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September 23, 2025

Nominations sought for 2025 School of Medicine’s Research Staff Awards

The awards honor staff members who provide exemplary support at all levels across the research enterprise.

By Bill Snyder
September 23, 2025

New Primary Care-Internal Medicine Residency Program to open in 2026 at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

The new residency program reflects the commitment to invest in VWCH, now a teaching hospital, and to advance health care in the surrounding community.

By Bill Snyder
September 19, 2025

Scientific symposium Sept. 26 to honor Dan Roden’s 75th birthday

By Bill Snyder
The 2025 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar, Kimberly Bress, left, poses with her mentor, Vanderbilt Prize winner Huda Akil, PhD. (photo by Susan Urmy)
September 19, 2025

Vanderbilt Prize recipient calls for a new science of resilience

Huda Akil’s research at the University of Michigan and Michigan Neuroscience Institute has helped reveal the fundamental nature of anxiety, depression, pain and addiction.

By Bill Snyder
Judy Jean Chapman, MN, RN
September 10, 2025

Nashville mourns Vanderbilt nursing and medical school icon Judy Jean Chapman

Mrs. Chapman, whose late husband, John Chapman, was dean of VUSM, worked tirelessly to advance health care and the nursing profession on the local and national level.

By Bill Snyder
September 4, 2025

MEGAMicrobe event for children set for Saturday, Sept. 27

By Bill Snyder
August 29, 2025

Discrepancies in gestational dating can inform miscarriage risk: study

Investigators measured whether gestational dating determined by ultrasound lagged what the last menstrual period predicted. The bigger the lag, the higher risk of the pregnancy ending in a loss, they found.
By Bill Snyder
August 28, 2025

Vanderbilt imaging scientist awarded $3.5 million in federal research grants

Zhongliang Zu has advanced the application of molecular and functional magnetic resonance imaging to improve diagnosis of tumors, ischemic stroke, and neurological and muscular disorders.
By Bill Snyder
August 25, 2025

Clinicians, patients cheer DAX, the AI ‘ear’ in Vanderbilt Health exam rooms

The program, called DAX Copilot, relieves clinicians from having to enter data into the electronic health record during patient visits and enables them to focus more fully on the patient.
By Bill Snyder
August 20, 2025

Vanderbilt Prize winner Huda Akil to discuss how science can aid mental health on Sept. 11

Akil is an internationally known neuroscientist at the University of Michigan and Michigan Neuroscience Institute whose research has helped reveal the fundamental nature of anxiety, depression, pain and addiction.
By Bill Snyder
August 19, 2025

Vanderbilt’s Michael R. DeBaun elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

This year, 247 members were elected from the mathematical, physical, biological, social and behavioral sciences, humanities, the arts, leadership, policy and communications.
By Bill Snyder
August 6, 2025

Clues offer new hope for treating GI tract disorders

Hirschsprung disease is a congenital disorder that occurs in approximately 1 in 5,000 babies. Caused by a lack of ENS neurons in the muscles of the colon, Hirschsprung disease disrupts gut motility, resulting in bowel obstruction.
By Bill Snyder