Reporter Jan 22 2016
Lovly lands cancer research grant from V Foundation
Jan. 21, 2016—Christine Lovly, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology, has been awarded a V Scholar Grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Belle Meade Walk-In Clinic debuts
Jan. 21, 2016—Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials cut the ribbon at Tuesday’s open house celebrating the debut of Vanderbilt Health’s new Belle Meade Walk-In Clinic.
Vanderbilt’s Powers named president-elect of ADA
Jan. 21, 2016—Alvin Powers, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, has been named president-elect, Medicine and Science, of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for 2016.
University of Michigan’s Little set for next Discovery Lecture
Jan. 21, 2016—Roderick Little, Ph.D., a statistician with expertise in the analysis of data sets with missing values, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 28.
Angelaki lecture
Jan. 21, 2016—Dora Angelaki, Ph.D., of Baylor College of Medicine, explored a computational perspective on autism at her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
VU investigators use magnetism to help isolate malaria biomarker
Jan. 21, 2016—Vanderbilt investigators have developed a way to detect malaria that is faster and more sensitive than current clinical methods — a development that has the potential to make malaria detection significantly less expensive and more stable.
McLaughlin named a reviewing editor for neuroscience journal
Jan. 21, 2016—BethAnn McLaughlin, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been invited to serve as a reviewing editor for the Journal of Neuroscience, the flagship publication of the Society of Neuroscience, one of the world’s largest scientific societies.
Ayre named Patient Flow Center associate director
Jan. 21, 2016—Christin Ayre, MSN, R.N., has been named the associate director of the Vanderbilt Patient Flow Center, effective Feb. 1.
Allstate support
Jan. 21, 2016—Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will expand its teen motor vehicle safety program, “Be in the Zone — Turn off Your Phone,” with the help of a $60,000 award from the Allstate Foundation.
Get to know tax form 1095-C: Coming soon to your mailbox
Jan. 18, 2016—Expect to see a new form that will be mailed to your home address this January. Form 1095-C reports important health insurance information you’ll need when completing your tax return.
