Strategic Plan

December 5, 2013

First-ever study uses EMRs to spot new disease associations

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers and co-authors from four other U.S. institutions from the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network are repurposing genetic data and electronic medical records to perform the first large-scale phenome-wide association study (PheWAS), released today in Nature Biotechnology.

By Craig Boerner

September 19, 2013

VU testing vaccine against new flu threat

Vanderbilt’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) is one of nine U.S. sites funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to test the effectiveness of a vaccine to protect against the H7N9 bird flu that emerged in China this spring.

By VUMC News and Communications

July 18, 2013

Baby’s life-changing surgery, before birth

By VUMC News and Communications

May 6, 2013

Deans offer outlook on Vanderbilt’s teaching landscape at Celebration of Teaching event

Changes in instructional technology as well as changes among the student body present opportunities and challenges in today’s university classrooms, said three Vanderbilt deans at a recent Celebration of Teaching event.

By VUMC News and Communications

November 1, 2012

Wearable robot helps man walk again

By VUMC News and Communications

July 30, 2012

Concussion testing for young athletes

The Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center is now offering pre-concussion baseline testing to all community recreational athletes, in advance of many high-impact seasonal sports resuming this fall.

By VUMC News and Communications