Reporter Jan 26 2018
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January 25, 2018
Number of minority trainees on rise, but not minority faculty
Vanderbilt investigators examined the entire training pathway of potential biomedical research faculty and found two key points of loss: during undergraduate education and in transition from postdoctoral fellowship to tenure-track faculty. -
January 25, 2018
VUMC’s next Joint Commission survey expected this spring
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) employees should begin preparing now for an important upcoming organization-wide initiative — the 2018 Joint Commission survey, which is expected to take place this spring. -
January 25, 2018
AAIDD honors three Kennedy Center investigators
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) announced its 2018 award recipients, which include three people affiliated with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC). -
January 25, 2018
Study tracks sodium-potassium pathway
A six-member group of biomedical scientists from Europe and the United States, including Eric Delpire, PhD, MS, professor of Anesthesiology, has been awarded a $6 million grant to study the role of dietary potassium in hypertension. -
January 25, 2018
Dance Marathon Carnival
Seven universities and one high school joined together Monday, Jan. 15, to host the Middle Tennessee Dance Marathon Carnival at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to get to know their patient and family ambassadors as well as past and present patients of Children’s Hospital and their families. -
January 25, 2018
VUMC’s Dail named among top women supply chain leaders
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Teresa Dail, RN, was recently named among the top 12 “Women Leaders in Supply Chain” by The Journal of Healthcare Contracting. -
January 25, 2018
National report sounds alarm on clinician burnout
A new report issued by the Blue Ridge Academic Health Group calls clinician burnout a “hidden epidemic” and suggests that addressing it should be one of the highest priorities across the healthcare industry.