Monthly Archives: October 2019
Outdoor warning sirens to be tested today and tomorrow
Third annual VUMC Voice Halloween children’s art contest deadline is Oct. 24
VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading
“My Southern Health”: Why sitting is the new smoking
“Vanderbilt Medicine”: Profiles in discovery
Glimpses of five basic scientists in the early stages of their careers who are tackling tough clinical problems by probing structures of individual proteins, cell identity, signaling pathways and animal decision-making behaviors. Continue reading
Registration open for Nov. 4 Health Science Education Grand Rounds with Mary Andrews, MD
Comic strips from Vanderbilt community sought for upcoming Eskind Library exhibit, Graphic Medicine
Graphic Medicine utilizes comics as its medium to help patients, families, health sciences students, and all levels of clinical staff with healing, coping, educating, and communicating the many aspects of our interactions with health care. Continue reading
Reminder: Open Enrollment ends Oct. 31
Open Enrollment for 2020 benefits is going on now. You have until 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 31 to make your benefit elections in My VUMC Benefits. Continue reading
Surgery, Intervention, and Engineering Symposium set is tomorrow
Pharmacy model reduces barriers for specialty medicines
Spending on specialty pharmaceuticals is predicted to account for more than half of all drug expenditures over the next five years, but barriers such as cost, access and navigation of a confusing system often cause delays to treatment initiation and ch… Continue reading