Growth & Finance

The Vanderbilt Health Employer Advisory Council includes, top row, left to right, Kristi Allender, Nissan Group of North America; and Philip Ransdell, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. Middle row, Eric Strickland, 3LS Inc.; David Hines, Metro Nashville Public Schools; Jeff Eck, Nashville Electric Service; and Rick Ohmer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Bottom row, Allison Arata, Vanderbilt Health Employer Solutions; Greg Allen, former Cigna executive; Stephanie Coleman, Nashville Chamber of Commerce; Cindy Dempsey, Genesco Inc.; LaMel Bandy-Neal, Meharry Medical College; and Brent McDonald, Vanderbilt Health Employer Solutions. Not pictured, Deana Ivey, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.; Rob Ivy, Lee Company; Ann Hatcher, Thrivence; Pam Jones, Vanderbilt University; Shawn Smith, Ryman Hospitality Properties; and Jared Serff, Delek US Holdings Inc. (Photo by Susan Urmy)

June 21, 2023

Vanderbilt Health Employer Advisory Council sets priorities to improve health of communities

The Vanderbilt Health Employer Advisory Council is bringing Tennessee employers together to discuss common challenges and develop solutions to improve the health of the communities where they live and work.

By Jamie Roberts

March 28, 2023

Behavioral Health Clinical Services Center formed

The newly developed Behavioral Health Clinical Services Center provides a professional home for licensed and license-eligible, non-physician behavioral health providers who are delivering assessment, diagnosis and intervention to patients receiving services throughout Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By VUMC News and Communications

This rendering shows the layout of one of the 10 operating rooms at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt that will be renovated.

February 9, 2023

Operating rooms at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt set for major renovation

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is set to begin the first major renovation of its operating rooms since the hospital opened 19 years ago.

By Christina Echegaray

array of test tubes with pipette dropping fluid into one

February 2, 2023

VU, VUMC rise in National Science Foundation survey

Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center climbed seven spots in a survey by the National Science Foundation that measures annual research and development expenditures.

By VUMC News and Communications

Liz and John Potocsnak, second and third from left, with Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, left, Rizwan Hamid, MD, PhD, and Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD.

February 2, 2023

Potocsnak family’s transformative gift creates Center for Undiagnosed and Rare Disorders

A transformative gift from the Potocsnak family has established the Potocsnak Center for Undiagnosed and Rare Disorders at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Nancy Humphrey

VUMC’s new automated biobanking system can store as many as 10 million biospecimens.

January 9, 2023

Nashville Biosciences and Illumina announce sequencing agreement with Amgen

Nashville Biosciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Illumina Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced an agreement with Amgen, a global biopharmaceutical company, to whole-genome sequence approximately 35,000 DNA samples.