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This six-week group program is facilitated by a health psychologist and designed to provide participants with knowledge, techniques and group support aimed at helping them become and stay motivated for regular physical activity, such as walking, dance, yoga, strength training and cardio exercise.

Valentine’s Day is coming this weekend. If you’re still making plans for Sunday, see recommendations from MySouthernHealth.com for fun ideas on active dates out and for heart-healthy food ideas to make at home.

Elisabeth Dykens, Annette Schaffer Eskind Professor and director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, has announced plans to step down from her role as the center’s director. To assist with the transition, she will continue to serve in this role until a successor is identified.

Have you ever wondered if your aging loved one can still drive safely? The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center will host a lunch and learn event discussing this topic from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, in Medical Center East, Room 8380A.

André Churchwell, professor of medicine, biomedical engineering and radiology and radiological sciences and senior associate dean for diversity affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, was recently named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.

We’re now more than a month into the new year, and those optimistic resolutions that greeted 2016 have—heavy sigh—not exactly worked out as you hoped. A Vanderbilt expert on lifestyle changes says that those who have come up short on their resolutions should take heart.

In preparation for Vanderbilt’s transition, the university HR Employee Service Center (ESC) will have a new, dedicated phone number beginning Feb. 8.