Monthly Archives: August 2019

Benefits to host webinar about HSA-eligible health plan Aug. 29

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“Discover”: Diversifying the pathway into biomedical informatics

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Series of courses help you learn to navigate the tuition assistance tool

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Center for Effective Health Communication to hold research forum Aug. 27

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Vanderbilt-wide Limited Submission Opportunity: 2020 Moore Inventor Fellows, due Sept. 19

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Five Pillar Leader Award winner Lana Howard knocks down barriers to research at Clinical Research Center

When Lana Howard, BSN, RN, CCRP, learned Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Clinical Research Center (CRC) would be moving from the third floor of Medical Center North to a more accessible location on the second floor, she saw an opportunity. Continue reading

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Upload height, weight, and blood pressure measurements to Health Plus for credit towards Go for the Gold

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Colorectal cancer patients warn against dismissing early symptoms

“When I was diagnosed at 32 with rectal cancer, I felt so alone and so scared,” Jessica Cash said. “I had never heard of it. Everybody assumed I had breast cancer being a female. Now, I’m like, ‘Do your duty, check your booty!’ I am all about promoting… Continue reading

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Psychiatric Hospital debuts new inpatient unit for psychotic disorders

Vanderbilt University Medical Center celebrated the opening of the Charlotte and Donald Test Jr. Center at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, a new inpatient unit that has expanded the hospital’s inpatient capacity from 92 to 106 with the addition of 14 … Continue reading

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Innovative nerve-releasing surgery brings migraine relief for some patients

Clarksville resident Hope Dyer remembers the day she looked out a window, saw it was raining and immediately began crying. She realized it was the first time in more than two decades that a drop in barometric pressure before a storm hadn’t triggered a … Continue reading

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