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July 16, 2015
Grant enhances mental illness drug research efforts
Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center aimed at developing potential new treatments for major depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder got a big boost this week from The William K. Warren Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma. -
July 16, 2015
Kitko to lead Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program
Carrie Kitko, M.D., has joined Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as associate professor of Pediatrics and director of the Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program in the Division of Hematology/Oncology. -
July 16, 2015
VUSN lands HRSA Nurse Faculty Loan Forgiveness Grant
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) has received $1.3 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) to help increase the number of qualified nursing faculty. -
July 16, 2015
Photo: Distinguished visitor
Ohio Gov. John Kasich visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center last week and toured several areas, including the Trauma Unit and LifeFlight’s helipad atop Vanderbilt University Hospital. -
July 16, 2015
Biochemistry’s Hodges stays grounded in joy of discovery
Albert Einstein once wrote, “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” For Emily Hodges, Ph.D., that awakening occurred in a high school science class taught by Trudy Anderson, Ed.D. “She made science exciting,” Hodges said. -
July 16, 2015
Veterans returning from Middle East face higher skin cancer risk
Soldiers who served in the glaring desert sunlight of Iraq and Afghanistan returned home with an increased risk of skin cancer, due not only to the desert climate, but also a lack of sun protection, Vanderbilt dermatologist Jennifer Powers, M.D., reports in a study published recently in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. -
July 16, 2015
Aspirnaut event details impact of art in science
Students watched, transfixed, for nearly an hour last Friday as internationally known portrait artist Igor Babailov sketched Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.