Daily Archives: September 3, 2019
Vanderbilt Prize winner Seidman to speak this afternoon
Christine Seidman, MD, recipient of the 2019 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, will deliver her Vanderbilt Prize lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in 208 Light Hall. Continue reading
“My Southern Health”: Four fitness over 50 goals to feel fabulous in your middle years
Flulapalooza 2019 mass vaccination event to take place Sept. 25; volunteers needed
Vanderbilt University Medical Center will hold its ninth annual Flulapalooza mass influenza vaccination event on Wednesday, Sept. 25. The event will be held from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in a tent between Light Hall and the Veteran’s Administration (VA) Hospit… Continue reading
When it comes to patients’ medical mysteries, the VUMC Undiagnosed Diseases Network team is on the case
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) team has been awarded the Elevate Team Award for the group’s success over the past five years in helping diagnose individuals with previously unknown conditions. Continue reading
Partnership to help bring Zika virus therapy to clinic
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are partnering with the Dutch biopharmaceutical firm Batavia Biosciences and Nashville-based IDBiologics to bring to the clinic a highly potent Zika virus neutralizing antibody they isolated three yea… Continue reading
Novel treatment for Prader-Willi syndrome being tested at VUMC
Joe Bolander is participating in a clinical trial of a potential new treatment for Prader-Willi syndrome, a drug called livoletide. Continue reading
Christina Bailey to direct general surgery residency program
Christina Bailey, MD, MSCI, assistant professor of Surgery, has been named the new program director of the general surgery residency training program in the Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, one of the largest residency programs on t… Continue reading