IdeaShare re-opens for new innovation challenge
IdeaShare, an interactive tool VUMC piloted last spring to collect and vote on ideas around communications, benefits and more, has been re-opened as part of a new innovation challenge. View...
Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt University expand partnership to develop novel treatment approaches for cancer
Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt University have announced the expansion of their successful existing collaboration to develop novel anti-cancer compounds. View...
Discovery by Vanderbilt-led group could lead to improved diabetes treatment
Vanderbilt investigators and colleagues around the country have made a major discovery that could lead to better ways to treat type 1 diabetes. View...
Vanderbilt study affirms effectiveness, promise of telemedicine for autism evaluations
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have found that autism spectrum disorder can be accurately diagnosed in young children via remote, telemedicine assessments, a method that could significantly increase access and reduce wait times for autism services. View...
Cancer immunotherapy drugs linked with more serious heart effects
Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have identified a growing number of serious and sometimes fatal cases of heart problems among cancer patients treated with some forms of immunotherapy. View...
Lisa Monteggia to lead Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Leading neuroscientist Lisa Monteggia has been named the Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute. View...
Catch up with "VUMC Voice" coverage of nurses: Jade Forlidas and Debby Booth look back, Carmen comes to the rescue, and more
A look back at the last few months of stories about extraordinary Vanderbilt nurses from "VUMC Voice," the online employee magazine for VUMC employees. View...
Stallworth's Johns draws on broad background
As a freshman at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Jeff Johns, MD, spotted someone practicing for cheerleader tryouts. Although he had never once tumbled in gymnastics or participated in cheerleading before, Johns asked her to teach him some basics. View...
Latest "Survey Sparks" newsletters now available
As part of the communication plan to engage and prepare staff for VUMC's upcoming Joint Commission survey, the newsletter "Survey Sparks" will be distributed throughout the organization on a twice-weekly basis. View...
From "Hope": Beyond the walls
Brittanie and Adrian Doaks and their 2-year-old son, Kingston, sat in front of a computer in their hometown of Jackson, Tennessee, for a videoconference that connected them with a pediatric psychologist and autism specialist two hours away in Nashville. They were hoping for answers. View...
VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...