VUMC News and Communications

April 3, 2008

Video: “Methodological Aspirations”

Vanderbilt\’s Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture hosted a conference, “Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care.”

By VUMC News and Communications
April 3, 2008

Video: "Religion and Genomics: Sharing History, Sharing Healing"

Vanderbilt’s Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture hosted a conference, “Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care.”

April 3, 2008

Video: “Religion and Genomics: Sharing History, Sharing Healing”

Vanderbilt\’s Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture hosted a conference, “Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care.”

By VUMC News and Communications
April 3, 2008

Video: "Heredity and Hope: Intersections of Genetics and Faith in the Clinic"

Vanderbilt’s Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture hosted a conference, “Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care.”

April 3, 2008

Video: “Heredity and Hope: Intersections of Genetics and Faith in the Clinic”

Vanderbilt\’s Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture hosted a conference, “Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care.”

By VUMC News and Communications
April 2, 2008

Vanderbilt one of 15 universities selected for Beckman Scholars Program

Vanderbilt University is one of 15 universities selected by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to participate in a unique program to support undergraduate research.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 2, 2008

Vanderbilt Eye Institute Opens New Patient Care and Research Facility

The Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) is hosting an open house today at 5 p.m. for its new state-of-the-art patient care and research facility.
April 1, 2008

New research finding best way to fix re-torn ACLs

By VUMC News and Communications
March 28, 2008

Vanderbilt’s Peabody College named No. 2 education school in nation; U.S. News & World Report releases annual graduate school rankings

Vanderbilt University\'s Peabody College of education and human development is the second-ranked education school in the nation, according to the latest rankings of graduate and professional schools by U.S. News & World Report.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 26, 2008

Vanderbilt professor named chair of biomedical engineering

Todd D. Giorgio, professor of biomedical engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 26, 2008

Racial Disparities Persist for Colonoscopy Screenings

African-Americans are far more likely to be diagnosed with and to die from colorectal cancer than whites or other minority groups. Despite this increased risk, a new study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers found that African-Americans are far less likely to undergo colonoscopy screening than whites, even when both groups have a family history of colorectal cancer. The study was published in the March 24 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
March 25, 2008

New Research Projects Growing Nursing Shortage

The United States health care system needs to brace for a severe shortage of nurses, according to findings by Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D., of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Douglas Staiger, Ph.D., from Dartmouth University, and David Auerbach, Ph.D., of the Congressional Budget Office.