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AIDS ribbon on the globe
June 25, 2015

VUMC, Meharry and State Health Department receive NIH grant to establish AIDS research center

Vanderbilt University has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Tennessee Center for AIDS Research with Meharry Medical College and the Tennessee Department of Health.

By Bill Snyder
Eight adults pose outdoors while holding an oversized Vanderbilt University Medical Center check made out for $11,130.00.
June 25, 2015

Benefit concert for organ donation exceeds fundraising goals

In only its second year, Songs for Life, a benefit concert to raise awareness and celebrate organ donation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has far exceeded fundraising goals.

By Jessica Pasley
Insulin in vials
June 18, 2015

MVA study shows benefits of pharmacy care in diabetes treatment

Underserved patients with sub-optimally controlled type 2 diabetes who were cared for by pharmacists were more adherent to their medication regimen and had better blood sugar control than those who did not have a pharmacist in their care team.

By Matt Schorr
Three men converse in a medical research laboratory beside a microscope: a seated researcher in a white coat and two men in business attire.
June 11, 2015

Former heart patient inspired to create Discovery Science Fund

Two vastly different causes of heart failure, both of which can devastate a patient’s life, are being studied at Vanderbilt University Medical Center thanks, in part, to the generosity of a grateful patient whose own damaged heart was repaired at Vanderbilt more than five years ago.

By Nancy Humphrey
A mustached man in glasses and a dark suit with a red striped tie speaks at a lectern, with colorful scientific imagery projected behind him.
June 4, 2015

NIH director’s Discovery Lecture covers biomedical research landscape

Last week in Langford Auditorium, Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), delivered what he referred to as a “romp through an awful lot of the landscape of biomedical research.”

By Paul Govern
Three women stand in an office beside carts and tables filled with colorful donated care bags.
May 28, 2015

Dietitian and friends donate chemo care bags to VICC patients

A Nashville-based dietitian who lost her mother to cancer is using the power of social media to raise funds for chemo care bags for cancer patients.

By Vanderbilt Health News