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December 19, 2013

Year in review 2013: A year of achievements, transition for VUMC

By Doug Campbell
December 19, 2013

Year in review 2013: VUMC lauded on numerous national ranking lists

VUMC was lauded on numerous national ranking lists during the year.

By Doug Campbell
December 19, 2013

Year in review 2013: Leadership additions bolster VUMC’s missions

Leadership additions bolstered VUMC’s missions this year.

By Doug Campbell
December 19, 2013

Photo: Holiday visit

Santa talks with Emma Hudson during his recent visit to see patients and families at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2013

Ancient chemical bond may aid cancer therapy: study

A chemical bond discovered by Vanderbilt University scientists that is essential for animal life and which hastened the “dawn of the animal kingdom” could lead to new therapies for cancer and other diseases.

By Bill Snyder
slim to overweight
December 19, 2013

Bariatric surgery’s metabolic impact to be explored

Vanderbilt University researchers have received a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a mouse model of the metabolic and hormonal changes caused by bariatric surgery.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2013

Photo: VUSN Pinning

School of Nursing Dean Linda Norman, DSN, R.N., awarded a VUSN pin to 16 students at Sunday’s pinning ceremony at Benton Chapel.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2013

Stead re-elected to IOM Council

William Stead, M.D., associate vice chancellor for Health Affairs and Chief Strategy Officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been re-elected to a second full term on the Council of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies.
By John Howser
December 19, 2013

Photo: Discovery Lecture

Jennifer Puck, M.D., an expert on human primary immunodeficiencies at the University of California, San Francisco, spoke on newborn screening to detect immune defects at her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2013

Cancer cells combine tools to increase invasiveness

Two features of invasive cancer cells — invadopodia and exosomes — are linked together, Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 19, 2013

Biodegradable scaffold may spur wound healing

Biomedical and chemical engineers at Vanderbilt University, working with a pathologist, have constructed a sponge-like, biodegradable tissue “scaffold” that releases an enzyme-blocking molecule to indirectly activate endogenous pathways and enhance tissue regeneration and wound healing.
By Bill Snyder
December 19, 2013

VU study identifies new gene fusions in melanoma

Cancer researchers, led by investigators at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, have identified two novel gene fusions in melanoma that may be responsive to existing cancer therapies. Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 18, 2013

VUMC positioned to meet challenges ahead: Balser

“The downsizing effort is over.” With those words, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, announced Wednesday that workforce reduction efforts announced in September at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are completed.
By Bill Snyder
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