Reporter May 22 2020

May 20, 2020

Children’s Hospital lands grant from Hyundai Hope On Wheels

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been awarded a grant from longtime philanthropic partner Hyundai Hope On Wheels to support a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans.

By Christina Echegaray

May 20, 2020

Specialty Pharmacy earns second consecutive Patient Choice Award

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Specialty Pharmacy (VSP) has received a 2020 Patient Choice Award recognizing its commitment to patient satisfaction.

By Kelsey Herbers

Research assistant Mahsa Majedi loads reagent used in DNA sample preparation in the genomics lab. She is part of a team of more than a dozen people at VUMC who are “sprinting” to develop — within 90 days — an antibody-based treatment to stop the spread of the Zika virus.

May 19, 2020

VUMC Research Enterprise begins ramping up

As Nashville cautiously begins to emerge from its two-month-long COVID-19 Safer at Home response, so too are the labs and facilities at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Bill Snyder