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VUMC NEWS logo in white lettering inside a cyan and yellow outlined square on a blue gradient background.
February 11, 2022

Medical students conducting Be The Match stem cell transplant registration drive, March 1-3

By Vanderbilt Health News
Professional head-and-shoulders portrait of Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, wearing a dark blazer against a mottled brown background.
February 10, 2022

Pietenpol named chief scientific and strategy officer

Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Benjamin F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Oncology and Executive Vice President for Research for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is stepping down on June 30 from her long-held role as the Cancer Center’s director to focus on a combined leadership role for VUMC as chief scientific and strategy officer (CSSO).

By John Howser
Portrait of Meg Rush wearing glasses, a black top, and a double-strand pearl necklace.
February 10, 2022

Rush named among 2022 Women of Influence

Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been named a 2022 Women of Influence by Nashville Business Journal (NBJ).

By Christina Echegaray
Smiling couple in a hospital room; the man wears a tuxedo-print shirt and has a mask below his chin, while the woman wears a surgical mask and displays a ring on her raised hand. Colorful signs behind them include “Happy” and “This is Golden.”
February 7, 2022

Hospital staff conspires to help transplant patient plan a surprise proposal – to his wife

Love was in the air on the seventh floor of Medical Center East

By Matt Batcheldor
Travis Osterman, DO, MS, is working to establish common data standards for oncology clinicians and researchers.
February 3, 2022

Osterman plays key role in major oncology EHR initiative

Vanderbilt’s Travis Osterman, DO, MS, is leading an integral component of the Minimal Common Data Elements (mCODE) initiative, establishing common data standards for oncology clinicians and researchers.

By Tom Wilemon
Patrick Hu, MD, PhD, has been named assistant dean for Physician-Researcher Training and director of the Office for Medical Student Research.
February 2, 2022

Hu named to direct Office for Medical Student Research

Patrick Hu, MD PhD, associate professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, has been named assistant dean for Physician-Researcher Training and director of the Office for Medical Student Research.

By Kathy Whitney