Reporter Aug 24 2012

August 30, 2012

Targeting new pathways to ease pain

The spinal cord’s neuropeptide Y signaling pathway may be a good target for new pain therapeutics.

By Leigh MacMillan
Ann Scott Carell
August 29, 2012

Carell remembered as champion of Vanderbilt

By VUMC News and Communications
August 28, 2012

Clues to retinal cell degeneration

A reversible chemical modification of rhodopsin, a receptor for light, plays a role in the degeneration of retinal cells.

By Leigh MacMillan
August 24, 2012

Tool helps plumb electronic records

A tool developed for one institution’s electronic health records can work at other institutions, potentially facilitating the use of these records in research studies.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 23, 2012

Bogota stint gives oral surgery resident glimpse of global need

While Benjamin Foley, D.D.S., was on a two-week surgical rotation in Bogota, Colombia, the impact of limited access to health care was as clear as the fused jaw of a 6-year-old child.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 23, 2012

State of Medical Center Address Set for Sept. 18

By VUMC News and Communications
August 23, 2012

Collins to direct VUSN’s Nurse-Midwifery program

Michelle Collins, Ph.D., CNM, has been named program director for the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery program.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 23, 2012

Belmont, VU create Physical Therapy residency

Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson’s Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute (PBPRI) in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is joining with the School of Physical Therapy at Belmont University to initiate a Neurological Physical Therapy Clinical Residency.
By Craig Boerner
August 23, 2012

Gregory joins CDC brain injury panel

Andrew Gregory, M.D., associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, will play a key role in improving the clinical care of youth with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).
By VUMC News and Communications
August 23, 2012

School of Medicine student lands AMA Foundation award

Nicholas Giacalone, a fourth-year Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student, has received a Physicians of Tomorrow award from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 23, 2012

VEI clinic seeks to meet low-vision needs of area children

By Jessica Pasley
August 23, 2012

Peterman takes post in Buffalo

Debianne Peterman, Ph.D., MSN, director of Nursing Education and Professional Development at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been appointed vice president and chief nursing officer of Women’s & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo — the hospital where she was born.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 23, 2012

Photo: Sharing knowledge

By VUMC News and Communications