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June 5, 2014

VU investigators confirm bromine’s critical role in tissue development

Twenty-seven chemical elements are considered to be essential for human life.
Now there is a 28th — bromine.

By Bill Snyder
June 5, 2014

Vanderbilt offers safety tips for CMA Music Festival

By VUMC News and Communications
June 5, 2014

Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center debut new Cool Springs Walk-In Clinic

Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center opened a new Walk-In Clinic in Cool Springs on Wednesday, June 4. The new clinic joins two other Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center Walk-In Clinics already open in Franklin and Spring Hill.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 5, 2014

Shaw named head of Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Andrew Shaw, M.B. B.S., has been named chief of Vanderbilt’s Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology.

By Jill Clendening
June 5, 2014

Hamm to deliver Discovery Lecture June 12

Heidi Hamm, Ph.D., the Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Professor of Cardiovascular Research and an internationally known expert on G protein-mediated signaling, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, June 12.

By Bill Snyder
June 5, 2014

VUMC’s Perri honored by American Liver Foundation

Roman Perri, M.D., medical director of the Liver Transplant program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named the Tennessee Hepatologist of the Year by the American Liver Foundation (ALF).

By Jessica Pasley
June 5, 2014

Love inducted as fellow in the National Academies of Practice

Rene Love, DNP, director of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Family) Program, was recently inducted as a Distinguished Scholar and Fellow in the Nursing Academy of the National Academies of Practice.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 4, 2014

Updates to Medical Center flexPTO program announced

As recently announced, in July 2014, Vanderbilt University Medical Center will make two adjustments to its flexPTO program.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 4, 2014

Nursing student to appear on “Jeopardy” this week

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing student Molly Anne Lalonde will be a contestant on “Jeopardy” starting June 5.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 2, 2014

Vanderbilt study supports notion ‘You are what you eat’

An international research group led by Vanderbilt University scientists has shown for the first time that a lipid, or fat molecule, can regulate “psychostimulant” behaviors by interacting with a brain protein.
By Bill Snyder
May 29, 2014

Marnett named to lead VUMC Research

Lawrence J. “Larry” Marnett, Ph.D., the Mary Geddes Stahlman Professor of Cancer Research and University Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, has been named Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s next associate vice chancellor for Research and senior associate dean for Biomedical Sciences, effective Sept. 1.
By John Howser
May 29, 2014

Faculty meeting highlights VUSM achievements

Despite a challenging health care landscape, Vanderbilt University Medical Center continues to advance the highest-quality patient care, train the next generation of physician leaders and push forward the frontiers of biomedical science.
By Bill Snyder
May 29, 2014

New center dedicated to kidney disease

Kidney disease is the eighth most common cause of death in the United States and affects more than 20 million people, yet many people don’t know they have kidney disease because it often develops very slowly and with minimal symptoms. For this reason, kidney disease is often referred to as a silent killer.
By Kathy Whitney
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