Year: 2023

William Nolan and his fianceé, Cassie Rooke, enjoy active lives, including taking long walks with their dog, Grizz. Nolan volunteers as a Trauma Peer Visitor to support others hospitalized with serious trauma.

Former patient steps up to help others with traumatic injuries

Former patient William Nolan is now a VUMC Trauma Peer Visitor, supporting others recovering from life-changing injuries.

VUMC employees asked to take steps to limit power use during heat wave

By VUMC News and Communications

Selenium signal found in colorectal cancer: study

An antioxidant transporter of the trace mineral selenium that protects against inflammatory bowel disease has the opposite effect in colorectal cancer, where it promotes tumor growth, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have reported.

By Bill Snyder

Research by Ann Richmond, PhD, second from left, Chi Yan, PhD, left, Kensey Bergdorf, PhD, JinMing Yang, PhD, and colleagues is leading to new insights on melanoma tumor formation and growth.

June 29, 2023

Study identifies key regulator of melanoma development

Vanderbilt investigators have revealed the mechanisms by which the chemokine receptor CXCR2, is associated with melanoma tumor formation and growth — a discovery that supports the continued development of drugs that inhibit the receptor’s activity.

By Tom Wilemon

June 29, 2023

Persistent inflammatory state found in half of pediatric sepsis deaths: study

New research shows that about half of pediatric patients who died of sepsis over the past 20 years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center had evidence of an inflammatory state called persistent inflammation, immunosuppression and catabolism syndrome.