Daily Archives: September 15, 2019
“Momentum”: Hidden risk: a genetic test leads to early cancer diagnosis
It’s a quandary people often ponder: Is it better to know or not about a predisposition to disease? Cindy Betz decided to confront her unknown health risks. Continue reading
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EAP offers postdoc wellness program
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“My Southern Health”: What this young cancer survivor wants you to know
This post was written by Gigi Pasley, 21, a four-time cancer survivor (AML three times, two bone marrow transplants and osteosarcoma) who lives with the late effects of former treatment. Continue reading
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Digestive Disease Research Center’s pilot funding opportunity announced; letter of intent deadline is Dec. 2
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Child passenger safety initiative bolstered by grant from Kohl’s
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will allocate funding from a $120,000 grant from Kohl’s to support a child passenger safety initiative. Continue reading
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Gotterer Health Professions Education Research Day is tomorrow
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Requirements for use of personal devices changing on Feb. 1, 2020
The next big step toward securing VUMC data is ensuring that any device (including personal devices) used to access VUMC data is encrypted and secured. Continue reading
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Women in Technology of Tennessee networking event is Sept. 24
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New clinic helps high-risk patients get ready for surgery
Diagnosed with colon cancer, Melba Martin, 88, needed surgery to save her life, but her colorectal surgeon, Timothy Geiger, MD, knew that her frailty and anemia, coupled with concerns about her heart, put Martin at high risk for developing complication… Continue reading
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New Health and Wellness “Wellcast” on hydration now available
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