VLCM Foundation Blog

Latest News

Elise Vandersteen Bailey

Elise Vandersteen Bailey
Elise is VLCM's Foundation Specialist. She handles the blog, social media, and emails and is the main contact for all things VLCM Foundation. She has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah's College of Health in Exercise and Sports Sciences with a minor in Sociology focusing on Health and Medicine. Elise is continuing her education at the University of Utah through a dual degree graduate program, studying Health Policy in the Master of Public Policy program and Health Systems Research in the School of Medicine's Population Health Sciences PhD program.
Find me on:

Recent Posts

Science

HCI researchers design new use for pedigrees and discover 2 potentially cancer-causing genes along the way

Huntsman Cancer Institute researchers Nicola Camp and Rosalie Waller have created a new way to use family trees in the search for cancer-causing genes. In testing their new method, they...

Science

What are Cancer Stages?

Most people have probably heard of different stages of cancer, especially if you know anyone who’s dealt with the disease. The system that’s likely familiar for many is on a scale of 0 to IV, and...

Science

What are lymph nodes and why do they matter?

You’ve probably heard of your skeletal, immune, and cardiovascular systems. One biological system you may not have heard of is the lymphatic system. What is it, and what are lymph nodes?

Science

Elephant Genes Could Lead to New Cancer Drug

There's a reason Huntsman Cancer Institute says they have an "elephant doctor" and it's not because they're working on treating cancer in both elephants and humans. In fact, it's because elephants...

Tournament

Top Golf Time Added to Upper-Level Tournament Sponsorships

As we work on improving the experience donors have at the United Against Cancer charity golf tournament, we're especially concerned with helping attract new donors at the Par, Birdie, and Eagle...

Tournament

Updated Birdie Benefits at Charity Golf Tournament

To make the golf tournament better for donors, and to help us reach our goals, we've made a change to our Birdie sponsorship.

Get IT news and blog updates delivered to your inbox. Keep up with VLCM, Subscribe to Email Updates

Tweets by @vlcmfoundation