School of Medicine

January 9, 2014

UCLA Nursing School dean set for MLK lecture

Courtney H. Lyder, N.D., Sc.D., dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, is set to deliver the keynote address during the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 20.

By Jessica Pasley
December 3, 2013

Collins recalled as icon of medical education

Robert D. Collins, M.D., professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Emeritus, died Nov. 28. He was 85.

By Kathy Whitney
November 21, 2013

Summit explores future of health education system

More than 50 health education professionals and students gathered for a daylong summit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to explore interprofessional collaboration efforts to meet the growing needs of today’s health care delivery system.

By Jessica Pasley
October 17, 2013

Goldners driven by lifelong love of learning, sharing

In more than 50 years of clinical practice and teaching at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Fred Goldner Jr., M.D., trained countless medical students and residents who learned flawless diagnostic skills from the Vanderbilt-educated Nashville native.

By Nancy Humphrey
October 10, 2013

Student attends White House briefing on mental health initiatives

Pratik Talati, a student in the Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program, recently attended a White House Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Briefing on Suicide Prevention and Mental Health. He and a student from another institution were invited to learn about the Obama administration’s efforts to prevent suicide and to address mental health issues within the AAPI community.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 10, 2013

Student’s neurosurgical fellowship spurs research

Travis Ladner, a third-year student at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been selected for a 2013 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) student fellowship award. The award is presented to a medical student every year from a national pool of applicants.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 4, 2013

New Medical Faculty 2013

See a complete list of new School of Medicine faculty for 2013.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 3, 2013

VUSM student lands Physicians of Tomorrow Award from AMA

Michele Luhm Vigor, a member of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Class of 2014, has been selected by the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation to receive a Physicians of Tomorrow Award.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 18, 2013

Free online course on data management for clinical research now underway

Vanderbilt University's latest offering on the online learning platform Coursera, "Data Management for Clinical Research," went live this week. More than 33,000 number of students have registered for the massive open online course or MOOC.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 4, 2013

Nominations sought for Levi Watkins Jr. awards for students, faculty

By VUMC News and Communications
August 8, 2013

Students promote interprofessional training programs

Two groups of Vanderbilt students from different disciplines of health care recently completed projects with a common goal: promoting interprofessional training for the next generation of health care professionals.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 1, 2013

VUSM’s new curriculum gains technological support

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has created a new office to manage the technical support necessary to make the dramatic shift in educational techniques under Curriculum 2.0.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 1, 2013

VUMC again recognized for health care equality efforts

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has again been recognized as a leader in LGBT health care equality by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).
By VUMC News and Communications