Year: 2024

April 22, 2024

AI to doctors: Beat that! 

Artificial intelligence programs outperformed doctors at answering typical patient questions — suggesting they could be used to write first-draft responses and help speed doctors’ work.

By Paul Govern
Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD, and Melissa Wolf, PhD. (photo by Susan Urmy)
April 22, 2024

Study reveals potential new way to stop a common kidney cancer

Vanderbilt researchers have identified cancer cell-specific genetic alterations that reprogram the immune “landscape,” thereby driving tumor growth, and discovered a potential new drug target for stopping it.

By Bill Snyder
Jennifer Vega, PhD
April 22, 2024

Jennifer Vega receives NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Award

Jennifer Vega, PhD, a cognitive neuroscientist and research instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has received a 2024 National Comprehensive Cancer Network Foundation Young Investigator Award.

By Tom Wilemon
Sean Donahue, MD, PhD
April 22, 2024

Sean Donahue to become president of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Sean Donahue, MD, PhD, Sam and Darthea Coleman Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, will become president of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus in July.

By Nancy Humphrey
April 19, 2024

VUMC Pets of the Day: Lucy and Nugget

April 19, 2024

Preds are in the playoffs, and VUMC’s Preds Pride day is April 26; register for chance to win playoff tickets

April 19, 2024

A ‘Site’ for Sore Eyes

Four years ago, Roger Lasater went outside to look at the stars and the moon and couldn't see them. He was was in the beginning stages of age-related macular degeneration, one of the many eye diseases studied by physician-scientists at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute.
By Nancy Humphrey
April 19, 2024

Browse the eStar Upgrade website before the May 5 eStar Upgrade

April 19, 2024

Vanderbilt Home Care joins VUMC in adopting health record software from Epic Systems Corp.

This year Vanderbilt Home Care switched to the same electronic health record system used by VUMC, enabling providers to have a more complete view of their patients' care at home.
By Paul Govern
April 18, 2024

New urine test has higher diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the U.S.
By Tom Wilemon
April 17, 2024

Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance Faculty Affiliate Lunch and Learn event, “Nashville Neighborhoods 101,” is May 23

April 17, 2024

Surprise Ozempic pregnancies; limiting social media use by children; the case for eating more nuts; and other news stories with VUMC sources

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