All News Archive — Page 117 of 176

Medical professional in a white coat points to printed chest CT scans showing multiple views of the lungs, with a CT scanner blurred in the background.
May 7, 2024

Study seeks to evaluate military exposures on veterans’ lung cancer risk 

A prospective cohort of veterans including those with military toxic exposures, such as burn pits, will be screened annually with low-dose chest CT to detect lung cancer and other disease early.

By Tom Wilemon
Chris Letendre poses outdoors beside a railing and landscaped courtyard, wearing a black Vanderbilt cap and black shirt.
May 7, 2024

A team approach to care 

LSU baseball fan sporting a new set of lungs after VUMC transplant

By Matt Batcheldor
Medical researcher in protective clothing and gloves handling laboratory test tubes, overlaid with glowing biotechnology graphics including a human figure, heartbeat line, molecular structures, and anatomical icons.
May 7, 2024

Reyna Gordon appointed to VICTR leadership role 

Gordon’s appointment will expand and enhance training activities offered by Edge for Scholars at Vanderbilt, primarily for early career faculty on National Institutes of Health career development awards.

Glass-fronted office building surrounded by trees and lawn, photographed beneath leafy branches under a partly cloudy sky.
May 7, 2024

VUMC leases former AT&T Center in Brentwood for future development

VUMC has a successful history of property redevelopment with its conversion of a former shopping mall into Vanderbilt Health at One Hundred Oaks and the redevelopment of a former grocery into Vanderbilt Health Belle Meade, a now bustling outpatient surgery and multispecialty clinic.

By John Howser
Screenshot of a safety app menu with tiles labeled “Contact VUPD,” “Emergency,” “Virtual Walkhome,” “iReport,” “Safety Toolbox,” “VU Emergency Guides,” “Maps &,” “Friend,” and “Support.”
May 6, 2024

VandySafe app provides mobile personal security option

There are several options VUMC employees can use to ensure not only their own safety, but that of their colleagues.

By Jessica Pasley
Agricultural sprayer boom releasing a fine spray over a dense green crop.
May 6, 2024

Second-most used herbicide in the US linked to birth defect in national study 

At present, 44 countries, including the European Union, have banned or are phasing out atrazine due to concern for its negative effects on human health.

By Craig Boerner