Tennessee Archive — Page 5 of 9

A young man holds up a smartphone while seated between two LifeFlight crew members in front of a medical helicopter; one crew member holds a Vanderbilt-branded helmet.
August 14, 2015

Siri ‘butt dial’ to 911 brings rescuers to trapped victim

kidney x-ray
August 13, 2015

Million Veteran Program data spurs research in pharmacogenomics of kidney disease

A team of Vanderbilt and Nashville VA researchers, led by Adriana Hung, M.D., MPH, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to use the Million Veteran Program (MVP) data to conduct diabetes research.

July 16, 2015

Grant enhances mental illness drug research efforts

Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center aimed at developing potential new treatments for major depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder got a big boost this week from The William K. Warren Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

December 18, 2014

Year in Review 2014: Multiple national rankings recognized VUMC

Portrait of Nathan Green in a suit and red patterned tie, displayed against a Vanderbilt University–themed background.
October 29, 2014

Green to direct Vanderbilt’s state government relations

Tennessee government affairs veteran Nathan Green will join Vanderbilt University’s public affairs team Dec. 1 in the newly created position of assistant vice chancellor for state government relations.

A hand holds a 250 mL glass flask containing the slender working end of a robotic surgical device, with a blurred computer monitor in the background.
April 2, 2013

Telerobotic system designed to treat bladder cancer

An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt and Columbia Universities has designed a robotic microsurgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat.