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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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