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March 31, 2022

Clip In 4 the Cure

More than 300 riders participated in the inaugural Clip In 4 the Cure, a relay-style, team cycling event that supported cancer initiatives at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 31, 2022

Black patients with cancer face worse COVID outcomes: study

Vanderbilt researchers have found that Black patients with cancer experienced significantly worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Hispanic white cancer patients.

By Tom Wilemon
Javion Johnson, a patient at Children’s Hospital’s Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinic, holds a plaque designating the clinic as a Certified Care Center. Others on hand include from left, his father Ronnie Johnson, mother, Xavier Verge, brother, J’zarion Williams, Andrew Sokolow, MD, Bryan Burnette, MD, Jonathan Soslow, MD, Kali Barbalena and Haleigh Southern, RN.
March 31, 2022

Vanderbilt’s Duchenne Clinic first in Tennessee to be certified

The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been recognized as a Certified Duchenne Care Center Program by the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, and is the only center in Tennessee to receive the distinction.

By Jessica Pasley
March 31, 2022

Crowe receives national award for COVID antibody research

Vanderbilt’s James Crowe Jr., MD, and Michel Nussenzweig, MD, PhD, of The Rockefeller University, have been jointly awarded the 2022 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine for “groundbreaking work” that enabled the use of human antibodies to treat COVID-19.

By Bill Snyder
March 31, 2022

Barkin departing to become chair of pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University

Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS, the chief of the Division of General Pediatrics, is departing Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University

By Christina Echegaray
March 31, 2022

Magnet site visit

Nurses at Vanderbilt Adult Ambulatory Clinics held a welcome party Monday to kick off the site visit from appraisers of the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

By Matt Batcheldor
March 31, 2022

Hallum, Osborn receive Dietetic Internship precepting awards

Madeleine Hallum, MSHS, RDN, CSG, LDN, and Cindy Osborn, RDN, LDN, are the first recipients of Allied Health’s Dietetic Internship Excellence in Precepting Awards.
By Emily Stembridge
March 30, 2022

Team helps patients battle post-COVID cognitive issues

Jane Stories is one of many COVID-19 patients still plagued by debilitating symptoms that include achy muscles, anxiety, depression, panic attacks and cognitive impairment.
By Bill Snyder and Nancy Humphrey
March 30, 2022

Horst named medical director for telehealth at VUMC

Sara Horst, MD, MPH, has been named the new medical director for Telehealth Ambulatory Services for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Jill Clendening
March 30, 2022

VWCH adds Hall to its operational leadership team

Whitney Hall, MBA, has been named associate operating officer for Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital.
By Emily Stembridge
March 30, 2022

New Quiz Time module provides resources for clinician well-being

A new Quiz Time module at Vanderbilt, “Elevating with Support: A Toolkit for Clinicians at VUMC,” is focused on clinician well-being.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 30, 2022

New Clinician Spotlight: Rebecca (Ribka) Berhanu

Rebecca Berhanu, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, has joined Vanderbilt's Division of Infectious Diseases as a clinician and researcher.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 29, 2022

VUMC mourns loss of noted scientist, teacher Stratton

Charles Stratton IV, MD, associate professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology and of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died March 21 in Nashville. He was 77.
By Bill Snyder
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