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April 1, 2020
VU engineers, VUMC doctors team for open-source ventilator design
As COVID-19 continues to push unprecedented challenges on medical communities, one of the most pressing threats for hospital staff across the country is a dwindling supply of ventilators. -
April 1, 2020
Study to explore TBI’s impact on language processing
Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University have been awarded more than $3.8 million to study the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on one’s ability to process language in everyday settings. -
March 25, 2020
School of Medicine students take part in virtual Match Day
Match Day — and Vanderbilt’s longstanding tradition of gathering fourth-year medical students, their families, friends and faculty together to celebrate — was revamped to accommodate the social distancing measures that have been put in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. -
March 18, 2020
Suddenly having to work from home can create new challenges
For those who work in an office surrounded by co-workers, working from home can sound like a dream come true — there’s no frustrating commute and you can sit quietly at your own kitchen table or home office, away from the distractions of daily office work life. But if it’s not your choice, it can be a different story. -
March 18, 2020
Artist hopes mural brightens days at Children’s Hospital
At Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, bunnies in space helmets swirl around the rings of Saturn. A bunny speeds by the sun in a spaceship. Another rides across the sky in a hot air balloon. -
March 11, 2020
‘The Call’ will let Children’s Hospital patients talk to astronauts on space station
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is about to be out of this world. The Children’s Hospital school program has been chosen as one of only nine schools across the country to talk with astronauts aboard the International Space Station as it passes over Tennessee. -
March 11, 2020
VUMC rolls out new standard attire program for patient service specialists
Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently launched a new standard attire program for patient service specialists (PSS), the staff who work in outpatient check-in and checkout areas.