May 14, 2019

The national "All of Us" Research Program, which aims to accelerate the prevention and treatment of illness by recruiting a million or more research participants, provided a glimpse this week into its rapidly growing databank with the beta launch of its publicly accessible Data Browser application. View...

Strobel Awards honor vital role played by volunteers at VUMC


Volunteers from across VUMC were recognized at this year's Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards. The awards, held each year by Hands on Nashville, recognize the volunteers making a difference throughout the community. View...

Rehab technique may boost supply of donor lungs


About 80% of donor lungs are too damaged to be considered for transplantation, but a new technique could rehabilitate many of them to the point where they could be. View...

Up, up and away! The sky has been calling Eric Howard of Surgical Sciences since he was a boy.


Look up into Middle Tennessee skies, and you might just spot longtime Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee Eric Howard sailing past the clouds. View...

"Vanderbilt Medicine": Vaccinating the vulnerable


A patient nervously listened to Greg Fricker, fourth-year medical student from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, as he explained the importance of receiving an influenza vaccine. Fricker told the patient that roughly 80,000 people died last year due to complications from the flu and confidently reassured him that getting the vaccine could in no way make him sick. View...

VUMC in the news


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