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December 9, 2014

Vanderbilt dietitian offers tips to prevent holiday weight gain

By Wayne Wood
December 8, 2014

Employee reimbursement process moves to Concur Jan. 1

Starting Jan. 1, all employee reimbursements will be done through Concur.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 5, 2014

New Concur interface to debut with the new year

Concur, Vanderbilt’s online travel and expense system, will unveil a new look in January 2015.

By VUMC News and Communications
Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D.
December 4, 2014

Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs

Last fall, during a grim period for many of the nation’s hospitals and by any measure a stressful time for VUMC, we did something few institutions would. We held a community survey.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 4, 2014

Research by VUMC nurses takes center stage at annual event

Nursing research was on full display in Light Hall recently during the Research Day Poster Presentations, organized by the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and Nursing Research Committee.

By Matt Batcheldor
Older woman shopping
December 4, 2014

Blood pressure gene tied to cognitive decline

Size may not matter in a lot of things, but when it comes to cognitive decline, the size of the hippocampus definitely seems to be an issue.

By John Crawford
December 4, 2014

Photo: Diabetes Day

Vanderbilt Diabetes Day, an annual research symposium, this year featured talks by nationally known researchers and by winners of the Diabetes Scholar awards.
By Bill Snyder
December 4, 2014

Radiothon fundraising event set for Dec. 11-12

The 2014 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Radiothon benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will take place Dec. 11-12.
By Christina Echegaray
December 4, 2014

Card project raises spirits, funds for Children’s Hospital

The first word that Jessica Meyer thought of was “hope.” She and her friend, Alexandra, had just sat down with some paper and a box of crayons to spend an hour or so drawing holiday cards in between appointments at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 4, 2014

Physician-scientist is dream job for Vanderbilt’s Cassat

Jim Cassat, M.D., Ph.D., a pediatric infectious disease specialist who joined the Vanderbilt faculty this summer, loves taking care of children with bone infections and doing research to understand the host-pathogen interactions during these invasive infections.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 4, 2014

VUMC Nursing Staff Bylaws guide way to latest, best practices

More than 150 nurses from Vanderbilt University Medical Center convened in Langford Auditorium recently for an occasion that happens once every two years: the Nursing Staff Bylaws Convention.
By Matt Batcheldor
December 2, 2014

Lindquist named to receive Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of protein folding at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the recipient of the 2014 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, Vanderbilt University officials announced this week.
By Bill Snyder
December 1, 2014

Deadline approaches for physician participation in U.S. News rankings through Doximity

By VUMC News and Communications