VUSM seeks to spur medical innovation
Oct. 15, 2015—Leaders for Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s new Medical Innovators Development Program include, from left, Andre Churchwell, M.D., Trent Rosenbloom, M.D., MPH, Richard Boyer, Ph.D., Victoria Morgan, Ph.D., and Reed Omary, M.D., M.S. (photo by Steve Green) Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accepting applicants into a novel program aimed at students seeking to transform...
Surgery and engineering initiative becomes institute
Sep. 10, 2015—(Vanderbilt University) VISE is keeping its acronym but changing its name. The Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering will become the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering. The promotion from a three-year trial program to an established institute is the consequence of a Vanderbilt Reinvestment Award from the University’s $50 million Trans-Institutional Program, which is...
Son’s Disease Prompts Mom’s Scientific Quest
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New Vanderbilt Eye Institute member to lecture Aug. 31
Aug. 21, 2015—Sabine Fuhrmann will kick off the Monday Seminar Series Aug. 31 with her presentation, “Regulation of Ocular Morphogenesis by Extracellular Factors.” The talk takes place at 12:15 p.m. in Medical Research Buillding III, Room 1220. Fuhrmann, a secondary faculty candidate in Cell and Developmental Biology, recently joined Vanderbilt from the University of Utah and is...
First group of students enters Curriculum 2.0’s final phase
Aug. 20, 2015—In 2013 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) implemented Curriculum 2.0. Tagged as a system of lifelong learning, the deeply integrated curriculum requires flexibility and teamwork on the part of faculty and allows students opportunities to individualize their training. The new system was divided into three phases of learning — Foundations of Medical Knowledge, Foundations...
Nominations sought for Levi Watkins Jr. faculty and student awards
Aug. 14, 2015—Watkins (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Nominations are currently being sought for the Levi Watkins Jr. Faculty Award and the Levi Watkins Jr. Student Award. The faculty award is presented annually to at least one member of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine faculty or administration who has made outstanding contributions to the institution by fostering opportunities for...
Educational journey begins for new medical students
Jul. 30, 2015—First-year Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Givlia Porcari got some help from her scooter and Bonnie Miller, M.D., at last week’s White Coat Ceremony. (photo by Anne Rayner) For the 91 members of the 140th class at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), the first day of medical school began on July 15. But...
Owen and School of Medicine leaders co-chair international conference on analytics in health care July 29-31
Jul. 29, 2015—M. Eric Johnson, dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management (John Russell/Vanderbilt) The importance and value of analytics in health care will be the topic of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Healthcare 2015 Conference July 29-31 at the Nashville Omni Hotel. The INFORMS Healthcare 2015 Conference will include plenary...
Health Coaching Certificate Program now enrolling for fall 2015
Jul. 15, 2015—Vanderbilt’s School of Medicine, School of Nursing, VUMC Nursing Service and the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt will offer the popular health coaching certificate program again this fall.
Workshop: Healing from a yoga therapy perspective, Aug. 28-30
Jul. 15, 2015—The Vanderbilt School of Medicine and the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt will sponsor a three-day workshop Aug. 28-30 exploring “The Process of Healing from a Yoga Therapy Perspective.” Marcel Allbritton, Ph.D., will conduct the workshop. The sessions are scheduled for Friday, Aug. 28, from 6 to 9 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday,...