Monthly Archives: March 2018

Tomorrow’s Kirshner Lectureship presents NIH’s Mark Hallett

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New Vanderbilt Dialysis Clinics have open house April 10

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LGBT Health Awareness Week activities continue

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Nobel laureate Kobilka to deliver Flexner Discovery Lecture at 3 p.m. today

Brian Kobilka, MD, who shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on April 5. Kobilka, professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford Univ… Continue reading

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Family’s transplant journey a study in overcoming barriers

There are no words for liver transplantation in Somalian refugee Aniso Haji’s native language. But her daughter Fatuma received the life-saving transplant at VUMC, and April 30 will mark the one-year transplant anniversary. It will also be Fatuma’s thi… Continue reading

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Patient Safety Week word search winners announced

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Latest “Survey Sparks” newsletters now available

As part of the communication plan to engage and prepare staff for VUMC’s upcoming Joint Commission survey, the newsletter “Survey Sparks” will be distributed throughout the organization on a twice-weekly basis. Continue reading

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Today is Ben and Jerry’s Free Cone Day

Tuesday, April 10, is Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s. Between noon and 8 p.m. cones are free, but a donation is requested to benefit Project SEARCH, which provides individuals living with disabilities with free job training and employment opportuniti… Continue reading

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National Walking Day observance is April 4

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Deerfield Management, Vanderbilt University announce launch of Ancora Innovation

Through Ancora, Deerfield will commit up to $65 million to support promising Vanderbilt life sciences research through the development process, provide operational support, and make additional capital investments into any spin-offs that emerge from Anc… Continue reading

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