Monthly Archives: June 2019

Harvard’s Hundart to deliver Flexner Deans’ Lecture on June 17

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Health Plus’ Summer Shape-Up Challenge continues

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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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State of Nursing address reflects on success and focuses on future

Executive Chief Nursing Officer Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, NE-BC, looked back on the successes of Vanderbilt Health’s 6,584 nurses over the last year and looked to the future in her 2019 State of Nursing address on May 28 in Light Hall. Continue reading

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“Hope”: My Special Aflac Duck engages and comforts children

The duck is a high-tech robot that uses medical play, lifelike movement and emotions to engage and help comfort children during their cancer care. Continue reading

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Steps one and two of Go for the Gold now available

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Summer’s here and the time is right for safety at the pool

Drowning is a silent killer. How to be sure children have safe fun in the water. Continue reading

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Memory and Alzheimer’s Center presents lecture on whether mushrooms can mitigate neurodegenerative diseases, June 18

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Tomorrow’s food trucks are Florinda’s and ML Rose

Each Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Health Plus sponsors food trucks behind Light Hall. Each week features two trucks and a Health Plus “healthy pick” from each menu to help support the healthy lifestyle practices of the Vanderbilt community. Continue reading

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Annual conversations begin today

All Vanderbilt University Medical Center staff will complete a self-evaluation in Performance Central on the HR Website. There, you will rate your job performance over the past year and give examples of how you have supported both your departmental goa… Continue reading

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