Reporter Nov 19 2021

November 17, 2021

Grant helps early-career researchers affected by COVID-19

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received $550,000 from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s (DDCF) COVID-19 Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists.

By Paul Govern
November 16, 2021

Help Children’s Hospital win hundreds of free toys for patients

In partnership with Mattel and Fisher-Price, the national Children’s Hospital Association has launched its fourth annual Spread Joy with Toys campaign, which runs through Dec. 1.

By Jessica Pasley
The digital art installation if part of the Gratitunes program launched in 2020 to thank the medical staff on the front lines of COVID-19. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
November 16, 2021

VUMC unveils hospital’s first-ever interactive digital art installation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has unveiled the Gratitude Tree, a first-of-its-kind digital art installation inside Vanderbilt University Hospital dedicated to its more than 28,000 doctors, nurses and staff.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 15, 2021

New Department of Medicine roles push forward initiatives in clinical research

T. Alp Ikizler, MD, director of Vanderbilt’s Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, has been named vice chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Medicine.

By Emily Stembridge
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