Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt ranked 8th in nation by 'Child' magazine
Nashville, TN -- Less than one year after its move into a facility...that is nationally recognized for its design, the Monroe Carell Jr....Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt has been awarded a very public honor...for the service the hospital provides. The Children's Hospital has been...ranked in the top 10 children's hospitals in the nation, according to...Child magazine....... Child magazine mad...Diabetic eye screening bill based on Vanderbilt model
WASHINGTON---Recognizing diabetes as the leading cause of adult blindness, U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper introduced legislation today to expand patient access to new eye screening technology that helps curb this tragic and preventable disease. ..."Diabetic eye disease must not be allowed to blind more than 24,000 Americans every year," Cooper said. "Although early detection and treatment can reduce visio...New endowed chair established at Vanderbilt to promote brain resesarch
Brain research received significant new support today through the creation of the E. Bronson Ingram Chair of Neuroscience at Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt psychology professor Jeffrey D. Schall has been named as the holder of the new endowed chair, which was established with the goal of improving the lives of children through brain research.... ...The chair was created by the donation of Robi...Fran Visco receives Frances Williams Preston Award from Vanderbilt University
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 14, 2002) -- Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, is the 2002 recipient of the Frances Williams Preston Award for Breast Cancer Awareness, presented by the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. ... Visco is the first president of the NBCC, a grassroots advocacy organization that has grown to encompass more than 600 member organizations and 70...Special Fulbright awarded to Vanderbilt ethnomusicologist
With little or no public funding, women in the poorest areas of Uganda have helped reduce the rate of HIV infection from 30 percent to 8 percent of the population using only traditional music and dance.... With new support from the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program, Vanderbilt ethnomusicologist Greg Barz will return to Uganda this summer to continue his study of the effective ways these womens perf...Meharry-Vanderbilt partnership aims to address racial disparity in cancer outcomes
.NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 28, 1999) - The National Cancer Institute has awarded more than $1 million to support a new partnership between Meharry Medical College and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.. . Through this partnership, Meharry and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will collaborate on research and patient care initiatives that ultimately are hoped to help close the gap between bl...Vanderbilt School of Nursing begins graduate program in correctional health
.Beginning this fall, the Vanderbilt School of Nursing will offer a course of.study designed to prepare its graduates for work in the area of Correctional.Health. It is one of the first graduate programs in the country to train adult.nurse practitioners with a focus area in this field.. .VUSN is partnering with the Federal Bureau of Prisons for the new program. The.Bureau staff will provide some....Vanderbilt's Program in Human Genetics will play a central role in efforts by.Glaxo Wellcome to identify the genes involved in common diseases. The.pharmaceutical giant has designated Vanderbilt as one of the initial three.Genetic Epidemiology Centers in the world.. .The designation is part of a large-scale plan by Glaxo Wellcome to harness the.power of genetics for drug development and discove...Vanderbilt Cancer Center Discovery May Help Overcome Resistance To Anti-Breast Cancer Drug
.NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Vanderbilt Cancer Center researchers have reported a.discovery that could help overcome a major obstacle in treating breast cancer.with tamoxifen -- the resistance that breast tumor cells commonly develop to.this "anti-estrogen" drug.. .Writing in the Jan. 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the.researchers report that overproduction of a certain growth...