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Graphic combining a blurred JAMA research article about the Greenlight digital health behavior intervention with chat bubbles summarizing a childhood obesity study, including text messages and health counseling for parents and healthier growth among children from diverse families experiencing food insecurity.
November 3, 2024

Greenlight study demonstrates effective early intervention in preventing childhood obesity

Researchers examined if childhood obesity could be prevented by leveraging a combination of health behavior counseling offered by pediatric primary care clinicians and modern digital health literacy tools.

By Christina Echegaray
Nancy Moyers stands beside a railing inside a hospital, wearing a gray Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt shirt.
November 1, 2024

Her clothing and workspace may be sterile, but Nancy Moyers’ positive attitude is contagious

“The work that Nancy does every day is tedious and challenging,” wrote one nominator. “But every moment she spends preparing sterile products and performing other critical tasks for our pediatric patients, Nancy has a joy on her face that can’t be missed.”

By Danny Bonvissuto
A smiling man kneels beside a child seated in a stroller in a hospital corridor. The child is covered with a pink patterned blanket and has a nasal tube in place.
November 1, 2024

‘Ava got a heart’: the best news a family could share about the baby approaching her first birthday

The phone call that brought her father to his knees

By Jessica Pasley
Brick hospital entrance with signs reading “Vanderbilt Adult Emergency,” “Trauma Level 1,” “Adult Emergency Entrance,” and “Adult Emergency” with a left-pointing arrow.
October 29, 2024

Vanderbilt University Hospital adult ambulatory Emergency Department entrance will be closed and rerouted for construction updates on Nov. 3-4

Smiling blonde woman in a dark green blazer and white blouse standing beside hospital equipment in a clinical room.
October 28, 2024

New research highlights economic and employment challenges for parents of medically complex babies

The study highlights that having a preterm baby often forces parents to consider leaving their job, a decision that typically involves changes to health insurance plans and networks, and resets the annual out-of-pocket costs a worker incurs.

By Holly Fletcher
Architectural rendering of the entrance to Jim Ayers Tower at Vanderbilt University Hospital, showing a modern glass-and-metal facade, covered drop-off area, accessible ramp, car, trees and people.
October 22, 2024

New VUMC hospital expansion to be named Jim Ayers Tower

Serving as the new front door to Vanderbilt University Hospital, the building serves as a visible reminder of the monumental impact Janet and Jim Ayers have had on the people of Tennessee.

By Nancy Humphrey