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Richard Locksley, MD, right, spoke about his allergic diseases research during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. Here, he poses for a photo with VUMC’s Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH.
February 27, 2020

Locksley’s Discovery Lecture

Richard Locksley, MD, spoke about his allergic diseases research during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. Here, he poses for a photo with VUMC’s Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 27, 2020

Gelbard’s airway disease efforts honored by Triological Society

Alexander Gelbard, MD, associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was recently awarded The Edmund Prince Fowler Award for his candidate thesis to the Triological Society.

By Kelsey Herbers
February 27, 2020

Multiple Sclerosis Society honors Bagnato

By Paul Govern
Officials with Vanderbilt Health and the Mt. Juliet Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon last week to celebrate the opening of the new Mt. Juliet Walk-in and Primary Care clinics, located at 64 Belinda Parkway. The walk-in clinic opened Feb. 22, and the primary care clinic will begin seeing patients April 20.
February 27, 2020

Mt. Juliet clinics debut

Officials with Vanderbilt Health and the Mt. Juliet Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon last week to celebrate the opening of the new Mt. Juliet Walk-in and Primary Care clinics.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 26, 2020

Study finds noise levels unsafe in local honky-tonks

Noise levels inside downtown Nashville’s “honky-tonk” venues may surpass safe listening levels, a new study by VUMC researchers reports.

By Kelsey Herbers
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February 26, 2020

Potential new heartburn drug studied at VUMC

An investigational drug that binds bile acids in the stomach can reduce the severity of heartburn symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) when combined with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), a new study suggests.

By Bill Snyder
February 25, 2020

Looking through MudPIT for protein interactions

The identification of novel protein interactions and sites of modification in proteins involved in mRNA translation adds to understanding of a process that is an important therapeutic target.
By Sanjay Mishra
February 24, 2020

Reducing postoperative opioids

An opioid-restrictive prescribing protocol reduced the number of postoperative opioid prescriptions and the oral morphine equivalent per prescription.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 21, 2020

Eligible physicians can vote in U.S. News “Best Hospitals” survey

Annual voting is now open for U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” for both adult and children's specialties. Survey responses account for approximately one-third of the overall score for each ranked specialty.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 20, 2020

Protein interactions and brain function

Roger Colbran and colleagues have discovered new molecular details about the function of an enzyme with a key role in shaping learning and memory.
By Bill Snyder
February 20, 2020

5 highlights from Leadership Assembly

A focus on bolstering and supporting the people who put the “personal” in personalized care is fueling initiatives around Vanderbilt University Medical Center as leaders look to boost connectivity of an expanding workforce that’s taking on more patients in a rapidly changing environment.
By Holly Fletcher
February 20, 2020

Post-transplant diabetes may be reversible: study

Post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM), a common complication of immunosuppressive drugs that are given to prevent transplant rejection, may be reversible and at least partially preventable, researchers at VUMC report.
By Bill Snyder
February 20, 2020

Gannon to oversee efforts to expand ECMO program to additional units

Whitney Gannon MSN, MS, RN, APRN, has been named to the new position of director of Quality and Education for the Vanderbilt Extracorporeal Life Support Program (ECLS).
By Matt Batcheldor