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Black line drawing of a stylized firefly above the word “FIREFLY” in bold black capital letters.
August 12, 2021

VUMC expands programming in effort to help pregnant and postpartum women, infants in opioid crisis

A newly created program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is aiming to address the increasing toll the opioid crisis is having on pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.

By Jessica Pasley
Clipboard with six green-checked boxes and a stethoscope resting on it.
October 10, 2019

Project seeks to enhance opioid care for infants

The number of opioid-exposed infants who were connected, along with their families, to outside resources upon discharge from the hospital surged in a recent six-month pilot.

By Holly Fletcher
Flyer for DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: Vanderbilt’s Team Hope event on October 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Center for Student Wellbeing lawn, 1211 Stevenson Center Lane. It invites people to bring expired or unused over-the-counter or prescription medications for safe, free disposal with no questions asked; a raffle offers two tickets to a Commodore Quake event.
September 30, 2019

Drug Take Back Day scheduled for Oct. 11

Vanderbilt’s Team Hope will host a Drug Take Back Day, Oct. 11.

By Christina Echegaray
White pills scattered on a surface beside an overturned amber prescription bottle with more pills spilling from its opening.
May 9, 2019

Team Hope collects 35 pounds of medication at ‘Take Back Day’ event

About 35 pounds of over-the-counter and prescription medication were collected on April 12 at a Drug Take Back event hosted by Team Hope, in collaboration with the Tennessee Poison Center and Vanderbilt University Police Department.

By Holly Fletcher
July 26, 2018

Team Hope program’s mission is to enhance care for newborns with NAS

A collaborative program across units at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is changing the way nurses and doctors care for newborns diagnosed with drug withdrawal symptoms at birth, also known as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).

By Christina Echegaray