VUMC News and Communications

December 6, 2004

Tennessee Department of Health & Vanderbilt University Medical Center Researchers Seek to Learn Why Many Tennesseans Continue to Refuse Flu Vaccine

Last year ushered in a swirl of notoriety regarding influenza vaccine. The 2003-2004 flu season arrived early and hit hard. For many individuals, thanks in part to tremendous media hype and a delay in the availability of vaccine supplies, flu shots were a highly-sought after commodity.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 30, 2004

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center director receives honors

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center director Pat Levitt has been awarded the 2004 Friend of Children award by the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The award recognizes Levitt’s contributions at the local, state and national level to the healthy development of children.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 16, 2004

Researchers at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing report largest increase in RN employment nationwide in decades, yet crisis still looms

The number of registered nurses entering the job market appears to be on a steady incline, with a total employment growth of over 200,000 R.N.’s since 2001, the largest increase since the early 1980’s, but experts at the School of Nursing say it’s still not enough to prevent a long-term crisis that threatens to cripple the entire health care system.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 16, 2004

Twin Receives Heart in Early Morning Surgery

Four-and-a-half-month-old Abigail Patrick received a new heart at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt early this morning.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 16, 2004

Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center lands national accreditation

Vanderbilt’s Sleep Disorders Center has garnered national accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

By VUMC News and Communications
November 8, 2004

Infant Twins’ Sudden Illness Leads to Need for Dual Heart Transplants at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Four-month-old identical twins Abigail and Shea Patrick were miracle babies. Their parents tried to have children for years.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 29, 2004

Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital to Manage Gateway Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is working to finalize agreements which will place the hospital as the manager of the NICU at Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville as soon as January 2005.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 20, 2004

Influenza Studies Involving Children Continue Despite Flu Vaccine Shortages

A few lucky families will avoid long lines to receive flu vaccine for their young children, and may help future generations at the same time by participating in flu vaccine research at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 19, 2004

VCH pediatrician asks parents to take control of Halloween excess

Decades ago Halloween meant visiting a handful of houses, always prepared to earn a treat with a clever homemade costume and a friendly Halloween greeting. Today many families feel trick-or-treating is an exercise in excess at a time when obesity is one of the nation's top health concerns.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 27, 2004

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Launches Genital Herpes Vaccine Trial

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are launching a clinical trial of Herpavac, a new genital herpes vaccine that has proven effective in previous clinical trials in preventing the spread of the herpes simplex virus in women.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 31, 2004

Expert in scientific testing of learning ability to speak at Kennedy Center

Richard Woodcock, a world-renowned researcher of learning ability assessment, will present a lecture on historical advances in cognitive assessment on Thursday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. The lecture will take place in Room 241 of the Kennedy Center/MRL Building and is free and open to the public.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 2, 2004

VCH researchers find antipsychotic use doubled in Tennessee children with ADHD

At a time when parents, schools and physicians still struggle with the perceived overuse of the medication Ritalin to treat children with attention difficulties, a new study suggests the potential for another controversy.
By VUMC News and Communications