Monthly Archives: April 2019
Transplant centers and patients unite to stop new organ sharing policy that threatens transplant patients waiting for a liver
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and thirteen other highly regarded liver transplant centers have filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping Federal policy changes that are slated to take effect Tuesday, April 30, and that will affect thousands of patients … Continue reading
Vanderbilt Genomic Medicine Training Program accepting applications for post doctoral fellowship
“Building a Legal Foundation for Translating Genomics into Clinical Application” webinar is April 25
Free hearing screening for Vanderbilt employees, May 1-3
eStar updates and changes announced
Stanford’s Zhou to deliver special Cell and Developmental Biology lecture, April 30
VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading
Tennessee measles case puts VUMC on heightened alert
The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed a case of measles in an Eastern Tennessee resident who recently traveled to an outbreak area. As a reminder, measles is a highly contagious viral infection. Continue reading
“Hope”: Lily decided to raise $1 million for other children with cancer. And she did.
During the initial diagnosis, her doctor likened the cancer to weeds that had taken over her garden of cells. Chemotherapy would remove the weeds — the bad cancer cells — to allow her garden to grow and flourish. Hearing this, Lily unselfishly though… Continue reading