Reporter Feb 15 2013

February 20, 2013

Factor CITED in pediatric liver cancer

Vanderbilt researchers report that they have found a factor involved in the persistence of embryonic cells implicated in childhood liver cancer.

By Leigh MacMillan
February 18, 2013

Pancreas cells full of potential

Adult cells in the pancreas can return to a less mature state – and then become a different cell type, like the beta cells that secrete insulin.

By Jessica Mazerik
February 15, 2013

Cure in sight for kissing bug’s bite

It’s possible to cure Chagas disease – a deadly tropical infection transmitted by “kissing bugs” – in a mouse model.

By Bill Snyder
February 14, 2013

Meeting looks at VUMC’s financial picture

At a midyear Clinical Enterprise Town Hall meeting, those attending were updated on Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s year-to-date performance and the ongoing impact of separate pieces of federal legislation — the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Budget Control Act of 2011, which has come to be known as sequestration.

By John Howser
February 14, 2013

Vermund, Polack elected to American Pediatric Society

Two Vanderbilt physicians, both in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, have been elected to the American Pediatric Society (APS), one of the nation’s oldest and most renowned academic societies.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 14, 2013

NIH lauds Rex’s ideas for future of vision research

Tonia Rex, Ph.D., assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, was recently named one of 10 winners of the National Institutes of Health competition for ideas on the future of vision research.

By Jessica Pasley
February 14, 2013

Vaccination still key defense as flu season continues

As is the case throughout the country, this year’s flu season in Middle Tennessee is hitting elderly people particularly hard.
By Bill Snyder
February 14, 2013

Photo: Distinguished visitor

By Doug Campbell
February 14, 2013

Harvard’s Kahn set for Discovery Lecture

C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., renowned for his contributions to the field of insulin signaling and its role in type 2 diabetes and obesity, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 21.
By Bill Snyder
February 14, 2013

VUMC’s Hoy lands transplant provider award

Haley Hoy, Ph.D., ACNP, recently received the 2013 Advanced Transplant Provider Award from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) during its Winter Symposium.
By Jessica Pasley
February 14, 2013

Cell connections key in valve disease

A protein that connects cells together participates in the calcification that occurs in heart valve disease.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 14, 2013

Beck departing VU after 20 years

After more than two decades of service, Warren E. Beck, associate vice chancellor for Health Affairs and senior vice president for Finance, is departing Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By John Howser
February 14, 2013

Two from VUMC help lead national informatics group

Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Informatics remains exceptionally well represented on the nine-member executive committee of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).
By Paul Govern
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