Daily Archives: November 2, 2020

“Tough guy” actor gets tender care at VUMC

Actor Hemky Madera has played a villain on “Weeds” and “Queen of the South”; he says his VUMC health care team members are heroes. Continue reading

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“Discover”: New momentum in Alzheimer’s disease prevention

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Flexner Deans’ Lecture: “Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes A Difference” is Nov. 16

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Former Vanderbilt Prize winner Amon dies at 53

Angelika Amon, PhD, a pioneering cell and molecular biologist and winner of the 2018 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, died Oct. 29 from cancer. She was 53. Continue reading

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Education Development Program workshop on Implementing Clinical Teaching Models set for Nov. 10

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Vanderbilt mourns loss of Biostatistics pioneer Federspiel

Charles Foster (Chuck) Federspiel, PhD, a beloved member of the Vanderbilt University faculty for 61 years and founding director of the Division of Biostatistics, died on Oct. 19. He was 91. Continue reading

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Resilience amid COVID: Caring for ourselves as we care for others

Caring for ourselves and for one another will be fundamental to the people of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the coming weeks as COVID-19 is surging, and over the year as the enterprise adapts further to changes while expanding locally and reg… Continue reading

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Black Lives Day of Commitment makes an impact

Sponsored by the Office for Diversity Affairs and the Department of Dermatology at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, the event was held to honor lives lost to racism, provide information about the health disparities facing the African American commun… Continue reading

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VUMC Enterprise Cybersecurity warns of increased threat of cyberattacks

VUMC Enterprise Cybersecurity (VEC) has received credible intelligence regarding the potential for an increased threat of cyberattacks in the coming days that are specifically directed toward the U.S. health care sector. Continue reading

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Presentation on workplace sexual harassment to be Nov. 13

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