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September 30, 2021

Woodall named Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Affairs director

Sarah Creekmore Woodall has been named director of Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Affairs.

By Kathy Whitney
Carla Bumbalough is featured in the campaign that’s designed to thank employees for their dedication to their patients and each other during challenging times.
September 29, 2021

Campaign thanks employees for their dedication to patients and each other

Vanderbilt Health has launched a brand communications campaign — called Caregivers Need Care, Too — designed to thank the workforce for their dedication to their patients and to each other during challenging times.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 29, 2021

Neurotransmitter transporters expert Amara set for Oct. 7 Discovery Lecture

Susan Amara, PhD, scientific director of the Intramural Research Program at the NIMH and an expert on the biology of neurotransmitter transporters, will deliver Vanderbilt’s next Discovery Lecture via Zoom at 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 7.

By Bill Snyder
September 27, 2021

Meeting a critical need

VUMC employees stepped up at last week’s blood drive to help address the current regional and national shortage of blood and blood products driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.

By VUMC News and Communications
Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, testifying before Congress on Sept. 22.
September 27, 2021

Rush testifies before Congress on pandemic’s impact on children

Vanderbilt’s Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, spoke to several members of Congress recently and painted a vivid picture of the toll the virus has taken on children in Tennessee and at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
Tullahoma Mayor Ray Knowis reads the proclamation accompanied by VTHH’s Rich Ellis and Marilyn Smith, DNP, MSN, RN.
September 24, 2021

City of Tullahoma honors staff of Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital for pandemic care efforts

The City of Tullahoma presented a proclamation of thanks to the staff of Vanderbilt Tullahoma Harton Hospital for their dedicated effort to care for the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 24, 2021

Funding renewed for Meharry, TSU, Vanderbilt-Ingram partnership on cancer disparities

The Meharry Medical College/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center/Tennessee State University Partnership has received renewed funding from the NCI to continue long-standing collaborations to eliminate cancer health disparities.
By Tom Wilemon
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