News Releases Archive — Page 19 of 38
Recent and archived press releases with clinical and research news
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January 3, 2025
AI tested for alerting clinicians of suicide risk at three VUMC clinics
At neurology clinics the system was used to flag 8% of arriving patients as having relatively high risk for suicide attempt in the next 30 days. -
January 2, 2025
2025 New Year’s baby Siora Ray arrives only 12 minutes after midnight
First baby at VWCH: Cash Mitchell; first baby at VTHH: Gwennyth Trinity Grace Freeze-Stele. -
December 17, 2024
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt again named a Leapfrog Top Hospital
Monroe Carell is one of only eight children’s hospitals in the U.S. and the only one in Tennessee to receive a spot on the Top Hospitals list this year. -
December 11, 2024
Vanderbilt joins national effort to develop alphavirus vaccines
The project aims to design computational “tool kits” that can speed development of multi-virus vaccines targeting some of the greatest infectious threats to human health. -
December 10, 2024
Study identifies that higher West African ancestry may contribute to worse breast cancer outcomes
The study found that West African genetic ancestry was associated with shorter disease-free survival, particularly for women with hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer. -
December 6, 2024
VUMC part of team developing advanced life-support tech for battlefield injured
Battlefield medics often have limited resources, time and expertise to provide life-sustaining, emergency care for those critically injured. -
December 5, 2024
VUMC to study effect of breathing tube size on breathing, speaking, swallowing
Approximately 1% of the U.S. population — 2 million to 3 million adults — experience critical illness requiring the placement of a breathing tube each year.