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April 28, 2016

Shade Tree Trot 2016

Last Saturday’s Shade Tree Trot and benefit dinner raised a record amount — more than $58,000.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 28, 2016

Sherwood named to AUA advisory board

Edward Sherwood, M.D., Ph.D., Corneilius Vanderbilt Professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Anesthesiology and professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, has been selected to join the Scientific Advisory Board of the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA).

By Paul Govern
April 28, 2016

Surgical training enhances VUMC, Fort Campbell bond

During a deployment as a military surgeon more than a decade ago, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Tim Nunez, M.D., felt ill prepared to perform complex trauma surgeries for an Iraqi family caught in a fire fight, but he’s now committed to helping military personnel become better trained for these types of emergencies.

By Jill Clendening
April 28, 2016

Study links COPD with increased bacterial invasion

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common smoking-related lung illness and the third leading cause of death in the United States. Scientists have long believed that inhaling toxic gases and particles from tobacco smoke causes inflammation of the small airways in the lungs, leading to the development of COPD.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 28, 2016

Zanic’s research recognized with 2016 Searle Scholarship

An expert in the dynamic behavior of the microtubule cytoskeleton at Vanderbilt University is among 15 scientists in the chemical and biological sciences nationwide who have been named 2016 Searle Scholars.

By Bill Snyder
April 27, 2016

Public invited to learn about VICC precision cancer medicine

Leading cancer investigators from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will unveil the latest in cancer research during a community event May 10.

By VUMC News and Communications
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