Bill Snyder

From left, Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD; Research Staff Award recipients Sandra Yoder, MLS, SCYM, Faith Brendle, RN, CPN, CCRP, and Prashant Singh, MS; and John Kuriyan, PhD. (photo by Susan Urmy)
April 9, 2025

Research Staff Awards honor three who drive research in the School of Medicine

“Research often begins with inquiring minds asking deep questions,” said Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD. “But making discoveries requires a team effort.”

By Bill Snyder
Terrence Allen “TA” Smith, MD, MMHC
April 9, 2025

Colleagues honor the memory of VUMC gastroenterologist Terrence “TA” Smith

During his 20-year career at VUMC, he developed the Vanderbilt Small Bowel Center and was a leader in endoscopic innovation.

By Bill Snyder
April 4, 2025

Study details genetic architecture of congenital diarrheal disorders in infants

The findings represent a significant advance toward development of more effective, targeted therapies for congenital diarrhea and enteropathies

By Bill Snyder
James W. “Jim” Ayers
April 3, 2025

VUMC mourns the passing of noted businessman and philanthropist Jim Ayers

Mr. Ayers and his wife, Janet, have been a major philanthropic force in all of Tennessee.

By Bill Snyder
April 2, 2025

New gene discoveries target uterine fibroids

The research is another step toward development of targeted therapies aimed at reducing the incidence and medical burden of this common condition.

By Bill Snyder
Henry Rodes Hart Sr.
April 1, 2025

VUMC mourns loss of noted philanthropist Henry Rodes Hart Sr.

He and his wife, Patricia Ingram Hart, who died in 2022, endowed multiple chairs across the School of Medicine and Peabody College of Education and Human Development.

By Bill Snyder
March 28, 2025

VUMC’s Wesley Ely recognized by the American Thoracic Society

An internist, pulmonologist and critical care physician, Ely has focused on critically ill patients who suffer from delirium and who are at risk for long-term cognitive, functional and neuropsychological impairments.
By Bill Snyder
March 27, 2025

Six Vanderbilt faculty elected fellows of international scientific society

One of the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific societies, the AAAS also publishes the Science family of journals.
By Bill Snyder
March 18, 2025

Systemic sclerosis program gains a national recognition

Institutions that receive designation status provide high-quality scleroderma care, training and research. VUMC is one of 37 NSF-designated centers in the country and the only one in Tennessee.
By Bill Snyder
March 12, 2025

‘Trajectories’ of poor sleep over time may shorten your life: study

Long-term trajectories of irregular sleep durations outside the optimal range (more or less than the healthy duration of seven to nine hours of sleep per night) increased the risk of death from all causes by as much as 29%.
By Bill Snyder
March 10, 2025

Evolution, genomics and disease: a very special Discovery Lecture

Sarah Tishkoff described her groundbreaking research during a talk titled “African Evolutionary Genomics: Reconstructing Human Evolution and the Genetic Basis of Complex Adaptive Traits.”
By Bill Snyder
March 7, 2025

Richard Peek to serve as president of international gastroenterology group

He will serve successive one-year terms as AGA vice president, president-elect, president in 2027-2028, and then past president.
By Bill Snyder
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