Year: 2024

June 25, 2024

International trial introduces another curative option for sickle cell disease 

The therapy, haploidentical bone marrow transplant with thiotepa and posttransplant cyclophosphamide, is as safe and more affordable than the recently FDA-approved myeloablative gene therapy and gene editing treatments.

By Jessica Pasley
June 25, 2024

Connie Orr honored as a Care Partner of the Year 

Orr is one of five care partners from across Vanderbilt Health recognized for their exceptional interaction, dedication and positive impact with patients, families and staff.

By Jessica Pasley
June 25, 2024

David Wasserman, groundbreaking researcher into exercise, insulin stimulation and metabolism, dies at 66

A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, his work has important implications for the treatment of diabetes and heart disease.

By Melinda Rogers
June 25, 2024

Gene variant may underlie diabetes disparities: study

The study was the largest ancestry-stratified, genetic estimation of the heritability of diabetic retinopathy conducted to date and included an unprecedented number of individuals of non-Hispanic African ancestry — more than 46,000.

By Bill Snyder
June 24, 2024

Automated algorithm predicts risk of blood clots in hospitalized patients

This new entry to the field works in the background to provide real-time risk assessments, with no manual inputs from health care providers required.

By Paul Govern
June 24, 2024

VUMC Pets of the Day: Bane and Pinch

June 24, 2024

Grayson Peek named ASHP Fellow for 2024 

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is the largest association of pharmacy professionals in the United States.
By Danny Bonvissuto
June 24, 2024

VUMC IT downtime notification: Workday quarterly service update is July 20 and Tecsys service update is July 21

Workday and Tecsys will experience an outage due to downtime for service updates and maintenance on July 20 and 21.
June 24, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: “She provided calmness during our storm”

Chelsey Scott, RN, works in the Intensive Care Unit at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 24, 2024

Tanmay Mathur named Vice President for Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital

Mathur will play an instrumental role in the development and implementation of long-term strategies, prepare operating and capital expenditure budgets and perform personnel administration functions specific to VPH.
By Danny Bonvissuto
June 24, 2024

From ‘what happened’ to ‘what now:’ How one VUMC News & Communications writer became part of her own story about the Vanderbilt Health Coaching Program

Danny Bonvissuto set out to write about the Vanderbilt Health Coaching Program. Then the program manager offered to show her how health coaches draw out intrinsic motivation in their clients, aka patients, to get to what Danny dubbed the Next Right Thing.
June 21, 2024

Eunice Huang named to the Board of Governors for the American Pediatric Surgical Association

As a governor, Huang will work to support the professional life cycle of its members and be a voice for children with surgical problems, with an intentional focus on areas in which the voice of a pediatric surgeon is especially effective. 
By Christina Echegaray
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