Bill Snyder Archive — Page 2 of 119

May 28, 2026

Oxford honors Russell Rothman with prestigious professorship

The one-year professorship is administered by the American Association of Rhodes Scholars and is awarded annually to a senior scholar “of the highest distinction” from the United States.

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May 28, 2026

Vanderbilt Health researchers call for pandemic prevention

The Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics has received large-scale government grants and contracts to fund the discovery of human antiviral antibodies. The problem is the next step — finding corporate partners to develop the antibodies through human testing.

By Bill Snyder
May 11, 2026

Multi-organ metabolite ‘signature’ signals increased heart failure risk

A multi-institutional group has identified a “signature” of metabolic molecules associated with exercise-induced physiologic deficits that, when released into the bloodstream, signal heightened heart failure risk.

By Bill Snyder
May 11, 2026

Spring Donor Celebration honors the ‘greater good’ at Vanderbilt Health

Four open-heart operations later, Eden is now in second grade and bubbling with ebullient energy. To honor the lifesaving compassionate care she received at Monroe Carell, her parents established a fund in her name, as Elisa Hill put it, “to be for another family what others were for us.”

By Bill Snyder
May 5, 2026

Patient-centric health care ‘bundles’ can improve outcomes and cut costs

MyHealth Bundles have cut waiting times, improved maternity care and nonsurgical management of osteoarthritis, and saved patients and employers millions of dollars.

By Bill Snyder
May 5, 2026

Susannah Rose to direct the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society

Rose, associate professor of Biomedical Informatics and Health Policy, will succeed Keith Meador, MD, ThM, MPH, the Anne Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, who has directed the center since 2012.

By Bill Snyder