January 10, 2007

VUSN‘s Susan Cooper Named Tennessee‘s Commissioner of Health

Susan Cooper, M.S.N., assistant dean for Practice at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, has been named the new Commissioner of Health for the state of Tennessee by Gov. Phil Bredesen.

December 9, 2005

Niswender named Culpeper Scholar

Vanderbilt University’s Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of three 2006 Charles E. Culpeper Medical scholars, according to Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships.

By Vanderbilt Health News

June 15, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Announces New Research Institute To Focus On Earliest Possible Detection Of Cancers

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will launch a new research institute, jump-started with a $10 million gift from West Tennessee businessman Jim Ayers, to develop techniques to detect cancers at their earliest, most curable stages, Vanderbilt officials announced today.

By Vanderbilt Health News