Tom Wilemon

December 13, 2018

Berkeley’s Bissell highlights Retreat for Cancer Research

Mina Bissell, PhD, gave an overview of her career at the 18th Annual Retreat for Cancer Research, detailing how she basically followed her nose to become an acclaimed scientist.

By Tom Wilemon
December 10, 2018

Hardship Fund helps employees with unexpected expenses

Hardships may include an illness or accident, burial expenses after the death of a family member or relocation costs after being displaced from affordable housing.

By Tom Wilemon
December 6, 2018

Precision radiation aids patient’s cancer battle

After undergoing precision radiation therapy at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, 90-year-old Imogene Stranch quickly returned to her workout routine at the Bellevue Family YMCA.

By Tom Wilemon
December 6, 2018

Neuromodulation Society honors Hacker’s Parkinson’s research

Mallory Hacker, PhD, research assistant professor of Neurology, is the 2019 recipient of the Kumar New Investigator Award from the North American Neuromodulation Society.

By Tom Wilemon
November 15, 2018

New epilepsy monitoring systems collect better data

New epilepsy monitoring systems at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are providing neurologists better data for assessing adult and pediatric patients.

By Tom Wilemon
November 15, 2018

Immunotherapies linked to specific heart complications

In the first large-scale analysis of cardiovascular complications linked to immune checkpoint inhibitors, Vanderbilt researchers have shown that heart and vessel complications include myocarditis, pericarditis, vasculitis and arrhythmias, and that they occur early in the course of treatment.

By Tom Wilemon
November 8, 2018

Clinical fellows program bolstered by new NCI grant

A new grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will fund an intensively mentored training experience for clinical fellows at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the next five years.
By Tom Wilemon
November 8, 2018

Multi-factor authentication coming for C2HR users

Like employees the world over, Vanderbilt University Medical Center email system users are prey to frequent email spoofs, by which would-be identity thieves attempt to steal employee login credentials.
By Tom Wilemon
November 2, 2018

Cancer Center among best in nation for stem cell transplant survival

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Stem Cell Transplant ranks among the best in the nation for donor stem cell transplant survival rates among large centers, according to an annual report.
By Tom Wilemon
November 1, 2018

Warner’s medical informatics research recognized

Jeremy Warner, MD, is the 2018 recipient of the New Investigator Award from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
By Tom Wilemon
October 25, 2018

Mary Kay Foundation grant to bolster immunotherapy research

An immunotherapy research initiative at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is among those being supported by the Mary Kay Foundation, which has announced $1.2 million in funding that will be equally shared among 12 cancer research institutions.
By Tom Wilemon
October 25, 2018

Combination therapy improves small-cell lung cancer survival

Patients with stage IV small-cell lung cancer lived longer when given the immunotherapy atezolizumab with chemotherapy, setting the stage for what could become the first new treatment approved in decades for this particularly aggressive form of lung cancer.
By Tom Wilemon