SANE

  • Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier in a suit with alumna Erin Miller holding a framed award

    School of Nursing alum Erin Miller receives VU early career achievement award

    Erin Miller, MSN’19, was honored with Vanderbilt's 2023 Early Career Professional Achievement Award during Reunion and Homecoming weekend Nov. 2-5. The award is given by the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association and recognizes alumni age 40 and under for their significant record of career achievement and promise for professional success. Both a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and a pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner, Miller was one of the first graduates from VUSN’s pilot VEP-SANE program. Today, her expertise as a pediatric SANE, child advocate and health care leader is recognized in more than 1,000 completed sexual assault exams and court testimony in more than 100 cases. Read More

    Nov. 8, 2023

  • Rural image of a windmill in a field with farm behind it

    School receives more than $3 million in HRSA grants to increase SANE and rural/underserved area providers

    Two Vanderbilt School of Nursing professors have received grants totaling more than $3 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration to educate nurse practitioners to provide critical health care particularly in rural and underserved areas. Ginny Moore, director of the women’s health nurse practitioner specialty and… Read More

    Jul. 23, 2021

  • Vanderbilt SANE student Michelle Currey collects evidence with a swab.

    Immersion experience launches first class of VUSN Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner students

    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing recently held a three-day clinical immersion to launch its Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) education program for advanced practice nursing students, part of a $1.43 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners are specifically trained to help victims of sexual assault, collect evidence and testify. HRSA has an initiative to increase their number nationwide and reduce the need for individuals seeking help to travel to find someone with SANE training. Read More

    Feb. 13, 2019

  • Woman waiting for medical exam

    School of Nursing receives $1.43 million HRSA award to develop Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner education

    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has received a $1.43 million award from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop and implement a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) education program for emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) students. Vanderbilt’s program is projected to increase the number of… Read More

    Oct. 19, 2018