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John A. Morris and Elizabeth (Beth) Anctil pose together indoors in front of windows.
October 25, 2012

Initiative set to improve patient transitions

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will undertake sweeping changes to ensure smoother, more tightly coordinated transitions from the hospital to each patient’s home or other post-acute care setting.

By Paul Govern
Two healthcare workers converse beside open shelves stocked with medicines and supplies; one stands inside a pharmacy or dispensary area while the other stands outdoors.
October 25, 2012

HIV/AIDS-related efforts in Africa get $7 million boost

Vanderbilt University has received a major federal grant — just more than $7 million in the first year — to extend HIV/AIDS-related technical assistance and training in the rural province of Zambézia, Mozambique.

By Bill Snyder
Four formally dressed men pose together indoors near a large plant; the man at left wears a black pinstriped suit, and the other three wear dark suits with ties.
October 25, 2012

Speaker urges students, faculty to continue diversity-related efforts

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, said the appearance of more diversity in medical schools is evidence of progress, but he cautions that the issue is more complicated than ever.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Scientific illustration of a magenta G protein-coupled receptor embedded in a gray cell membrane, attached to blue, green, and gold G-protein subunits. Green and red molecular models with arrows indicate exchange of GTP for GDP.
October 18, 2012

Nobel in Chemistry reveals VU ties that bind

Several Vanderbilt researchers have collaborated with this year’s Nobel Chemistry winners.

By Bill Snyder
Five medical genetics researchers pose in a laboratory, surrounded by scientific equipment. Rizwan Hamid stands in front with four colleagues, including one person in a white lab coat.
October 18, 2012

Gene regulation found to play role in pulmonary hypertension

New findings from Vanderbilt researchers may explain why only some individuals who have inherited mutations that increase risk for pulmonary hypertension actually develop the disease.

By Leigh MacMillan
A man in a blue polo shirt stands beside a woman wearing glasses and a white cardigan in a bright room with window blinds.
October 18, 2012

Cave diver’s stroke leads to race against time to remove clots

By Vanderbilt Health News