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November 11, 2026

Randomized trial: Autoimmune risk score plus fast-track referral speeds diagnosis

There has been no evidence-based guidance for deciding which patients with a positive antinuclear antibody test — a potential indicator of autoimmune disease — need prompt rheumatology referral.

Jenny Slayton, Etoi Garrison, and Cecelia Theobald pose indoors, with Garrison holding an award plaque. A Pursuing Excellence event backdrop is visible behind them.
November 9, 2026

Annual award program celebrates improvement work across VH

The 2026 QSRP Pursuit of Excellence Project of the Year award winner is a Vanderbilt University Hospital team focused on preventing hypoglycemia for women with diabetes in labor.

A caregiver gently holds and examines an older adult’s hand and wrist.
November 2, 2026

New service brings geriatric care to older adults living with HIV

By 2040 more than 1 in 3 patients with HIV is expected to be 65 or older.

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November 2, 2026

Sharon Davis receives research grant to keep clinical AI models accurate

Predictive models tend to degrade as clinical practice, information systems and patient populations change.

October 30, 2026

NIH New Innovator Award supports Luca Bonomi’s research on AI and privacy

Left unchecked, clinical AI models tend to remember and leak their training data. Bonomi is developing methods to “tell apart the memorization a model needs from the memorization that exposes patients.”

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October 28, 2026

Matthew Kynes receives humanitarian award from the American Society of Anesthesiologists

The award recognizes an ASA member whose career supports humanitarian aid and disaster relief, or anesthesia education and training in low-income countries.