Monthly Archives: March 2019
Health Policy lecture on tobacco control to be March 26
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VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading
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“Momentum”: Pay it Forward: Bladder cancer research fund honors mentor
Terry Burke was going out on a limb. He planned to hire 30-year-old Curt Thorne for a senior-level position at Cigna. Continue reading
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Team Vanderbilt has news about spring’s charity walks and runs
Team Vanderbilt was created to combine all Vanderbilt-sponsored walks, runs and rides in one place to make participation easier. Continue reading
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Study aims to predict treatment response in epilepsy patients
With the aid of $2.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Vanderbilt researchers are on a quest to develop early biomarkers of treatment outcomes for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy based on their individual brain netwo… Continue reading
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Jewish Passover dishes focus of tomorrow’s Vandy Cooks
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LifeFlight enhances in-flight patient care with Haiku app
Vanderbilt LifeFlight is known for transporting critically injured patients to Vanderbilt University Medical Center while providing emergency care with little to no medical information about its patients. Continue reading
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Center for Professional Health celebrates decades of hope, healing
Vanderbilt’s Center for Professional Health is one of the institution’s greatest “hidden gems” — but it’s a resource Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, hopes colleagues within the Medical Center will never need. Continue reading
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Symposium on Modeling Immunity is tomorrow
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As the Medical Center’s homeless housing navigator, Michelle Southard spends her days finding homes for patients
“I began to realize that people aren’t homeless just because they lack housing.” Continue reading
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