Year: 2024

June 12, 2024

Obesity-cancer connection discovery suggests strategies for improving immunotherapy 

The study reported in the journal Nature provides a mechanistic explanation for the “obesity paradox” — that obesity can contribute to cancer progression but also improve response to immunotherapy.

By Leigh MacMillan
June 12, 2024

Study shows a simple blood test can predict cardiorespiratory fitness

The researchers tested the feasibility of using a simple set of proteins from blood to capture a molecular fingerprint of cardiorespiratory fitness.

By Matt Batcheldor
June 11, 2024

2024 Chancellor Faculty Fellows selected

Each fellow holds the title for two years, receives $40,000 per year to support their work, and meets with their cohort to exchange ideas, build a broader intellectual community and engage in academic leadership development.

By Kathy Whitney
June 11, 2024

“Tic Me Out to the Ballgame” at Nashville Sounds on July 6 to benefit Tourette support group 

Use the QR code on the flyer below, and a portion of the ticket purchase will be donated to the Middle Tennessee Tourette Syndrome support group.
June 11, 2024

Artists invited to sell work online to benefit VUMC Arts department

VUMC will receive a portion of the fees collected from the gallery to further VUMC’s mission as it relates to art therapy and cultural enrichment for patients.
June 11, 2024

Juneteenth celebration featuring historian Learotha Williams is June 18 

Tennessee State University’s Learotha Williams, PhD, will present “Singing a New Song: Juneteenth and Freedom Celebrations in American History,” at the event.
June 10, 2024

Office of Outpatient Referral Assistance announces leadership appointments 

The office ensures that patients receive timely and appropriate medical attention and optimizes uncompensated care delivery through case reviews and determinations that have dramatically increased over the last four years.
By Kathy Whitney
June 10, 2024

Vanderbilt researchers establish biomedical informatics training program in Mozambique

Building sustainable biomedical informatics training and research capacity to address gaps in Mozambique's national HIV response will help the country leverage newer data-driven and genetics-based approaches for personalized HIV care and molecular epidemiology of the disease.
By Kristen Centers
June 7, 2024

Discovery raises hopes for new cancer therapy

The study connected the Hippo signaling pathway to phosphoinositides, a particular type of lipid, or fat molecule, which regulates cell functions that are critical in cancer, obesity and diabetes.
By Bill Snyder
June 7, 2024

Nursing event takes deep dive into evidence-based practice

The event featured lectures, breakout sessions and mentored work time that reinforced the seven-step evidence-based practice model.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 7, 2024

As “trauma season” approaches and the need for blood donation grows, VUMC names Blood Assurance its primary supplier of blood and blood products

Blood Assurance guarantees that blood donated at VUMC blood drives will be used for patients at Vanderbilt. It is also possible for donors at any Middle Tennessee Blood Assurance drive to designate the donated blood for VUMC.
By Wayne Wood
June 6, 2024

Stokes, Austin, Rosas-Salazar honored by the American Thoracic Society

The mission of the ATS is to promote the respiratory health of children and adolescents and to improve the care of children with respiratory disease through research, education, patient care and advocacy.
By Christina Echegaray
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