Rounds: A tagline to remember
Defining personalized care. It's a tagline that has appeared in our marketing on social media, billboards and even primetime TV. About 1.7 million Middle Tennessee Super Bowl viewers watched Vanderbilt Health ads showcasing this tagline with compelling stories of how our science, training, and clinical expertise bring a distinctive, personalized care experience to patients and their families. View...
VUMC's proposal is among top 100 for MacArthur Foundation $100 million grant
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation this week unveiled a grant proposal from Vanderbilt University Medical Center as one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the "Top 100," in its 100&Change competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world's most critical societal challenges. View...
Barbershops targeted to improve health of black men
Black men with high blood pressure could benefit from a research study beginning this month to check their vitals while they are getting a haircut at a barbershop. View...
This year's Research Staff Awards honor extraordinary work in the service of science
Laboratory and administrative personnel at Vanderbilt University Medical Center were honored last week for research excellence during the 16th annual Research Staff Awards luncheon at the Kimpton Aertson Hotel in Nashville. View...
Schuyler Clayton battled a decade of opioid addiction. Now a VUMC recovery coach, he serves as a beacon of hope.
"Our patients live with a disease they don't get help for out of fear of blame. It's important for me to say, 'I'm living with the same thing, and I'm not ashamed.'" View...
AlertVU test scheduled for today at 1:30 p.m.
All Vanderbilt University and Medical Center students, faculty and staff are automatically enrolled in the system using their University and Medical Center email addresses. View...
Allergic diseases expert Locksley to deliver today's Discovery Lecture
Richard Locksley, MD, director of the Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 20. Locksley's lecture, "Innate Allergy -- What Does It Tell Us?," will begin at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall. View...
VUMC offers employees 15% discount on community supported agriculture membership; farmer meet-and-greet is Feb. 24
Community supported agriculture works like a subscription program for vegetables and fruits, and participants receive a share of the harvest from local farms. View...