Levi Watkins Lecture to feature DeBaun
Aug. 15, 2014—The Thirteenth Annual Levi Watkins, Jr. Lecture will be held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at noon in 208 Light Hall. The keynote speaker will be Michael R. DeBaun, JC Peterson professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, vice chair of clinical research in the Department of Pediatrics and director, Vanderbilt-Meharry Medical School...
New health coaching certificate program to be offered this fall
Aug. 13, 2014—(iStockphoto) The Vanderbilt School of Medicine, the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nursing Service and the Vanderbilt School of Nursing will sponsor a health coaching certificate program beginning in fall 2014. Health coaches partner with patients to help set realistic health goals and provide support in reaching those goals. “Lifestyle...
Medical Scholars Program sees success
Aug. 7, 2014—Vanderbilt Medical Scholars Program participant Jordan Cohen, front row, left, worked with the HIV monitoring program Females Rising Through Education, Support and Health in South Africa. Applicants to the Vanderbilt Medical Scholars Program, a yearlong, in-depth research experience, have been successful in obtaining both internal and external research funding this year. Sixteen medical students will take...
Health coaching certificate program to debut
Aug. 7, 2014—The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nursing Service, and the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing have come together to sponsor a health coaching certificate program starting this fall. Health coaches partner with patients, help set realistic health goals and provide support along the...
White coats a fine fit for incoming medical students
Jul. 30, 2014—First-year Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Efi Akam receives her white coat from Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., at last week’s White Coat Ceremony in Light Hall. (photo by Anne Rayner) The White Coat Ceremony held at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine that recognizes first-year medical students’ transition from college to professional school serves as...
Colon cancer’s protein signatures identified
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Gene study focuses on breast cancer in East Asian women
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Meranze, Penn named to new Faculty Affairs roles
Jul. 10, 2014—Two veteran faculty members are assuming new roles as associate deans within Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Affairs. Steven Meranze, M.D., has been named an associate dean for Faculty Affairs, and John Penn, Ph.D., has been promoted from assistant dean to associate dean. Both report to David Raiford, M.D., senior associate dean...
VUSM team seeks to hone in on health care ‘hot spots’
Jun. 26, 2014—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is fielding one of 10 teams of students selected to participate in a project aimed at identifying the most frequent users of health care. Called “hot spotting,” this novel approach allows health care providers to zero in on “super users” in order to identify the reasons behind high utilization and...