Year: 2019

September 19, 2019

Potential prostate cancer biomarkers

An analysis of more than 140,000 people of European ancestry has identified blood protein biomarkers associated with prostate cancer risk.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 19, 2019

All-in-one pill helps reduce blood pressure, cholesterol

A single pill containing low doses of three medications to treat high blood pressure and one to lower cholesterol reduced the estimated risk of cardiovascular disease by 25%, according to a VUMC study.

By Craig Boerner
From left, Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, VUMC Executive Vice President for Research, Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science recipient Christine Seidman, MD, Vanderbilt Prize Scholar Megan Rasmussen and Lawrence Marnett, PhD, Dean of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine.
September 19, 2019

Genetics key to treating heart muscle disorders: Vanderbilt Prize lecturer

Advances in genetics are leading to new ways to treat cardiomyopathies — devastating heart muscle disorders that lead to heart failure.

By Bill Snyder
September 19, 2019

Security software required for employees’ smartphones, tablets

To help prevent unauthorized data access, Vanderbilt University Medical Center is requiring employees who use their personal smartphones and digital tablets to conduct VUMC business to enroll in mobile device management by Feb. 1, 2020.

By Paul Govern
September 18, 2019

Jackson named to new VICC advanced practice role

Heather Jackson, MSN, RN, APRN, has been promoted to administrative director of Advanced Practice for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

By Tom Wilemon
Katie Cox Johnson, MD, at the opening of the Shade Tree Clinic.
September 18, 2019

Katie Cox Johnson, co-founder of Shade Tree Clinic, mourned

Katie Cox Johnson, co-founder of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Shade Tree Clinic, died Sept. 11. She was 38.

By Kathy Whitney
September 17, 2019

“There’s something amazing about holding up an American flag,” says kettlebell gold medal winner Katherine Hartmann

The physician and scientist says she was motivated by the words of a friend: “Almost everything is your fault, and what isn’t your fault is your responsibility.”
By Wayne Wood
September 17, 2019

Upperman to succeed Brock as Surgeon-in-Chief of Children’s Hospital

After successfully serving as Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s first Surgeon-in-Chief for 17 years, John W. Brock III, MD, will transition to focus on his role as Senior Vice President of Pediatric Surgical Services and will become Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus. Brock will be succeeded as Surgeon-in-Chief by Jeffrey Upperman, MD.
By Christina Echegaray
September 16, 2019

As a child, Andrea Pitts was severely burned. As an adult, she provides “Boxes of Love” to burn patients.

A few gifts and an encouraging note from somebody who's been there
By Tavia Smith
September 13, 2019

Early effort to thwart chikungunya infection shows positive results

Phase 1 trial results in new approach to combat the chikungunya
By Bill Snyder
September 12, 2019

Keeping pace: Nashville, once a mid-size city with a Southern small-town feel, is experiencing explosive growth.

By Wayne Wood
September 12, 2019

Vanderbilt’s Brown named dean of Yale School of Medicine

Nancy Brown, MD, Hugh J. Morgan Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been named dean of the Yale School of Medicine. She will join Yale on Feb. 1, 2020.
By John Howser
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