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May 16, 2025

‘This could happen any day.’ Volunteers and staff pitch in for the first large-scale mass casualty drill held at VUMC in 15 years.

Dozens of people pitched in to help leadership at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt get an up-to-date review of emergency preparedness.

By Evan Dorian
Patient Sekou Toure works on a painting during a Recovery Art Workshop at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
May 16, 2025

Healing Through Expression: Young Adults’ Journey in Recovery Art Workshop (slideshow)

The class was created by a specialty team that works with young adults who have experienced their first hospitalization or episode of psychosis within the past two years.

By Danny Bonvissuto
May 15, 2025

Vanderbilt Imaging Services Bellevue opens, expands capabilities in West Nashville

The newly built facility, located at 8124 Sawyer Brown Road, provides a comprehensive suite of diagnostic imaging options.

By Holly Fletcher
Friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s recent Friends & Fashion show featured grateful patient families and health care heroes walking the runway alongside professional models. (photo by Susan Urmy)
May 14, 2025

Photo Gallery: Friends & Fashion event raises funds in style

The fashion show and luncheon included grateful patient families and health care heroes from Monroe Carell walking the runway.

By VUMC News and Communications
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May 14, 2025

New clinic focuses on pediatric feeding and swallowing issues

Feeding and swallowing problems, known as dysphagia, occur in an estimated 25% to 45% of normally developing children.

By Jessica Pasley
May 14, 2025

André Churchwell honored with portrait unveiling

The portrait was unveiled during a celebration event at the Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center.

By Rebecca Warren
May 13, 2025

VUMC-Michigan team awarded NIH grant to determine the cause of psoriatic arthritis

The research could lead to better ways to treat psoriatic arthritis, a debilitating yet poorly understood joint disease that affects approximately 1 million people in the U.S.
By Bill Snyder
May 13, 2025

VUMC volunteer Nicholas Joy wins Charles Strobel Legacy of Service Award

The Charles Strobel Legacy of Service Award recognizes individuals or groups who have made a lasting impact on the community through their volunteerism.
By Wayne Wood
May 13, 2025

Commencement 2025

Hundreds of Vanderbilt medical, nursing and graduate students took part in last week’s Commencement ceremonies.
May 13, 2025

Monica Santisteban awarded grant from BrightFocus Foundation’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program

Santisteban’s research project will investigate whether the renin angiotensin system plays an important role in the progression of pathology in Alzheimer’s disease.
May 13, 2025

Study reveals sedentary behavior is an independent risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers found that increased sedentary behavior in aging adults was associated with worse cognition and brain shrinkage in areas related to risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.
By Stephanie Bryan
May 8, 2025

Heidi Hamm, Eric Skaar elected members of the National Academy of Sciences

Hamm and Skaar are among 120 voting members and 30 international members of the NAS whose elections were announced on April 29.
By Bill Snyder
May 8, 2025

Newer preventive options helping reduce RSV-associated hospitalization rates among infants

For decades no effective preventive options existed, and the tools now exist to prevent severe disease.
By Jessica Pasley