VUMC News and Communications

March 7, 2006

VUMC Launches New Avian Flu Vaccine Trial for 18 to 64-Year-Old Participants

As tensions rise over the growing possibility of an avian flu pandemic, this week Infectious Diseases researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are launching a new trial of an avian flu vaccine.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2006

Jacobson outlines VUMC’s future path

With a "bold goal" to reinvest $300 million annually by 2016, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Harry Jacobson, M.D., told an auditorium packed with faculty, staff and students that he envisions Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be a far different place when it meets its ambitious 10-year goals.
March 2, 2006

Lotions and potions that promise to remove wrinkles and other effects of aging crowd cosmetics aisle shelves, but do these treatments really work?

Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have identified new molecular indicators √≥ or “biomarkers” √≥ of aging in the skin that could be used to evaluate anti-aging therapies. Their findings are reported in this month’s Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 27, 2006

Expert in autism diagnosis to speak as part of Vanderbilt Brain Awareness Month

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with both genetic and environmental risk factors that affects the lives of thousands of children and adults and their families. Catherine Lord, Ph.D., professor of psychology and psychiatry and director of the University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center, will be giving a lecture on autism and the importance of early diagnosis as part of Vanderbilt University’s Brain Awareness Month.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 24, 2006

Student Spurs Statewide Move Toward Protocol for Meth Children, Beginning at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

A Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student has documented a lack of consensus among Tennessee doctors about how to treat children who may have been exposed to the illicit drug methamphetamine and its harmful manufacturing process.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 16, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researcher Studies Effects of Cancer Treatment among Children of Survivors

Can the high doses of chemotherapy and radiation that young cancer patients receive cause inherited health problems for their children?

By VUMC News and Communications
February 9, 2006

Study shows media coverage on flu influences parents to vaccinate their children

Media coverage about influenza and the importance of flu shots influenced parents to vaccinate their children against the influenza virus, according to a study done by researchers and information officers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 9, 2006

Vanderbilt Study Validates Important Role of News Media on Public Health

Media coverage about influenza and the importance of flu shots influenced parents to vaccinate their children against the influenza virus, according to a study done by researchers and information officers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 8, 2006

Vanderbilt Medical Center nationally designated as primary stroke center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently received national designation as a primary stroke center, only the second such certification awarded in the state.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 7, 2006

Vanderbilt University students to dance the night away for a good cause; 14-hour event to benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital

With final exams over until the spring, Vanderbilt University students will pull an all-nighter of a different sort on Friday, Feb. 17, when they hit the dance floor from 7 p.m. until 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 30, 2006

Vanderbilt enrolling heart failure patients in new pacing device study

Vanderbilt is one of 40 centers nationwide to enroll patients in a study to determine the efficacy and safety of a new pacing device for heart failure patients. This is the first time the device, called the Optimizer III, will be implanted in humans.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 27, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center opens mentoring program for patients considering clinical trials

Thanks to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's new Clinical Trials Mentor Program, patients considering enrolling in a clinical trial can now ask questions and get first-hand accounts from patient advocates who have already gone through the process.
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