Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center Archive
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April 1, 2020
Study to explore TBI’s impact on language processing
Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University have been awarded more than $3.8 million to study the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on one’s ability to process language in everyday settings. -
February 27, 2020
Gelbard’s airway disease efforts honored by Triological Society
Alexander Gelbard, MD, associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was recently awarded The Edmund Prince Fowler Award for his candidate thesis to the Triological Society. -
February 26, 2020
Study finds noise levels unsafe in local honky-tonks
Noise levels inside downtown Nashville’s “honky-tonk” venues may surpass safe listening levels, a new study by VUMC researchers reports. -
February 20, 2020
It takes a village
The 59th annual Christmas Village, a three-day November shopping extravaganza organized by the Nashville Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club, raised $530,600 to benefit the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and other Pi Beta Phi philanthropies. -
January 9, 2020
Same-day cochlear implant surgeries reduce travel burden, wait times
VUMC is testing an optimized cochlear implant delivery model that offers patients hearing tests, radiologic scans, surgical consultation, device selection and outpatient surgery all on the day of their initial visit. -
December 27, 2019
Grants bolster scholarships for students studying autism, pediatric hearing loss
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences has received three new grants from the U.S. Department of Education to train graduate students to work with children with autism and hearing loss. -
November 25, 2019
New Physician Spotlight: Shiayin Yang
Shiayin Yang, MD, an otolaryngologist who specializes in aesthetic and reconstructive facial surgery, has joined VUMC after completing a fellowship at the University of Michigan.