Department of Medicine

New group of faculty endowed chairs celebrated

Ten of Vanderbilt’s new endowed chairs were praised as leaders in their fields and on campus during a Sept. 26 ceremony at the Student Life Center.

By VUMC News and Communications

Vanderbilt study links military service in Middle East with serious lung disorder

A Vanderbilt study of U.S. soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan shows a serious lung condition linked to prolonged exposures to sulfur fires and burn pits.

Bentley named assistant vice chancellor for Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Alan Bentley, director of Commercialization for Cleveland Clinic Innovations with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, has been named assistant vice chancellor of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Development.

By VUMC News and Communications

April 15, 2011

Vanderbilt: Laboratory for health care reform

By Bill Snyder

April 12, 2011

Soy foods not a risk for breast cancer survivors

By VUMC News and Communications

March 24, 2011

Cancer Center study snuffs out menthol myths

People who smoke mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer or die from the disease than are smokers of non-mentholated brands, a new study shows.