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VUIIS Center for Small Animal Imaging open house March 23

The Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science’s Center for Small Animal Imaging is having an open house March 23.

By VUMC News and Communications

Wear Blue March 2, decorate your work area for colon cancer awareness

March is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Wear Blue on March 2 to spread the word about colon cancer screening. As a department or group, decorate your work area in blue to raise awareness.

By VUMC News and Communications

SENSE Theatre presents ‘HATS’ March 9-10

SENSE Theatre and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will present the play “HATS” at 7 p.m. March 9 and 10 at the Troutt/Black Box Theatre Complex on Compton Avenue, near Belmont Boulevard. SENSE Theatre includes youth with autism spectrum disorder and trained peer actors from the University School of Nashville.

By VUMC News and Communications

February 9, 2018

My Southern Health: Male bonding is good for your health

Dr. Nathaniel Clark, associate professor of clinical psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, explains his study indicating that male bonding may reduce your stress or help you adapt to stressful situations.

By VUMC News and Communications

Computer illustration of a plasma cell (B-cell, left) secreting antibodies (white) against influenza viruses (right). Antibodies bind to specific antigens, for instance viral proteins, marking them for destruction by phagocyte immune cells.

February 6, 2018

Flu Fighter: Dr. James Crowe is leading a global effort to take the guesswork out of the flu shot

From Vanderbilt Magazine: James Crowe, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, hopes to create a universal flu vaccine–permanently eliminating the problem of ineffective or under-effective annual flu shots.

By VUMC News and Communications

February 2, 2018

My Southern Health: We’ve been thinking about bone health backward

We often think about bone health from a nutritional standpoint. We analyze what we can put into our bodies to feed our bones—through diet or supplements—to make them stronger. That’s the wrong way to think about it, says Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Jonathan Schoenecker.