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VUSN student-organized trauma workshop draws international participants
May 3, 2018
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) student chapter of Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health (NSRH) recently hosted “Trauma-Informed Pelvic Care,” an interactive, live-streamed workshop led by guest speaker Stephanie Tillman, CNM. A nurse-midwife in Chicago, Tillman is also known for her blog, “Feminist Midwife.” People from Canada, Mexico, the UK, and across the…
Assistant Dean Rolanda Johnson named Vanderbilt Pioneer
April 27, 2018
Rolanda Johnson, PhD’98, associate professor and assistant dean for academics, was honored as a Vanderbilt Pioneer during a portrait unveiling at Vanderbilt’s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center this month. The Vanderbilt Pioneers program salutes women and minorities who were the first in university leadership roles. Johnson was recognized as the first African American to hold a vice-chair position in Vanderbilt’s Faculty Senate and as the first African American assistant dean of academics at VUSN. Striking photographs of the honorees taken by Vanderbilt Professor of Philosophy Lucius Outlaw Jr. can be viewed at the center.
Alumna Judy Lea reflects on a career and life helping others
April 18, 2018
After two years as an arts major, Judy Jackson Lea, BSN’69, set her sights on Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and never looked back. “By the second year I knew I loved maternal/child health with an interest in public health,” she said. Read more
VUSN MSN Alum, Rashida Pollion, a nominee for top nurse in St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Nurses: The Heart of Health Care program
April 13, 2018
After college Pollion returned to her hometown of East St. Louis, Illinois. She worked at Menard Correctional Center for several years and now works as head nurse practitioner at a practice in St.Louis. Pollion also has a part-time job at bioMérieux where she visits patients at their homes. She does whatever it takes to make…
VUSN MSN Alum, Emily Edwards, named director of nursing support at North Mississippi Medical Center
April 13, 2018
Emily Edwards received her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2002 from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville. She completed her master’s degree in nursing through the Health Systems Management Program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in 2003.
Transgender expert Asa Radix to give May 7 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture
April 10, 2018
Asa Radix, MD, MPH, FACP, an internationally recognized medical expert and researcher on the health needs of transgender and LGBTQ people, will give the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Monday, May 7, noon-1 p.m., in VUSN’s Nursing Annex room 155. The lecture, “Transgender Health — 2018 Update,” is open to…
