Reporter Sept 27 2019 Archive

Mary Caton receives a flu shot from Meg Auger, RN, at Wednesday’s Flulapalooza mass vaccination event. Organizers say XXXX employees, students and volunteers received vaccinations at this year’s event.
September 26, 2019

Flulapalooza 2019

Organizers say 15,626 employees, students and volunteers received vaccinations at this year’s Flulapalooza.

By VUMC News and Communications
Adriana Hung, MD, MPH, talks with patient Sylvester Norman, who is participating in the VA Department’s Million Veteran Program.
September 25, 2019

Study shines light on architecture of kidney disease

A study of 280,000 U.S. veterans, including 56,000 African Americans, has identified in greater detail than ever before the genetic architecture of kidney function and chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues.

By Bill Snyder
The study team included, from left, Douglas Johnson, MD, Dan Roden, MD, Javid Moslehi, MD, Joe-Elie Salem, MD, PhD, and Ali Manouchehri, MD.
September 25, 2019

Study identifies targeted therapy’s cardiac risks

After a recent study showed that chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients who received ibrutinib as a frontline treatment had a 7% death rate, a new study offers a clearer picture on the reasons for the deaths.

By Tom Wilemon
September 25, 2019

Study to explore care coordination’s impact on patient outcomes

You Chen, PhD, has been awarded a four-year, $1.5 million research grant to study care coordination patterns and their influence on hospital length of stay and unplanned patient readmission.

By Paul Govern
Anne Hazlett, JD, senior adviser for Rural Affairs in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), recently visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a tour of the addiction Bridge Clinic. The multispecialty clinic is designed to bridge inpatient, emergency department and outpatient care for patients with substance use disorder who are leaving Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital or the emergency room and require follow-up care for their addiction. From left are Erica Brice, PhD; David Marcovitz, MD; Hazlett; Katie White, MD, PhD; Charlie Baldwin, JD; Jameson Norton, MBA; and David Edwards, MD, PhD.
September 25, 2019

Bridge Clinic tour

Anne Hazlett, JD, senior adviser for Rural Affairs in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), recently visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a tour of the addiction Bridge Clinic.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 25, 2019

Researchers explore music’s effect on ICU patients, staff

A group of Vanderbilt researchers is launching a pilot study on the effect of live music on patients, families and staff in the adult intensive care unit and is inviting musical members of the Vanderbilt community to help.

By Nancy Wise