The Vanderbilt Health team discovered that a signaling pathway called AP-1 complex links dietary sodium to immune-driven salt-sensitivity of blood pressure, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and death.

Donated guitars help artists recover and return to making music.

Vanderbilt Health informatics leader will head the world’s largest biomedical library and the nation’s leading funder of biomedical informatics and data science research.

The nearly 9-foot-tall, 1,500-pound, aluminum sculpture has served as the logo for the hospital since 1971, and now those iconic paper dolls are getting a dose of rehab therapy. Watch a timelapse video of the removal!

Vanderbilt Health’s clinical care and support program for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorder has served 27 pregnant patients at VWCH, with the goal of serving 50-100 patients annually.

The study will begin enrolling eligible patients in September. Thirty participants, ages 12 and older, will be randomized to receive either a placebo or the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide.

As part of the clinical trial, Jordyn Bugarin regularly traveled to Vanderbilt Health, navigating a complex study while living with a disease that can flare unpredictably and permanently limit movement. The experimental drug received federal approval Aug. 19.