Reporter Dec 11 2015 Archive — Page 2 of 2

December 10, 2015

Genetics Institute director Cox set for next Discovery Lecture

Nancy Cox, Ph.D., founding director of the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 17.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 10, 2015

Goldman, Juárez honored for disabilities service, research

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) recognized the contributions of Vanderbilt University’s Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., and Samantha Goldman at its recent 2015 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

By Vanderbilt Health News
December 10, 2015

Diabetes Day

Service and research achievement was recognized recently during the annual Diabetes Day sponsored by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center and the Vanderbilt Center for Diabetes Translation Research.

By Vanderbilt Health News
December 10, 2015

Shaw lauded for research mentorship

Andrew Shaw, MBBS, professor of Anesthesiology, has been selected to join the Academy of Research Mentors in Anesthesiology, a program of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER).

By Vanderbilt Health News
December 10, 2015

Kavanaugh-McHugh keeps patients close to her heart

In her office, Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh, M.D., reaches up to a high shelf and pulls down a stack of notebooks. Reminders, she says, of the 4,000 families she has cared for over the course of her nearly 25-year career as a pediatric cardiologist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News
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December 10, 2015

Health IT key to rapid response after recall of epinephrine device

At Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a recent urgent drug recall of a specific epinephrine auto-injection device elicited a quick communications strategy to protect affected patients seen by Vanderbilt Medical Group providers.

By Paul Govern