Daily Archives: October 21, 2020

Doctors urge scooter safety; reminder that VUMC Plaza is a no-ride zone

With the arrival of fall weather, visitors, students and employees have started to use various forms of transportation around the Vanderbilt University Medical Center campus. Continue reading

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Latest town halls from Children’s Hospital, VUAH now available

The Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital Town Hall aired on Oct. 16 and a Children’s Hospital Virtual Town Hall occurred Oct. 14. Continue reading

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Here are locations where employees can receive a flu shot

Many locations are available for faculty and staff to receive their annual flu shot before the Dec.1 deadline. Check out all the locations both on and off the main campus where you can get your flu shot. Continue reading

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Vanderbilt Health to be founding member of Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Health Network

Vanderbilt Health is one of 12 of the nation’s premier providers of medical care that will begin offering services to any former National Football League player or team employee, and their families, under the banner of Hall of Fame Health. Continue reading

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“Black in Cancer” promotes diversity in research

Black In Cancer, an initiative cofounded by Henry Henderson III, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, is making an impact just two months after its inception. Continue reading

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Park named director of Hematology and Oncology at VICC

After serving as interim director since Jan. 1, Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD, Donna S. Hall Professor of Breast Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology. Continue reading

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Prevalence and Effect of Genetic Risk of Thrombo-embolic Disease in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

The largest cause of mortality in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains thrombo-embolic disease (TED). Recent reports have demonstrated that both monogenic and polygenic factors contribute to TED and 10% of ‘healthy’ subjects are genet… Continue reading

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Central reading of ulcerative colitis clinical trial videos using neural networks

Machine reading of endoscopic videos in an ulcerative colitis clinical trial shows promise in replacing central readers with excellent machine-to-human interobserver agreement for UCEIS and endoscopic Mayo score Continue reading

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