COVID-19

May 21, 2020

Turning lemons into lemonade: Second grader raises money to help fight COVID-19

“I think she understands that things have been taken away from those who are in the hospital just as she has had things taken away from her.”

By Kelsey Herbers
Research assistant Mahsa Majedi loads reagent used in DNA sample preparation in the genomics lab. She is part of a team of more than a dozen people at VUMC who are “sprinting” to develop — within 90 days — an antibody-based treatment to stop the spread of the Zika virus.
May 21, 2020

VUMC research ramps up in COVID-19 transition

As Nashville cautiously begins to emerge from its two-month-long COVID-19 Safer at Home response, so too are the labs and facilities at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Bill Snyder
This is a 3D volume rendering of an MRI of a post-mortem heart obtained from a patient with COVID-19, acquired at ultra-high 500 micron spatial resolution.
May 21, 2020

Team uses imaging to study ways the heart is affected by coronavirus

Researchers are using imaging and diagnostic pathology to examine postmortem hearts donated by victims of COVID-19 to gain a better understanding of how the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 affects the heart.

By Leigh MacMillan
May 21, 2020

Five things to know about smell and taste loss in COVID-19

While fever, cough and shortness of breath have characterized the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its list of common symptoms in late April to include a new loss of smell or taste.

By Kelsey Herbers
Daniel Shaw, MS, BS, SLP, a speech-language pathologist, leads families in the Preschool for Children with Autism through a virtual sing-along via videoconference.
May 21, 2020

Preschools for autism and hearing loss adapt to virtual learning

As social distancing mandates have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers have relied on creativity to continue providing educational opportunities for their students.

By Kelsey Herbers
May 21, 2020

Team to develop patient data sharing framework for pandemics

Any large-scale effort to use data from COVID-19 patients to serve biomedical or public health research must first concern itself with patient privacy issues.

By Paul Govern
May 21, 2020

Survey links employees with mental health resources

In alignment with May being Mental Health Awareness Month, Vanderbilt Behavioral Health and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences are offering employees an additional way to receive support for their mental health.
By Kelsey Herbers
May 21, 2020

MIDP students get creative to decontaminate respirator masks

Students from the Medical Innovators Development Program (MIDP) within the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) have devised a protocol that repurposes hospital blanket warmers to decontaminate N95 respirator masks — a process that could extend the current supply of the disposable masks by allowing them to be reused up to five times.
By Kelsey Herbers
May 21, 2020

Praise and gratitude equally abundant at State of Nursing event

Like virtually all large meetings these days, the 2020 State of Nursing address was conducted via teleconference, on Zoom.
By Doug Campbell
May 20, 2020

Children’s Hospital lands grant from Hyundai Hope On Wheels

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been awarded a grant from longtime philanthropic partner Hyundai Hope On Wheels to support a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans.
By Christina Echegaray
May 19, 2020

VUMC Research Enterprise begins ramping up

As Nashville cautiously begins to emerge from its two-month-long COVID-19 Safer at Home response, so too are the labs and facilities at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Bill Snyder
May 15, 2020

Q&A: Self-control, choice, fear and desire for normalcy underpin behavior as economy re-opens

Consumer behavior expert, Kelly Goldsmith, PHD, delves into how conflicting motivations – a desire for normalcy and being safe – will play out as the economy begins to re-open in Nashville and Tennessee.
By Holly Fletcher
May 15, 2020

Core principles guiding the COVID-19 response and beyond

During a first-ever virtual leadership assembly necessitated through social distancing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center leaders answered questions about the Medical Center’s response to COVID-19 so far and what the future could hold.
By Holly Fletcher
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