VUMC News and Communications

March 7, 2022

Reminder: All employees traveling internationally must book air travel through Concur

By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2022

Four named associate chiefs of staff for VUH

As part of an enhanced structure at Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH), four new associate chiefs of staff have been named who are tightly connected with the hospital’s Patient Care Centers.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 1, 2022

Researchers seek participants with severe asthma for study

By VUMC News and Communications
February 28, 2022

eStar “Thrive Training for Health Maintenance Activity” course to be offered several times in March

By VUMC News and Communications
February 28, 2022

VUMC application migration, the next step in ExpeditionTech, now underway

By VUMC News and Communications
February 28, 2022

 SHARE Center presentation, “Equitable and empowered environments:  Addressing workplace sexual harassment at VUMC,” to be March 10

By VUMC News and Communications
February 28, 2022

Ash Wednesday services information for VUH and Children’s Hospital

By VUMC News and Communications
February 28, 2022

New Clinician Spotlight: Avni Finn

Avni Finn, MD, MBA, a retina surgeon, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Vanderbilt Eye Institute as assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 28, 2022

Invasive strep can defy zinc toxicity

Vanderbilt researchers find that invasive Group B Streptococcus strains, a significant risk to pregnant patients and infants, can grow in presence of toxic zinc levels.
By Taylor Engdahl
February 25, 2022

VUMC in the news, March 1, 2022

February 24, 2022

Melanoma treatment response

Targeting the interaction between melanoma and immune cells could improve responses to targeted cancer therapies, Vanderbilt researchers found.
By Sarah E. Glass
February 24, 2022

Capacity building activities and new curriculum strengthen medical education in Liberia

Liberia's fragile health system is being strengthened through U.S.-Liberia partnerships focused on medical education and capacity building at the country's only medical school, A.M. Dogliotti (AMD) School of Medicine in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Liberia.
By Kristin Centers