Reducing the Risk of HPV Associated Cancers

Written by Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) examined trends in HPV-associated cancer incidence from 1999-2015 using data from cancer registries covering 97.8 percent of the U.S. population. The report found that 30,115 and 43,371 new cases of HPV-associated cancers were reported in 1999 and 2015,…

Posted by anderc8 on October 18, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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1 in 3 children are overweight or obese by the time they enter kindergarten; what can we do about it?

Two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese and almost one in three children are overweight or obese by the time they enter kindergarten. The United States spends approximately $147 billion annually on health issues related to obesity, and its associated chronic disease consequences are the result of complex interactions between individual…

Posted by anderc8 on October 4, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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Collaboration Between the Departments of Otolaryngology, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine for Earlier Diagnosis of Throat Cancer

Written by G. Thomas, C. Burton Wood, MD, Justin R. Shinn, MD and Young J. Kim, MD HPV-related cancers of the tonsils and the base of the tongue have increased rapidly over the last few decades. These cancers are often small and do not cause many symptoms in early stages, so many patients are not…

Posted by anderc8 on July 25, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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Students from University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ Visit Fort Negley

The University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ was offered for the second time during the spring 2018 semester. To chronicle some of the highlights of the course, several students authored blogs reflecting on site visits the class took during the semester. Over the next few weeks, these blogs will be published on the VU BreakThru webpage….

Posted by anderc8 on June 18, 2018 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Students from University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ Visit Tennessee State Archives

The University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ was offered for the second time during the spring 2018 semester. To chronicle some of the highlights of the course, several students authored blogs reflecting on site visits the class took during the semester. Over the next few weeks, these blogs will be published on the VU BreakThru webpage….

Posted by anderc8 on June 15, 2018 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Students from University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ Visit Fisk University

The University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ was offered for the second time during the spring 2018 semester. To chronicle some of the highlights of the course, several students authored blogs reflecting on site visits the class took during the semester. Over the next few weeks, these blogs will be published on the VU BreakThru webpage….

Posted by anderc8 on June 13, 2018 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Students from University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ Visit Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities

The University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ was offered for the second time during the spring 2018 semester. To chronicle some of the highlights of the course, several students authored blogs reflecting on site visits the class took during the semester. Over the next few weeks, these blogs will be published on the VU BreakThru webpage….

Posted by anderc8 on June 11, 2018 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Students from University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ Reflect on Visit to Nashville Public Library

The University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ was offered for the second time during the spring 2018 semester. To chronicle some of the highlights of the course, several students authored blogs reflecting on site visits the class took during the semester. Over the next few weeks, these blogs will be published on the VU BreakThru webpage….

Posted by anderc8 on June 7, 2018 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Data Science for Smart Cities: Gentrification Analysis Group

This spring, the University Course Data Sciences Methods for Smart City Applications was offered to Vanderbilt University undergraduate and graduate students for the first time. The course was designed to examine and address issues facing cities and metropolitan areas by bringing together concepts and methodologies from systems engineering, data sciences and machine learning, modeling and…

Posted by anderc8 on June 5, 2018 in Data Science Methods for Smart City Applications, News

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Safety Analytics using Motor Vehicle Accident Data

This spring, the University Course Data Sciences Methods for Smart City Applications was offered to Vanderbilt University undergraduate and graduate students for the first time. The course was designed to examine and address issues facing cities and metropolitan areas by bringing together concepts and methodologies from systems engineering, data sciences and machine learning, modeling and…

Posted by anderc8 on May 31, 2018 in Data Science Methods for Smart City Applications, News

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