Monthly Archives: June 2020
Marilyn Dubree receives advocacy award from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Executive Chief Nursing Officer Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, NE-BC, has received the 2020 Advocate State Award for Excellence for Tennessee, recognizing her contributions toward increasing the awareness and recognition of nurse practitioners. Continue reading
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Apply now for Programs for Talented Youth’s Summer 2020 online programs
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Second forum on diversity and inclusion to be held June 23
The next virtual forum on diversity and inclusion for the VUMC community will be held from 9-10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23. The goal is to provide an opportunity for members of the VUMC community to discuss racism and unconscious bias, and to encourage e… Continue reading
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Vanderbilt-wide Limited Submission Opportunity: 2021 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award; due July 23
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt earns top honors from U.S. News & World Report
In the newly released 2020-2021 report, Children’s Hospital continued to achieve a maximum 10 out of 10 nationally ranked pediatric specialty programs, with four of those being in the top 20 in the nation, including Pediatric Urology in the top 5. Continue reading
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Critical need for blood donations: give today
Due to a critically low inventory of blood at VUMC, the Red Cross has added a blood drive here today, with additional drives scheduled for next week. Continue reading
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Genome-wide Association Study for Alcohol-related Cirrhosis Identifies Risk Loci in MARC1 and HNRNPUL1.
Little is known about genetic factors that affect development of alcohol-related cirrhosis. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of samples from the United Kingdom Biobank (UKB) to identify polymorphisms associated with risk of alcohol-r… Continue reading
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Lower Adenoma Miss Rate of Computer-aided Detection-Assisted Colonoscopy vs Routine White-Light Colonoscopy in a Prospective Tandem Study
Up to 30% of adenomas might be missed during screening colonoscopy—these could be polyps that appear on-screen but are not recognized by endoscopists or polyps that are in locations that do not appear on the screen at all. Computer-aided detection (CAD… Continue reading
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Aminosalicylates and COVID-19: Facts or Coincidences?
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Training in the United Kingdom
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