Reporter Sept 27 2019

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
September 25, 2019

Effort seeks to enhance cancer screening for Hispanic/Latina women

Providing access to a culturally appropriate community health worker during breast cancer screenings may impact elements of patient care and satisfaction among Hispanic/Latina women, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report in American Journal of Roentgenology.
By Kelsey Herbers
September 25, 2019

Assistance program helps patients access high-cost medications

Patients who face financial barriers to accessing their medications are provided financial support thanks to a medication assistance program offered through Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Pharmaceutical Services.
By Kelsey Herbers
September 25, 2019

Satcher’s lecture explores public health highs, lows

Violence is perhaps the greatest public health challenge facing American society today, former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD, said during a lecture at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine last week.
By Bill Snyder
September 24, 2019

Nobel laureate Südhof set for Oct. 3 Discovery Lecture

Nobel laureate Thomas Südhof, MD, whose studies of synaptic formation and transmission are advancing understanding of brain disorders including autism, Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 3.
By Bill Snyder
September 24, 2019

Open house set for new Melrose Walk-In Clinic

Vanderbilt Health Walk-In Clinics will hold an open house on Monday, Oct. 7, to celebrate the debut of its new clinic in Melrose.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 24, 2019

Pettepher to receive AAMC Distinguished Teacher Award

Cathy Pettepher, PhD, is the recipient of the 2019 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
By Kathy Whitney
September 24, 2019

McCoin named to academic leadership program for women

Nicole McCoin, MD, vice chair for Education and Keith D. Wrenn residency program director in the Department of Emergency Medicine, has been accepted as a fellow in the 2019-2020 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.
By VUMC News and Communications
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