8, 2009

Video: Galileo night at Dyer Observatory

Watch video of an April 4 talk by Professor of Astronomy David Weintraub, part of “100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project.”

By VUMC News and Communications
March 30, 2009

Jacobson to retire as leader of Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Balser named as successor

Dr. Harry R. Jacobson will retire as vice chancellor for health affairs at Vanderbilt University June 1, and Dr. Jeffrey Balser, dean of the School of Medicine, will succeed him, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced today.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 18, 2009

Treat health insurance like auto insurance and hold people accountable

The keys to fixing the U.S. health care system are to hold people accountable for their actions; treat health insurance like auto insurance and tax individual’s health care benefits said Larry Van Horn, a leading expert and researcher on health care management and economics.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 27, 2009

Molecular biologist receives Humboldt Research Award

Ellen H. Fanning, Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University, has received a 2009 Humboldt Research Award.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 13, 2009

Video: State of the Medical Center Address

Watch video of Dr. Harry Jacobson, vice chancellor for Health Affairs, delivering the annual State of the Medical Center Address.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 12, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY: Vanderbilt University students dance all night for a good cause Feb. 13-14

Hundreds of Vanderbilt students will hit the dance floor Feb. 13-14 during Dance Marathon, a 14-hour student-run event to raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and the Children's Miracle Network. Dance Marathon will be held from 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, until 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Student Recreation Center on Vanderbilt's campus. The event is open to the public and all proceeds from Dance Marathon will go to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 11, 2009

Video: Baby Einsteins Everywhere – Young Children and Video

Watch video of a talk by Georgene Troseth, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, Peabody College.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 29, 2009

Vanderbilt biochemist receives 2009 Sigma Xi award

Brandt F. Eichman, assistant professor of biological sciences and biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, has received Sigma Xi's Young Investigator Award.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 10, 2008

Video: How the brain thinks about crime and punishment

By VUMC News and Communications
December 9, 2008

First 3D images obtained of core component of molecular machinery used for cell reproduction

For the first time, structural biologists have managed to obtain the detailed three-dimensional structure of one of the proteins that form the core of the complex molecular machine, called the replisome, that plant and animal cells assemble to copy their DNA as the first step in cell reproduction.
By VUMC News and Communications