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Julie Carell Stadler, left, Kathryn Carell Brown and Edie Carell Johnson are endowing a new chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases research at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
February 11, 2021

Carells to endow chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Julie Carell Stadler, Kathryn Carell Brown and Edie Carell Johnson have made a commitment to endow a new chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases research at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. The inaugural chair holder of the Edie Carell Johnson Chair in Pediatrics will be announced this spring.

By Nancy Humphrey
February 1, 2021

Preds, Vanderbilt Health announce Reverse Retro helmet entitlement

The Nashville Predators announced today that the helmets worn during all six of their 2020-21 Reverse Retro games will feature the logo of the team’s official health care provider, Vanderbilt Health.

By VUMC News and Communications
Philanthropists Steve and Judy Turner have endowed a new faculty chair in the Department of Neurology.
January 28, 2021

New faculty chair is latest gift from Steve and Judy Turner

Nashville philanthropists Steve and Judy Turner, adding generously to their longtime support of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University, have endowed a new faculty chair in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: the Judith Payne Turner Chair in Neurology.

By Paul Govern
December 29, 2020

Medical student addresses food needs during pandemic

“Families being affected by the financial impact of the coronavirus made the subject of food insecurity more important than ever. Children seemed to be a vulnerable population that would benefit from a project like this.”

By Emily Stembridge
On hand for the presentation of the Predators’ gift were, from left, goalie Pekka Rinne, Twice Daily’s Eric Stokes, the Predators’ Michelle Kennedy, and VUMC’s Debra Friedman, MD, and Meg Rush, MD.
December 10, 2020

Predators gift helps bolster fight against childhood cancer

The Nashville Predators hockey team, longtime supporters of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and its programs, recently presented the hospital with the proceeds raised throughout the year from the team’s 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund presented by Twice Daily.

By Christina Echegaray
November 18, 2020

Nashville lights up the night to support Children’s Hospital

By Christina Echegaray
October 29, 2020

COVID doesn’t slow Friends of Children’s Hospital’s support

In the thick of the pandemic, friends are as important as ever. Since 1972, Friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, a volunteer organization, has been supporting the hospital through fundraising, outreach and patient and family programs.
By Christina Echegaray
October 1, 2020

Diversity role model inspires career path

Portia Thomas grew up in Doerun, Georgia, a small, rural city named by pioneer hunters as a place with “a perfect doe run,” where the population has hovered around 800 people for the past 30 years. A childhood impression lifted her aspirations beyond her hometown and inspired her to pursue a career as a physician-scientist.
By Tom Wilemon
September 23, 2020

VUMC creates MyHealth Bundles, providing innovative options for employee health coverage

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has created MyHealth Bundles, an innovative and value-based approach to managing some of the most common and costly health conditions.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 17, 2020

Eskind gift to boost research on autism spectrum disorder

Donna and Jeffrey Eskind, whose generous gifts have advanced Vanderbilt research that is improving lives, have made a new commitment of $2 million to endow a new chair in autism spectrum disorder research in the School of Medicine.
By Ann Marie Deer Owens
August 27, 2020

A reason to smile

With large in-person gatherings and fundraising events on currently on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses and organizations are finding new ways to support Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 29, 2020

Vanderbilt students recognized for support of Children’s Hospital

Vanderbilt University was recently awarded the 2020 Community Service Award by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the Fiesta Bowl for its Dancing Dores program and Dance Marathon. Both programs raise funds for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 23, 2020

VUMC’s program to repurpose drugs lands international acclaim

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is attracting international attention for its proposal to repurpose existing drugs for new uses in ways that can dramatically improve access to medicines by billions of people throughout the world.
By Bill Snyder
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