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August 23, 2012
Peterman takes post in Buffalo
Debianne Peterman, Ph.D., MSN, director of Nursing Education and Professional Development at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been appointed vice president and chief nursing officer of Women’s & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo — the hospital where she was born. -
August 23, 2012
Photo: Sharing knowledge
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August 23, 2012
New VUSN students eager to expand educational horizons
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is welcoming its largest class ever — 458 students who are pursuing either a master’s in the science of nursing, Doctor of Nurse Practice or Ph.D. in Nursing Science degree. -
August 23, 2012
VU, Lipscomb partner on dual degree program
A new cooperative program between Vanderbilt University and Lipscomb University’s College of Pharmacy is focusing on the next generation of pharmaceutical researchers. By offering a pathway for students to earn both Pharm.D. and Ph.D. degrees, the program aims to boost the number of pharmacy-trained research scientists. -
August 23, 2012
Multiple procedures, devices help heart patient pull through
After Stacey Browning, R.N., a Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit charge nurse, got a report on a heart attack patient who was being transported to her unit from an outside hospital, her immediate thought was, “They are sending us a patient we are not going to be able to recover.” -
August 23, 2012
Events honor early patients of novel Parkinson’s study
Pioneers of Parkinson’s disease research are gathering at Vanderbilt University Medical Center today to celebrate the end of a study that was an important first step in the quest to find a way to slow the progression of the degenerative movement disorder. -
August 23, 2012
Gene linked to familial prostate cancer
A rare, inherited mutation confers an eightfold increased risk of prostate cancer, a recent study shows.