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December 27, 2022

Search committee for Department of Health Policy chair appointed

A 14-member committee has been formed to conduct a national search for the new chair of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Health Policy.

By Kathy Whitney
December 27, 2022

VWCH receives Best Hospitals for Maternity Care award from U.S. News & World Report

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH) is one of the 2022-2023 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy), according to U.S. News & World Report.

By Danny Bonvissuto
December 21, 2022

Flu season came early, hit hard in Tennessee

Flu season came a month early this year in Tennessee and hit hard, disproportionately affecting children, according to Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tennessee Department of Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Craig Boerner
December 20, 2022

Vanderbilt’s Walsh elected fellow of ACMI

Vanderbilt’s Colin Walsh, MD, MA, was recently elected to the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) class of 2022.

By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
December 20, 2022

Allied Health’s Dietetic Internship presents 2022 awards for Excellence in Education

Laura Skaug and Lori Ann Parker-Danley, PhD, are the first recipients of Allied Health’s Dietetic Internship Excellence in Education Awards.

By Kylie Avery
Ann Walker, Research Assistant III, spins blood samples on a carousel prior to DNA extraction.
December 19, 2022

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s BioVU reaches milestone with biological samples

BioVU, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s biobank, has reached another milestone — deep-freeze storage of more than 300,000 biological samples.

By Bill Snyder
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