Racial Equity Task Force co-chairs named

Three co-chairs have been named to lead a new Racial Equity Task Force, which is charged with identifying barriers to and opportunities for achieving racial equity at VUMC and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM). View...

Group's efforts lead to removal of race as a variable in common test of kidney function

Vanderbilt students, residents and faculty worked together to rectify longstanding concerns about the inappropriate use of race as a variable in the calculation of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), which estimates a patient's level of kidney function and helps determine the stage of kidney disease. View...

Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4) moves into new home

The state-of-the-art facilities in Medical Center North represent the first phase of research space for VI4, which was created in 2017 as a key initiative of the VUMC Strategic Directions. View...

Investments advance emergency medicine services at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

On July 16, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital's (VWCH) Emergency Department, which has previously been staffed through physicians from a contracted agency, will become part of VUMC's Department of Emergency Medicine. View...

Automatic forwarding of email to be disabled today

Automatic "bulk" forwarding of email to and from @vumc.org email addresses will be disabled on July 15. This includes automatic forwarding to or from personal and corporate email accounts, including @vanderbilt.edu addresses. View...

VUMC in the news: COVID experts featured at NBC News, The New York Times and more

A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...