Reporter June 1 2018
VUMC Picnic a time of food and fun
May. 31, 2018—Photos by Anne Rayner The 2018 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Employee Picnic for employees of the main campus took place May 24. The annual event, sponsored by Human Resources to show appreciation for employees who make our organization a success, was a time for colleagues to get together, enjoy some good food and relax for...
School of Nursing recognizes faculty, staff, colleagues and honorary nurses
May. 31, 2018— Two longtime friends of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing were named honorary VUSN nurses, a leading researcher was recognized for service to faculty and students, and outstanding faculty and staff received school awards during the School of Nursing’s spring Faculty/Staff Assembly May 17.
VUMC and VICC lauded by CEO Roundtable on Cancer for employee support
May. 31, 2018—For the 10th year in a row Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) have been named a CEO Cancer Gold Standard employer by the
Fuchs to co-chair VUSM Admissions Committee
May. 31, 2018—Catherine Fuchs, MD, has been named co-chair of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Admissions Committee effective July 1.
Crescenzi lands American Heart Association Career Development Award
May. 31, 2018—Rachelle Crescenzi, PhD., research instructor in Radiology and Radiological Sciences, was recently awarded an American Heart Association Career Development Award for her project, “Visualizing Vascular Mechanisms of Salt Sensitivity.” The award begins July 1 and has been funded for $77,000 per year for three years.
Pediatric and adult orthopaedic surgeons bridge age gap on hip preservation
May. 31, 2018—Tristan Miranda spent the waning days of summer last year on a California beach doing hip pivots on a surfboard — an extraordinary feat for someone who underwent hip surgery just three months earlier.
Research reveals underappreciated role of brainstem in epilepsy
May. 31, 2018—New research from Vanderbilt suggests that repeated seizures reduce brainstem connectivity, a possible contributor to unexplained neurocognitive problems in epilepsy patients.
Team seeks to shed light on rare immune-mediated adverse drug reaction
May. 31, 2018—Thirty years ago when she was 16, Katie Niemeyer was prescribed carbamazepine for depression. Three weeks later she was in a St. Louis, Missouri, burn unit with second and third degree burns all over her body. “My parents were told the chances of me surviving were slim,” she said.
New co-directors of Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning named
May. 31, 2018—Shannon Cole, DNP, instructor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN), and Melissa Hilmes, MD, assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), have been named co-directors of the Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL) effective June 1.
Berlin assumes new VICC leadership post
May. 29, 2018—Jordan Berlin, MD, has been named associate director of Clinical Investigation Strategy and Shared Resources at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC).
