Monthly Archives: March 2018
Interprofessional Education Student Project concludes March 22
Voting continues for Best Hospitals rankings
Voting for specialties ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals is scheduled to conclude on Thursday, March 22.
Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt University expand partnership to develop novel treatment approaches for cancer
Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt University have announced the expansion of their successful existing collaboration to develop novel anti-cancer compounds. Continue reading
Friends and Fashion luncheon benefits Children’s Hospital, April 9
Childhood tragedies forged a compassionate heart in Credo Award winner Rhonda Ashley-Dixon
“VUMC Voice”: From an early age, Rhonda Ashley-Dixon, director of Outreach & Business Development for Vanderbilt Behavioral Health (VBH), learned that compassion is a precious gift in times of suffering, so she’s made it her life’s mission to share that gift with others.
Respirator fit testing available today and tomorrow
Shade Tree Clinic adapts to changing healthcare landscape
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student-run Shade Tree Clinic was founded in 2004 as a means to provide primary care to Nashville’s uninsured population and to allow medical and nursing students to receive valuable hands-on training while … Continue reading
Four-day Nursing Aprilfest to begin April 30
New imaging approach offers unprecedented views of staph infection
Antibiotic-resistant forms of staph are a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections, infectious heart disease and pus-forming skin and soft-tissue infections. The unique imaging resources available at Vanderbilt made the unprecedented 3-D imaging p… Continue reading
Study spots undiagnosed genetic diseases in electronic health records
Patients diagnosed with heart failure, stroke, infertility and kidney failure could actually be suffering from rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases.
And now researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have found a way to search genetic data in… Continue reading