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A uniformed man speaks at the front of a lecture room while holding a handheld microphone; audience members are blurred in the foreground.
July 26, 2018

Integrated, multidisciplinary approach key to opioid fight: panel

No single approach will end the epidemic of fatal overdoses caused by addiction to opioid painkillers and heroin that is ravaging this country, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, Adm. Brett Giroir, MD, warned Tuesday during a panel discussion in a packed lecture hall at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Eleven members of the Eskind family pose in two rows indoors, with palm plants behind them; five people stand in front and six stand behind.
July 26, 2018

Renovated Eskind Biomedical Library reopened

The Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center opened July 18 after a yearlong, $12.9 million renovation with infrastructure improvements and updates to support the continuing evolution of medical education.

Two doctors in white coats use a computer workstation in a hospital hallway, viewing a medical assessment on a monitor.
July 19, 2018

Telemedicine clinic for kidney transplant screening debuts

With the opening of a pre-transplant kidney evaluation clinic in Jackson, Tennessee, the Vanderbilt Transplant Center is joining a range of other clinical programs participating in telemedicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Two researchers in white lab coats stand in a biomedical laboratory surrounded by equipment and workstations.
July 19, 2018

Team finds potent antibodies against three Ebola viruses

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues are a step closer to developing a broadly effective antibody treatment against the three major Ebola viruses that cause lethal disease in humans.

Children and adults gather around a yellow-vested therapy dog during a hospital event; one child pets the dog while another leans toward it from a chair.
July 19, 2018

Children’s Hospital to get dedicated facility dog

Mars Petcare and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt announced July 18 a new collaboration to create the Mars Petcare Pet Therapy Fund to support a dedicated facility dog and staff position at Children’s Hospital with a goal of showing how pet visits improve the health of patients — thus getting them home faster.

blood draw
July 19, 2018

VUMC Diagnostic Laboratories expand, improve services

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Diagnostic Laboratories continue to expand in-house services in order to more efficiently diagnose and treat patients. A recent survey indicates clinicians’ overall satisfaction with the efforts.