Reporter Archive — Page 518 of 662
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September 25, 2014
SEC Symposium focused on obesity prevention
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, Provost Susan Wente and several Vanderbilt experts joined colleagues from across the Southeast to discuss obesity at the second annual Southeastern Conference Symposium Sept. 21-23. -
September 25, 2014
Elevate town hall series kicks off Sept. 30
Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 30, members of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s leadership team will hold a series of 45-minute town hall presentations that all faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. -
September 25, 2014
Bradfords’ strong support bolsters melanoma research
When something attacks you, you want to attack it back. That’s how Lillian “Tooty” Bradford views her late husband James “Jimmy” Bradford Jr.’s decision to make an initial gift to fund melanoma research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC). -
September 25, 2014
Annual Flulapalooza event happens Oct. 1
Less than 10 seconds — that’s all it takes to roll up your sleeve and be part of next week’s Flulapalooza, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mass flu vaccination event that three years ago more than doubled the world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. -
September 25, 2014
Cancer progress report calls for added research support
There are now approximately 14.5 million cancer survivors in the United States, thanks in large part to advances in cancer research and the development of new anti-cancer therapies. -
September 25, 2014
Churchwell to depart VHVI; Clair to assume interim role
Keith Churchwell, M.D., executive director and chief medical officer for the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI), is departing Vanderbilt and will join Yale-New Haven Health System as vice president and executive director of Cardiovascular Services on Dec. 1. -
September 25, 2014
Doherty set for next Discovery Lecture
Nobel laureate Peter Doherty, Ph.D., who discovered how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 2.