Year: 2024

December 20, 2024

Vanderbilt Center for Transplant Science announces leadership team 

The center was created earlier this year to save the lives of patients waiting for a transplant and improve outcomes for patients after they receive a transplant.

By Doug Campbell
December 19, 2024

Proteomic signature a key to early detection of fatty liver disease: study

Currently, methods to detect early, obesity-related accumulation of fat in the liver other than a liver biopsy — the surgical removal of liver tissue for microscopic examination — are limited. But there is hope.

By Bill Snyder
December 18, 2024

VUMC part of multisite team investigating genetic markers of anorexia nervosa

With funding from the newly established Sarah Kyle Anorexia Nervosa Research Foundation, the researchers hope to identify biomarkers that will point to novel targets for prevention and treatment.

By Leigh MacMillan
Scott Baldwin, MD
December 18, 2024

Pediatric Cardiology chief Scott Baldwin to step down

He will step down in late spring/early summer 2025 and then plans to retire from the faculty in June 2026.

By Christina Echegaray
wedding rings
December 18, 2024

Saying ‘I do’ despite a terminal illness; how teachers can stay healthy in a room full of snot-nosed kids; Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s missing voice; plus other news stories with VUMC sources

From left are Alvin Powers, MD, Daniel Drucker, MD, and Steven Eskind, MD, associate professor of Surgery, son of Annette and Irwin Eskind. (photo by Donn Jones)
December 18, 2024

Leading GLP-1 expert shares insights on groundbreaking drugs for glucose control, weight loss

Drucker and his team study the molecular biology and physiology of the GLP-1 and GLP-2 molecules that regulate glucose metabolism, insulin secretion and energy balance.

By Jill Clendening
December 18, 2024

The man who gave Angel 1 its wings

“How much closer to an angel can you get than a little bitty baby struggling for life?” said Dean Driver, 91, who converted a panel truck into VUMC’s first neonatal transport in his driveway.
By Danny Bonvissuto
December 17, 2024

VUMC Pets of the Day: Stella and Loki

December 17, 2024

VUMC Program for Research Administration Development graduates latest cohort

VPRAD is a career development program designed for any staff member working in an administrative role within a lab, clinic, or administrative office within the Research Enterprise.
December 17, 2024

Study shows drop in use of antiviral medications in young children with influenza

Flu illness accounts for up to 10% of all pediatric hospitalizations during the winter season in the United States.
By Jessica Pasley
December 17, 2024

Immune-suppressing drug does not improve COVID-19 recovery: study

Previous studies suggested that fostamatinib may suppress inflammatory responses triggered by COVID-19 and mitigate ongoing lung injury, decreasing mortality and oxygen requirements.
By Bill Snyder
December 17, 2024

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt again named a Leapfrog Top Hospital

Monroe Carell is one of only eight children’s hospitals in the U.S. and the only one in Tennessee to receive a spot on the Top Hospitals list this year.
By Christina Echegaray
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