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. View...

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Variety of influences helped shape Andrea Birch's medical career

Andrea Birch was 9 years old and on top of the world. Her visiting cousin had challenged her to a tree-climbing contest, and, as a competitive kid always up for a challenge, she had outclimbed him. She was looking down at him from her lofty perch and, as she recalls, "goading him from the top." View...

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 annual meeting of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) titled "Confronting Urgent Threats to Human Health and Society: COVID-19 and Climate Change." View...

Here are locations where employees can receive a flu shot

Many locations are available for faculty and staff to receive their annual flu shot before the Dec.1 deadline. Check out all the locations both on and off the main campus where you can get your flu shot. View...

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. View...

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. View...

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. View...

Open Enrollment going on through Oct. 30

Open Enrollment for 2021 benefits is going on now. You have until 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 30 to choose your benefits. View...

VUMC sources interviewed for stories in the Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, more

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