Monthly Archives: July 2019
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inclusive Excellence (IE3) Grant deadline is July 18
VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading
Travel Clinic travels to Brentwood
The Vanderbilt International Travel Clinic, which seeks to protect international travelers from disease and also treats travel-related illnesses and infectious diseases, has relocated from the main VUMC campus to the Vanderbilt Williamson Medical Cente… Continue reading
QuizTime app seeks to improve opioid prescribing practices
The QuizTime app delivers one quiz question a day by email or text to participating health professionals. The app provides immediate feedback, along with rationales and links to resources. Continue reading
Nationwide offering new pet insurance options in August; live webinar set for July 17
Pets of VUMC 2019 — collection #2: Summertime pets
Those lazy, hazy, crazy pets of summer. This is the second installment of photographs submitted by VUMC employees to the 2019 VUMC Voice Pet Photo Contest. Continue reading
Keon Johnson is one of the top basketball prospects in the country. Four years ago he almost lost a hand in a fireworks accident
Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctors — and Keon’s mother — urge caution this July 4th Continue reading
Submission deadline for TD Ready Challenge 2019: Better Health is July 18
Pioneering pediatric surgeon George Holcomb Jr. dies at 97
George Holcomb Jr., MD, clinical professor of Surgery, emeritus, champion of the creation of a children’s hospital at Vanderbilt, and former executive director of Medical Alumni Affairs, died June 28. He was 97. Continue reading