Daily Archives: October 26, 2020

Join Health Plus’ Babies & You prenatal education program

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VUMC LSO: NIH NIAID Multidisciplinary Approach to Study Vaccine-elicited Immunity Against Malaria; due Nov. 16

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One psychiatrist’s journey

From “Vanderbilt Medicine”: Reid Finlayson, MD, MMHC, was nine months into his first year of psychiatric residency training when he awoke on the seventh floor of a psychiatric hospital in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Continue reading

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Mid-South Cancer Symposium set for Nov. 6

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COVID treatment studied by VUMC gains FDA approval

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center played a key role in the development of remdesivir, the first drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of COVID-19. Continue reading

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Third quarter DAISY Awards honor four extraordinary nurses

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. Here are VUMC’s latest winners. Continue reading

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“Discover”: Kidney transplant 60 years later

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Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital nurse creates trauma-informed yoga program

Julie Stavas, RN, has found a way to marry two of her passions — psychiatric nursing and yoga — at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. About once every week, she leads trauma-informed yoga therapy to a group of five to 10 patients for 30 to 45 minutes. Continue reading

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Vanderbilt-wide Limited Submission Opportunity: V Foundation Award for African American Cancer Researchers; deadline is Nov. 11

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National Academy of Medicine addresses urgent threats of COVID-19 and climate change at annual meeting

The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are twin calamities that cannot be resolved without global cooperation, consistent communication and leadership and urgent innovation by the scientific community. That was the message of last week’s virtual annu… Continue reading

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