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Faculty honored for teaching and research
May 6, 2005
The 2005 Faculty Awards, presented at Tuesday’s Spring Faculty Meeting, recognize excellence in teaching and in research. Teaching in a Clinical Setting — Dawn M. Vanderhoef, M.S.N., R.N., lecturer in Nursing Vanderhoef works closely with pre-specialty psychiatric and mental health nursing students and enjoys mentoring nursing students and providing clinical experiences for those who are…
Vanderbilt School of Nursing‘s School Health Clinic helping school children fight obesity
February 15, 2005
Childhood obesity in Tennessee is a growing concern. Research shows about 10 percent of children ages 2-5 and 15 percent of children ages 6-19 are obese, and the percentages have more than doubled in the last two decades. Experts at Vanderbilt say Tennessee‘s numbers match those national statistics. Patti Scott, who has a master of science in Nursing,…
Cook to head partnership assessing health of Metro Schools students
December 17, 2004
12/17/2004 – Thomas H. Cook, Ph.D., M.S.N., assistant professor of Nursing, has been appointed the School Health director for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. In this newly created role, Cook is heading a partnership with Children’s Hospital and all 129 Metro Nashville Public Schools — with nearly 72,000 students — to provide health assessments…
Study examines new option for babies born addicted to narcotics
November 12, 2004
11/12/2004 – Researchers in the schools of Medicine and Nursing are teaming up on a new study designed to determine whether a new option could mean less severe withdrawal symptoms for the estimated 350,000 babies reportedly born addicted to narcotics each year.
Emergency preparedness center lauded by CDC
January 30, 2004
The National Center for Emergency Preparedness (NCEP) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been approved as a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Specialty Centers for Public Health Preparedness to coordinate national efforts related to terrorism and emerging public health threats. The Centers for Public Health Preparedness program is designed to combine…
Colleen Conway-Welch Selected as Nashvillian of the Year
January 1, 2004
Colleen Conway-Welch, at the age of 22, didn’t appear afraid of anything. When she contemplated what to do with her life, she thought adventurously. When she considered where to go, she held the world in the palm of her hand.
VUMC helps influence policy change for infant flu shot
October 24, 2003
Flu prevention initiatives got a shot in the arm last week when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that all children 6- to 23-months old receive the influenza vaccine, starting with the 2004 flu season. The decision strengthens the CDC’s previous position, which only “encouraged” vaccines for healthy infants in that…
School of Nursing celebrates record high enrollment
August 29, 2003
The School of Nursing greeted nearly 300 new faces for the first day of orientation on Monday, before classes began today, with a record high number of new students. A total of 264 new students have enrolled at VUSN for the 2003-2004 academic year, compared to 243 last year. Linda Norman, DSN, senior associate dean…
Improving health through expressive writing
April 28, 2003
A series of studies at The Vanderbilt School of Nursing are examining whether expressive writing sessions can make a difference in emotional and physical health of patients with chronic illnesses- specifically patients with HIV, diabetes, and people looking for a way to stop smoking. Ken Wallston, PhD, Professor of Psychology in the School of Nursing,…
2003 teaching, research award recipients announced
April 4, 2003
The 2003 Faculty Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Outstanding Contributions to Research were presented at the Spring Faculty Meeting. The awards, presented by the faculty, recognize excellence in teaching and research. The individual awards for Outstanding Contributions to Research are named in honor of current and past Vanderbilt faculty who were recognized during their…
