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April 30, 2015

Lane named vice president for Population Health Management

Nancy Lane, Ph.D., has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) as senior vice president for Population Health Management.

April 30, 2015

VICC cancer research efforts in spotlight at AACR conference

Adding an investigational drug to an already approved estrogen blocking therapy appears to be safe and provided clinical benefit for some postmenopausal women with estrogen-positive breast cancer.

April 30, 2015

Photo: Nashville Sounds visit

Members of the Nashville Sounds baseball team recently visited with patients and families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital.

April 30, 2015

Speaker explores nurse practitioners’ role in health reform

Patients should have full and direct access to the health provider of their choice, according to Cindy Cooke, DNP, president-elect of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), who recently spoke to faculty, students and members of the community at Vanderbilt University School Nursing (VUSN).

April 30, 2015

VUMC set to take part in community-wide disaster drill on May 2

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will take part in a full-scale community disaster drill along with numerous emergency response and community agencies on Saturday, May 2, from 9 a.m. until noon.

April 30, 2015

Nurse-Midwifery program lands high honor from ACNM

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Nurse-Midwifery Program has received a Lifetime Golden Commendation from the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) — one of only four educational programs in the country to achieve this recognition.