VUMC News and Communications

June 21, 2022

July 4 parking and shuttle schedules announced

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June 21, 2022

Upcoming VUPD active shooter training sessions

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June 20, 2022

Complete Making Health Care Personal – The Power of You today

Making Health Care Personal – The Power of You is the first installment in the initiative. It will roll out to leaders June 21 and to all employees beginning June 28 with an invitation from C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, Deputy CEO and Chief Health System Officer, that confirms automatic enrollment.

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June 20, 2022

Northbound lanes of 21st Avenue to close for VUMC crane work June 25

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June 20, 2022

Five-year, multi-site trial to assess lymphedema prevention concludes

Lymphedema study results could be a game-changer for breast cancer patients and survivors. The Vanderbilt-led trial found that patients with early detection who used L-Dex with additional intervention were less likely to progress to chronic lymphedema than patients monitored with a tape measure receiving the same intervention. 

By Nancy Wise
June 17, 2022

New Clinician Spotlight: Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins, MD, assistant professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, joined the surgical faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology in August 2021, and she is serving as co-director of Pediatric Neurotology at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

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June 17, 2022

VUMC in the news, June 21, 2022

June 16, 2022

Breast cancer biomarkers of response

Vanderbilt researchers have identified blood-based biomarkers associated with complete responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer.
By Joshua Baker
June 16, 2022

Grant to help train biostatisticians in West Africa

Vanderbilt and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital have partnered on a new program to train a cohort of highly skilled Nigerian biostatisticians to lead and supervise high-level biostatistics activities for HIV research studies in West Africa.
By Kristin Centers
June 16, 2022

Vanderbilt Women in Surgery

Vanderbilt Women in Surgery, a local chapter of the Association of Women Surgeons, met recently and welcomed guest speaker Sherry Wren, MD, vice chair of Surgery at the Stanford School of Medicine, director of Global Surgery at the Center for Innovation and Global Health.
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June 15, 2022

Chancellor Faculty Fellows announced

Several highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise have been selected for the 2022 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows.
June 15, 2022

McAlister’s Deli in Lebanon to offer complimentary lunch or dinner to medical professionals on June 18

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