VUMC News and Communications

February 9, 2007

African American bone marrow donations – CNN

Jessica Pasley, a VUMC employee, talks about African American bone marrow donations on CNN‘s Paula Zahn‘s show.

February 8, 2007

Vanderbilt Pediatric Chair Leaving For Leadership Role at Cincinnati Children‘s Hospital

Arnold W. Strauss, M.D., chair of the Department of Pediatrics and medical director of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt, is leaving to become chief medical officer and director of the Children‘s Research Foundation at Cincinnati Children‘s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio.

January 29, 2007

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center receives $6.5 million grant to study tumor environment

Like a seed needs soil to grow and flourish, a tumor relies on its environment to grow and spread in the body — something the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will be exploring more closely with the help of a new $6.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

By VUMC News and Communications
January 29, 2007

Pietenpol Named Interim Director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Ph.D., has been selected to lead the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center as interim director.

January 15, 2007

Discovery of SIDS heart gene could save lives

Nearly 10 percent of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) victims have mutations or variations in genes associated with potentially lethal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), according to two newly published studies involving Vanderbilt researchers.

January 10, 2007

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Director To Return To Home State For Post At MD Anderson

Raymond DuBois Jr., M.D., Ph.D., will leave his position as director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center later this year to return to his native Texas as provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

January 10, 2007

VUSN‘s Susan Cooper Named Tennessee‘s Commissioner of Health

Susan Cooper, M.S.N., assistant dean for Practice at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, has been named the new Commissioner of Health for the state of Tennessee by Gov. Phil Bredesen.
December 15, 2006

Vanderbilt Celebrates Mark Collie Chair in Diabetes Research

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has announced the establishment of the Mark Collie Chair in Diabetes Research. The endowed chair, which will support diabetes research and care, is named in honor of country music recording artist, award-winning songwriter, actor, filmmaker and philanthropist Mark Collie.
December 14, 2006

‘Project HealthDesign‘ Awards Vanderbilt University Medical Center $300,000 Grant to Design and Test Innovative, Consumer-Centered PHR Applications

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been selected as one of nine teams nationwide to participate in a landmark program from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to design and test bold ideas for how consumers can use information technology to better manage their health and navigate the health care system.
December 13, 2006

LifeFlight named EMS Regional Communication Center

Vanderbilt LifeFlight‘s Office of Emergency Communications has been designated as the EMS Regional Communications Center (EMS RCC) for the Mid-Cumberland Region by Tennessee Department of Health EMS officials.
December 12, 2006

$1 millon grant establishes drug discovery center at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $1 million grant from the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) to apply the powerful science of proteomics to drug discovery.
November 28, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, AstraZeneca Form Master Agreement to Streamline Research Collaborations

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and AstraZeneca have developed a master scientific agreement to streamline and integrate collaborations in basic, translational and clinical cancer research, officials with the company and cancer center announced today.