VUMC News and Communications

December 7, 2004

New Vanderbilt Kennedy Center project to serve Hispanic disability community

Nashville Hispanic families affected by disabilities will now have better access to information and services, thanks to a grant to the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 6, 2004

Chapman posthumously awarded AMA’s top honor

John E. Chapman, M.D., former dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, was posthumously awarded the 2004 Distinguished Service Award by the American Medical Association.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 6, 2004

Trouble in Toyland report endorsed by doctors at VCH

Just before the traditional peak of the holiday shopping season, U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) has released its 19th annual toy safety report. On Nov. 23, several toys were demonstrated for their potential hazards at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Veronica Gunn, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital talked about the types of injuries that are commonly seen each year involving toys.

By 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.