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July 21, 2016

VUMC lauded for organ donation awareness efforts

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded Platinum status by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a leader in organ, eye and tissue donation awareness.

By Jessica Pasley
July 21, 2016

Memorial service offers chance for sharing, reflection

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) held a Memorial Service for Recent Victims of Violence in America and the World on Wednesday to give faculty, staff and students an opportunity to reflect and share their thoughts and feelings about recent national events that have resulted in violent and senseless deaths.

By Kathy Whitney
July 21, 2016

Wright loves her patients and their mysteries

Everyone knew everyone in Patty Wright’s hometown of Scottsville, Kentucky, population 4,336.

By Paul Govern
July 21, 2016

Osheroff to direct Academy for Excellence in Education

Neil Osheroff, Ph.D., has been named director of the Academy for Excellence in Education. He succeeds Lillian Nanney, Ph.D., who served as director since the Academy’s inception in 2007.

By Kathy Whitney
July 21, 2016

Two receive Research to Prevent Blindness grants

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded two grants to faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology.

By Jessica Pasley
July 20, 2016

Breast cancer: finding the smoking gun

A new method developed at Vanderbilt may help “inventory” all tumor-promoting genes.

By Bill Snyder
July 19, 2016

Harrell to step down as chair of Biostatistics

Frank Harrell Jr., Ph.D., professor of Biostatistics and founding chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Biostatistics in 2003, will step down as chair after the completion of a national search for his successor.
By Nancy Humphrey
July 18, 2016

Diabetes drugs may ease addiction

Drugs that are being used clinically to treat obesity and diabetes may also have a role in treating drug abuse.
By Bill Snyder
July 15, 2016

Work together to control diabetes

Parenting behaviors may be an important target for improving outcomes in adolescents with diabetes.
By Leigh MacMillan
July 14, 2016

Phishers target Medical Center employees via fake salary increase emails

By VUMC News and Communications
July 14, 2016

New center to focus on turning raw data into ‘actionable’ knowledge

From extensive test results to exam notes to the very latest in medical research, modern health care professionals have become overloaded with data. As a result, it is now a critical mission for academic medical centers to translate this often-raw data into actionable knowledge used to deliver expert patient care, drive efficient clinical operations and promote discovery and education.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 14, 2016

Influx of major NIH grants fuels growth of research enterprise

During the past two weeks, researchers at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have brought in a number of new research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that together achieve $137 million in new funding. The funding is a trans-institutional accomplishment of the Schools of Engineering and Medicine and the College of Arts and Science.
By Bill Snyder
July 14, 2016

Vanderbilt Eye Institute Hendersonville

By VUMC News and Communications
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