Kristin Smart

November 30, 2017

Tennessee Poison Center at Vanderbilt offers advice on how to avoid food poisoning this holiday season

Enjoy the meal while you’re having it, and remember it fondly afterward.

By Kristin Smart
December 15, 2016

New course gives undergrads taste of patient care experience

Many doctors and nurses recall their first patient interaction — a rite of passage that occurs during medical or nursing school training. Now an innovative program is pushing the patient encounter for a few Vanderbilt University students into the undergraduate years.

By Kristin Smart
white pills spilling out of a prescription bottle
September 22, 2016

‘Shed-Meds’ to explore helping elderly reduce number of medications

Vanderbilt University Medical (VUMC) researchers have received a $2.9 million federal grant to test the effectiveness of a new intervention that aims to help older patients reduce the number of medications they may be taking on a regular basis.

By Kristin Smart
May 12, 2016

Pharmacists group honors Sullivan

Mark Sullivan, Pharm.D., MBA, executive director of Pharmacy Operations for Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinics, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

By Kristin Smart
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