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January 6, 2006

Expert on psychiatry of teens with disabilities to speak at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Thomas Weisner, an expert on the mental health challenges and needs of teens with disabilities, will deliver the 2006 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Martin Luther King Jr. lecture Monday, Jan. 16, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 241 of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 6, 2006

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center director appointed to National Advisory Mental Health Council

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has appointed Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Director Pat Levitt to the National Advisory Mental Health Council.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 21, 2005

Tennessee Poison Control Center offers holiday safety advice

Michelle Grant, a poison specialist at the Tennessee Poison Control Center, said many poisonings occur when there is a distraction in the home, and there are plenty of those during the holidays, when decorating, cooking and giving gifts are abundant.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 15, 2005

Grammys Bring Little Big Town to Visit Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

Equity Music Group’s Little Big Town is coming to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt joining the annual visit by members of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (known for the Grammy awards).

By VUMC News and Communications
December 9, 2005

Niswender named Culpeper Scholar

Vanderbilt University’s Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of three 2006 Charles E. Culpeper Medical scholars, according to Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 9, 2005

Masys elected ACMI president

Daniel Masys, M.D., professor and chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Informatics, is the new president-elect of the American College of Medical Informatics.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 8, 2005

Noted Heart Surgeon Petracek Joins Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Michael R. Petracek, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon currently practicing with Cardiovascular Surgery Associates and the Saint Thomas Heart Institute, and one of Nashville's leading heart surgeons for over 20 years, is leaving Saint Thomas Hospital to join the faculty of Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a full-time clinical professor of Surgery in the Department of Cardiac Surgery.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 28, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center leads effort to evaluate lung cancer “signatures”

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is leading a multi-institutional effort supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to identify "molecular signatures" of lung cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 23, 2005

Safety experts at VCH present “Trouble in Toyland” report

Just before the peak of the holiday shopping season, U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) has released its 20th annual toy safety report. Experts at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt want parents to be aware of the potential hazards these toys may pose.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 22, 2005

National Institutes of Health leaders to headline Vanderbilt Kennedy Center 40th anniversary symposium

A symposium featuring top federal officials in mental health and human development will cap off a year of anniversary celebrations for the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Human Development.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 14, 2005

Youngest Triple-Organ Recipient in Vanderbilt’s History Now Recovering

A 15-year-old Coffee County girl is recovering after becoming the first child to receive a simultaneous heart and double-lung transplant at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt on Nov. 8.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 2, 2005

FDA Approves First New Therapy In a Decade For Most Lethal Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new therapy in almost a decade for pancreas cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 2, 2005

Vanderbilt Medical Center Seeking Volunteers for New HIV Vaccine

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recruiting healthy volunteers for the second phase of testing of a novel HIV vaccine regimen that also is being studied in AIDS-battered countries around the world.
By VUMC News and Communications
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