Department of Medicine Archive — Page 105 of 122
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January 5, 2016
Vanderbilt study raises questions about reporting incidental genetic findings
A genetic test that suggests a patient may be at increased risk for potentially fatal heart rhythms is very often not as ominous as it sounds. -
December 21, 2015
VUMC mourns loss of critical care leader Wheeler
Arthur P. “Art” Wheeler, M.D., professor of Medicine and the longtime director of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Adult Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), died Thursday, Dec. 17, from cancer. He was 58. -
December 13, 2015
Personalized medicine is topic of new Vanderbilt massive open online course
Enrollment has opened for Case Studies in Personalized Medicine, Vanderbilt's latest free massive open online course, or MOOC. The six-week course starts Jan. 15. -
December 10, 2015
VICC’s Balko named a Susan G. Komen ‘Pink Tie Guy’
Justin Balko, Pharm.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology, has been named a member of the 2016 class of Pink Tie Guys by the Greater Nashville Affiliate of Susan G. Komen, a nonprofit organization dedicated to breast cancer research and patient support. -
December 10, 2015
Genetics Institute director Cox set for next Discovery Lecture
Nancy Cox, Ph.D., founding director of the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 17. -
November 23, 2015
Ten Vanderbilt faculty members elected AAAS fellows
Ten members of Vanderbilt University’s faculty have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. -
November 12, 2015
Immune system a must for kidney repair
A signaling protein that is essential for recovery from acute kidney injury works by increasing the population of tissue-repairing immune cells.