science

January 6, 2006

Expert on psychiatry of teens with disabilities to speak at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Thomas Weisner, an expert on the mental health challenges and needs of teens with disabilities, will deliver the 2006 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Martin Luther King Jr. lecture Monday, Jan. 16, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 241 of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 6, 2006

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center director appointed to National Advisory Mental Health Council

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has appointed Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Director Pat Levitt to the National Advisory Mental Health Council.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 31, 2004

Expert in scientific testing of learning ability to speak at Kennedy Center

Richard Woodcock, a world-renowned researcher of learning ability assessment, will present a lecture on historical advances in cognitive assessment on Thursday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. The lecture will take place in Room 241 of the Kennedy Center/MRL Building and is free and open to the public.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 1, 2003

MEDIA ADVISORY: Vanderbilt Kennedy Center hosts workshop for siblings of special needs children

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development will host a workshop for children who have a sibling with special needs on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 28, 2003

VUMC doctors perform first robotic surgery

Vanderbilt’s first robotic surgical procedure was performed in mid May by Dr. Joseph A. Smith Jr., William L. Bray Professor and Chair of Urologic Surgery. Smith used VUMC’s new $1 million-plus Da Vinci Surgical System, built by Intuitive Surgical, to perform a radical prostatectomy.

By Paul Govern
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