Monthly Archives: March 2019

A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading →

One hundred years ago, multiple “waves” of a deadly flu swept across the world. Ultimately, the 1918 flu, which lingered into 1919, infected most of the world’s population and killed 50 million people. Continue reading →

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are participating in a national effort to develop vaccines and other treatments as countermeasures to prevent the spread of two emerging and deadly viruses — Nipah and Hendra. Continue reading →

Donations collected during the event benefit Vanderbilt’s Project SEARCH, which provides individuals living with disabilities with tuition-free job training and employment opportunities at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading →

Enhanced features and functionality are coming April 7 to eStar: read below for some tips on how to prepare for these changes. Continue reading →

When James Carlucci, MD, MPH, instructor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, is in Nashville he treats children at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. When he’s on one of the several trips he takes each year to Mozambique, he’s trying to… Continue reading →

Ten years after receiving a life-saving stem cell transplant, Mike Lavin of Long Island, New York, surprised his bone marrow donor when they met for the first time March 11 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC). Continue reading →