UPDATE: COVID-19 screening stations remain in place to keep everyone safe
For members of VUMC's workforce who plan to be on the Medical Center's downtown Nashville campus, or at other locations, the first stop upon arrival will be at one of the COVID-19 screening stations. View...
NEW: Vanderbilt, AstraZeneca collaborate on new COVID-19 antibody research
Vanderbilt University and the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have signed a new agreement that will enable AstraZeneca to advance two coronavirus-neutralizing antibodies discovered by the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center (VVC) into clinical development as a potential combination therapy for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. View...
NEW: As normal clinical activities resume, paid at home (PAH) and exempt at home (EAH) ending on June 21
With Vanderbilt University Medical Center's recent move to Phase 2 of COVID-19 Recovery for Non-Clinical activities, and the resumption of normal hospital and clinic activities, paid at home (PAH) will be ending on June 21. As a result, staff will no longer receive PAH (for non-exempt employees) or EAH (for exempt employees) pay. View...
NEW: VUMC's RedCap services pandemic response around the world
REDCap, the research data management tool created and powered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is serving extra duty as research teams and public health authorities around the world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. View...
NEW: Children's Hospital expert offers COVID-19 "safe play" tips for parents
As the world begins to slowly open back up after months of living in a safer-at-home mode, many families are wondering how best to re-introduce their children to society. View...
NEW: STAT News feature on how VUMC's remdesivir dispensing protocol reshaped Tennessee's COVID-19 response
The pharmacists were looking for a gray-haired man in a brown shirt. That's how he'd described himself a few minutes before, as he was pulling off the interstate. He'd just driven 165 miles west, through much of Tennessee -- crisscrossing the crooks in the Caney Fork River, passing through the Cumberland Plateau's mountain laurels and sandstone bluffs, whizzing past cows in lush springtime pastures -- straight into the heart of Nashville. View...
NEW: COVID-19 webinar on June 24: "A Pandemic in Our Communities -- Health Disparities, Health Inequities and Possible Solutions
As thought leaders of our SEC institutions on matters of equity, diversity and inclusion, we can offer, in one webinar, a unique perspective on our cities and regions concerning matters of health disparities, health inequities and possible treatments (that are public health driven, and connected to what individuals can do), as well as what SEC institutions are doing and should do. View...
REMINDER: Additional dates announced for Red Cross blood drives
The American Red Cross faces a severe blood shortage due to an unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations during the coronavirus pandemic. To help, the American Red Cross will be holding blood drives at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in various locations. View...