Vanderbilt LifeFlight to add ambulance at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
In May, Vanderbilt LifeFlight will place an ambulance at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH) to help serve non-emergency patients discharged from the hospital and for non-emergency or emergency transfers from VWCH to Nashville area hospitals. View...
The priceless notebook of Mr. Price
A vital ingredient for COVID-19 testing was unavailable anywhere. Then Howard Price remembered a recipe in an old notebook. View...
Vanderbilt investigators encouraged by early results of placebo-controlled remdesivir trial
The international trial, which includes investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is showing that patients who received remdesivir are recovering an average of four days faster (11 days vs. 15 days) than patients who were given placebo. View...
Box to be protected by multi-factor authentication starting today
To further support the work at home initiative and improve VUMC's cybersecurity posture, VUMC Enterprise Cybersecurity is expanding the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) to enhance protection of VUMC systems and data. View...
Scott Pearson, MD, receives Shovel Award from VUSM students
The award is given each year by the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduating fourth-year class to honor one faculty member who had an exceptionally meaningful impact on their medical education. View...
Polygenic scores identify those at high cancer risk
A team of Vanderbilt researchers constructed polygenic risk scores based on genomic variants associated with eight common cancers and concluded they could potentially be used for personalized risk assessments. View...
Study seeks to improve social competence in adults with autism
The specially designed theatre program will use well-established behavioral approaches alongside creative theatrical techniques designed to improve social and emotional abilities in people with autism spectrum disorder. View...
VUMC in the news: COVID experts featured at CBS, CNN and more
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...
"Vanderbilt Medicine": Progress report
Bill Cutrer, MD, MED, spent his first day of medical school in the late 1990s in the anatomy lab readying for his first cadaver dissection. Now, thanks to a new curriculum focused on lifelong learning at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, he believes the first week of medical school is far more effective. View...

