Reporter Dec 5 2014
Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Dec. 4, 2014—Last fall, during a grim period for many of the nation’s hospitals and by any measure a stressful time for VUMC, we did something few institutions would. We held a community survey.
Retirement plan updates make saving easier in 2015
Dec. 4, 2014—Vanderbilt is taking steps to streamline and simplify the administration of the 403(b) retirement plan beginning in April 2015.
Research by VUMC nurses takes center stage at annual event
Dec. 4, 2014—Nursing research was on full display in Light Hall recently during the Research Day Poster Presentations, organized by the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and Nursing Research Committee.
Blood pressure gene tied to cognitive decline
Dec. 4, 2014—Size may not matter in a lot of things, but when it comes to cognitive decline, the size of the hippocampus definitely seems to be an issue.
Columbia’s Bakken to deliver Flexner Discovery Lecture
Dec. 4, 2014—Suzanne Bakken, Ph.D., RN, the Alumni Professor of Nursing and professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 11.
Photo: Diabetes Day
Dec. 4, 2014—Vanderbilt Diabetes Day, an annual research symposium, this year featured talks by nationally known researchers and by winners of the Diabetes Scholar awards.
Radiothon fundraising event set for Dec. 11-12
Dec. 4, 2014—The 2014 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Radiothon benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will take place Dec. 11-12.
Card project raises spirits, funds for Children’s Hospital
Dec. 4, 2014—The first word that Jessica Meyer thought of was “hope.” She and her friend, Alexandra, had just sat down with some paper and a box of crayons to spend an hour or so drawing holiday cards in between appointments at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Physician-scientist is dream job for Vanderbilt’s Cassat
Dec. 4, 2014—Jim Cassat, M.D., Ph.D., a pediatric infectious disease specialist who joined the Vanderbilt faculty this summer, loves taking care of children with bone infections and doing research to understand the host-pathogen interactions during these invasive infections.
VUMC Nursing Staff Bylaws guide way to latest, best practices
Dec. 4, 2014—More than 150 nurses from Vanderbilt University Medical Center convened in Langford Auditorium recently for an occasion that happens once every two years: the Nursing Staff Bylaws Convention.
Lindquist named to receive Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Dec. 2, 2014—Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of protein folding at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the recipient of the 2014 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, Vanderbilt University officials announced this week.
Natural ‘high’ could avoid chronic marijuana use, Vanderbilt study finds
Dec. 1, 2014—Replenishing the supply of a molecule that normally activates cannabinoid receptors in the brain could relieve mood and anxiety disorders and enable some people to quit using marijuana.
