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Kristin O’Grady, PhD, in the 3T MRI suite at Vanderbilt University Hospital. (photo by Susan Urmy)
May 29, 2024

Kristin O’Grady receives $2.4 million for multiple sclerosis imaging studies

The awards will support O’Grady’s application of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging to better understand symptoms and track MS progression in the lower spinal cord.

By Bill Snyder
Neil Jess, BSN, RN, CNOR, and Pearl-Cohn High School student Aries Beck.
May 29, 2024

Nurses mentor Pearl-Cohn High School students considering health care professions

The mentorship program — a partnership between VUMC Nursing and Metro Nashville Public Schools — connects staff nurses to students eyeing nursing and health care professions like Aries Beck, who wants to be a neurologist and got her first glimpse at medicine in second grade at Vanderbilt Brain Institute’s Brain Blast.

By Matt Batcheldor
Mama Lere Hearing School students lead the Pledge of Allegiance.(photo by Erin O. Smith)
May 29, 2024

Mama Lere Hearing School graduation

The Mama Lere Hearing School teaches children, mostly with hearing loss, to listen, read, sing and talk.

From left are LifeFlight’s Lyle Holmes, Chad Hollingsworth, RN, and Mark Dittrich.
May 29, 2024

LifeFlight, Project ADAM lauded by Children’s Emergency Alliance

LifeFlight 8, based in Humboldt, Tennessee, was recognized with the Region 7 Award for its work in responding to a mass casualty in Carroll County in 2023. It is the second time this specific unit has been recognized for its work.

By Jessica Pasley
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May 28, 2024

Jennifer Gordetsky honored for her history of urology research

Jennifer Gordetsky, MD, believes the most important part of medical history is making sure our mistakes are not forgotten

By Bill Snyder
Text-heavy graphic featuring a portrait of Kim McKinney in a white coat. The quote is attributed to Marilyn Smith, chief nursing officer of Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital, and describes staff support at McKinney’s funeral. Additional text notes that nurses from Vanderbilt hospitals covered colleagues’ units so they could attend. A caption states that McKinney began as a certified nurse assistant, rose to director, and died following a medical emergency and car wreck.
May 28, 2024

Nurses support one another as they grieve colleague

Nurses are accustomed to comforting patients and families through loss, but when they lose one of their own, it hurts in a unique, palpable way. Fortunately, they can count on each other.

By Kathy Whitney