News Releases

Recent and archived press releases with clinical and research news

February 29, 2024

Grant helps expand Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training across Middle Tennessee

February 27, 2024

Multi-institutional study of Wilms tumor facilitates enrollment, optimizes treatment

Multi-institutional study finds that enrollment and outcomes were similar across various groups of children participating in therapeutic trials for Wilms tumor — the most common pediatric kidney cancer worldwide.

February 27, 2024

Lack of Insurance among Tennessee children remains low, while mental health concerns persist

The latest analysis of the 2024 Tennessee Child Health Poll has found that the proportion of uninsured kids in Tennessee held steady from the 2023 poll, and the rates of mental health diagnoses and associated concerns from Tennessee parents remain high.

February 23, 2024

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt begins treating patients with novel gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Jonathan Soslow, MD, and Bryan Burnette, MD, recently began treating patients with a novel gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

February 22, 2024

AI aids efforts to cut nuisance alerts for health care teams: study

A new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center demonstrates the promise of artificial intelligence to help refine and target the myriad computerized alerts intended to assist doctors and other team members in day-to-day clinical decision-making.

February 19, 2024

VUMC part of major step to achieving precision medicine

An analysis of genomic data from nearly 250,000 participants in the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program has identified more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variations, nearly 4 million of which have potential health consequences.