News Releases

Recent and archived press releases with clinical and research news

August 28, 2025

Yolanda Redmond named Chief Supply Chain Officer for VUMC 

“Supply Chain is more than just operations — we’re a strategic partner within the organization and critical to continued growth,” Redmond said.

By Holly Fletcher
August 25, 2025

VUMC partners with Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville State, and Ascension on Early College programs

These will become the fourth and fifth MNPS zoned high schools with an Early College program embedded in the school in partnership with Nashville State, joining Whites Creek, Glencliff, and Cane Ridge.

Brittany Saunders, holding her son, Bennett, talks with Julia Peredo, DNP, APRN, during a telehealth visit. (photo by Susan Urmy)
August 15, 2025

NICU babies are going home weeks earlier thanks to an iPad

The NICU Bridge to Home program is a remote monitoring initiative designed to support families during their transition from the hospital to home.

By Jessica Pasley
Kaille Meguiar, DO, MPH, left, Greta Ford and Rowan Bailey pose for a photo during the handprint ceremony as part of the Hyundai Hope on Wheels event. (photo by Susan Urmy)
August 12, 2025

Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant to advance research on long-term mental and cognitive health of pediatric cancer survivors

Hyundai Hope on Wheels has awarded more than $2 million in funding to pediatric cancer researchers at Monroe Carell since 2007.

By Christina Echegaray
On Jan. 15, Kascey Malone, CST, Aaron Williams, MD, Sean Bunch, RN, and Yatrik Patel, MD, perform one of Vanderbilt’s 184 heart transplants. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
August 12, 2025

Vanderbilt Transplant Center finishes fiscal year with new record of 918 solid organ transplants

This marks a second record-shattering year for solid organ transplants for Vanderbilt Health, surpassing last year’s previous record with an additional 109 lives saved. 

By Matt Batcheldor
August 4, 2025

Researchers debunk long-standing concern about flu treatment in children

The findings demonstrated what many pediatricians have long suspected: that the flu, not the flu treatment (Tamiflu), is associated with neuropsychiatric events.

By Jessica Pasley
August 4, 2025

VUMC’s ECMO program sees substantial growth

ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, is a life-sustaining mechanical system that takes over for the hearts and lungs of critically ill patients, allowing them to rest and recover.
By Matt Batcheldor
August 1, 2025

Study reports final clinical trial data for advanced kidney cancer treatment

The drug combo pembrolizumab plus axitinib had sustained and durable clinical benefit in more than five years of follow-up. It is a standard-of-care first-line treatment for advanced kidney cancer.
By Leigh MacMillan
July 31, 2025

Turn left for the plan, turn right for the miracle: when triplets couldn’t wait for Nashville

Triplets decided to enter the world at 26 weeks. The plan was Nashville, but it was a left turn and an hour away. Would choosing the local hospital be right?
By Danny Bonvissuto
July 31, 2025

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab is a space for learning for everyone involved 

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are on their way to finding out what science has to say about why music is important for health.
By Evan Dorian
July 29, 2025

A fast daily walk could extend your life: study

Just 15 minutes per day of fast walking reduced the risk of premature death in a low-income and predominantly Black U.S. population.
By Leigh MacMillan
July 28, 2025

Large-scale study uncovers 57 genetic hotspots into stuttering origins

The video is produced by the research team to explain the results of the study. Findings from the largest genetic analysis of stuttering are published in Nature Genetics; they point to 48 genes associated with stuttering and highlight neurological pathways of risk.
By Leigh MacMillan
July 23, 2025

Mount Sinai Health System achieves 94% response rate in professional accountability program through partnership with Vanderbilt Health’s CPPA 

By Holly Fletcher