Community & Giving Archive — Page 24 of 37

A child draws a germ on a transparent lightboard while a woman steadies it during a science education event. Work and other participants are visible in the background.
November 1, 2018

MEGAMicrobe 2018

Gennifer Goode, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Interdisciplinary Science and Research (ISR) Program, steadies a transparent “lightboard” while 10-year-old Malakai Zundel creates his version of a germ during the second annual MEGAMicrobe event hosted Oct. 27 by the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation.

Two men pose together at a reception in front of a Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt backdrop; the man on the right wears glasses and a suit with an orange tie.
October 25, 2018

Riding for a cause

Earlier this year, Bruce Green rode his bike on a 3,400-mile trip from Los Angeles to Boston, raising more than $50,000 in honor of his late father, Neil E. Green, MD, former director and chief of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics.

Six adults, including a hockey player in a yellow jersey and another person in a yellow Predators jacket, pose in front of a banner reading “Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.”
October 18, 2018

Predators’ gift bolsters fight against pediatric cancer

Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne, Predators executives and executives from Tri Star Energy (Twice Daily) made their annual presentation recently of proceeds from the team’s 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

October 11, 2018

MVA summit seeks to bring more black men into health professions

Encouragement, resilience and passion were the key messages at the recent Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA) summit for black men interested in health professions titled “Navigating the Pre-Health Path.”

Two Nashville Predators hockey players in yellow jerseys pose beside a smiling child in a hospital bed holding a Predators sign.
October 11, 2018

Ready for the season

Nashville Predators players Pekka Rinne, left, and Ryan Johansen talk with Samantha Mortagua during a recent visit with patients and families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Members of the team stopped by the hospital the day before their home opener at Bridgestone Arena against the Calgary Flames.

Anne Marie Tharpe and Jim Kramka pose outdoors in a landscaped courtyard. Kramka wears a gray suit and red tie; Tharpe wears a dark blazer.
October 11, 2018

Couple’s gift expands legacy of hearing, speech research

Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD, might not have become a worldwide authority on pediatric hearing loss if she hadn’t been looking for something to do during study hall in her high school years in Memphis. One day, she and a friend volunteered to work in a classroom with deaf children.