Reporter March 16 2018 Archive — Page 1 of 2
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March 15, 2018
Singers Owen, Kelley team with Topgolf for Children’s Cup benefit
Country music singers and friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Jake Owen and Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley, recently partnered with the new Topgolf Nashville location for the Children’s Cup, an evening of golf and music to benefit pediatric cancer research at Children’s Hospital. -
March 15, 2018
Research explores barriers to kidney disease screening
New research by Vanderbilt nephrologists highlights potential barriers that may prevent black Americans from being screened for kidney disease. -
March 15, 2018
Shade Tree Clinic adapts to changing healthcare landscape
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student-run Shade Tree Clinic was founded in 2004 as a means to provide primary care to Nashville’s uninsured population and to allow medical and nursing students to receive valuable hands-on training while providing healthcare to those in need. -
March 15, 2018
Boys, girls reach activity levels in different ways
Most preschool-age children manage to get enough recommended daily physical activity, but how they move varies with noticeable differences between boys and girls, a new Vanderbilt study found. -
March 14, 2018
Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt University expand partnership to develop novel treatment approaches for cancer
New agreement will pursue therapies targeting MCL1 (myeloid cell leukemia 1), which is highly prevalent in many difficult-to-treat cancers. -
March 12, 2018
Cancer immunotherapy drugs linked with more serious heart effects
Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have identified a growing number of serious and sometimes fatal cases of heart problems among cancer patients treated with some forms of immunotherapy. -
March 12, 2018
Lisa Monteggia to lead Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Leading neuroscientist Lisa Monteggia has been named the Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente announced today.