Reporter Nov 30 2012 Archive — Page 1 of 1

Portrait of Pierre Massion, MD, wearing glasses, a striped shirt, and tie against a brown background.
November 29, 2012

Massion named to lead Cancer Center’s Thoracic Program

Pierre Massion, M.D., associate professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology, has been named director of the Thoracic Program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

By Vanderbilt Health News
November 29, 2012

ADA, Vanderbilt united in fight against diabetes

The statistics are jarring. More than 25.8 million children and adults in the United States — 8.3 percent of the population — have diabetes. And predictions are that one in three people will have the chronic disease by 2050.

By Nancy Humphrey
Three adults converse at a Vanderbilt employer roundtable: a man in a plaid shirt, a man in a suit, and a woman in a gray top, with tables and refreshments in the background.
November 29, 2012

Area employers learn more about affiliate network’s benefits

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and its network affiliates are working directly with employers in the region to improve health for health plan beneficiaries while bringing the overall cost of care under control.

By Paul Govern
Three award recipients stand outdoors in front of a brick building, each holding a framed certificate. The certificates identify them as Jeffrey Bonner, Richard L. Printz, Ph.D., and Lindsay S. Mayberry, Ph.D.
November 29, 2012

Awards honor diabetes research contributions

The recent “Diabetes Day” symposium recognized two Vanderbilt trainees for their potential as future leaders in diabetes research and one longtime staff member for his service to the diabetes research community.

By Leigh MacMillan
Two men sit at a panel table in front of a lecture hall chalkboard, with microphones and water bottles. The man on the left wears a dark suit and yellow tie; the man on the right wears a white lab coat and smiles.
November 29, 2012

Symposium highlights VU’s clinical, translational research

Nearly $5 million in internal pilot grants to jumpstart research projects. A tripling in the number of clinical and translational research publications. Novel research tools that have been snapped up by scientists around the world.

By Bill Snyder
Gray-haired man in a suit and red tie speaks at a lectern in a lecture hall, with a computer monitor beside him and a chalkboard behind him.
November 29, 2012

Nobel laureate sheds light on RNA research

There’s been an explosion in the world of RNA — the nucleic acid “copy” of DNA, Nobel laureate Phillip Sharp, Ph.D., told the crowd gathered for his Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By Leigh MacMillan