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January 17, 2019

Vanderbilt Transplant Center debuts new mobile app

Patients and providers now have instant access to Tennessee’s only full-service transplant center on their smartphones and mobile devices.

By Matt Batcheldor
January 17, 2019

Study tracks repercussions from reduced pre-op testing

When clinical teams at Vanderbilt University Medical Center dramatically reduced several types of preoperative testing for elective surgery patients, there were no repercussions for these patients in terms of case cancellation rates, average length of stay in the hospital or rates of readmission to VUMC.

By Paul Govern
January 17, 2019

Deas to deliver Jan. 21 Martin Luther King Jr. lecture

Deborah Deas, MD, MPH, the Mark and Pam Rubin Dean of the School of Medicine and chief executive officer for Clinical Affairs at the University of California, Riverside, will speak from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, in conjunction with the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series at Vanderbilt.

By Kathy Whitney
January 17, 2019

Spalluto, Lewis to lead VA lung screening initiative

Lucy Spalluto, MD, assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and Jennifer Lewis, MD, MS, instructor in Medicine, have been selected to co-lead the Veterans Affairs — Partnership to increase Access to Lung Screening (VA-PALS) National Program Evaluation.

January 17, 2019

DNA’s on/off switch

DNA-binding “switches” represent a fundamentally new method of communication between DNA-processing enzymes, Vanderbilt researchers propose.

By Bill Snyder
January 17, 2019

Public health expert Galea set for Discovery Lecture

Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 24.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 17, 2019

Lindsey Ham comes to work each day with her ‘game face’ on

For Lindsey Ham, Occupational Therapy clinical team lead at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, the phrases “work hard” and “play hard” are synonymous.
By Kelsey Herbers
January 17, 2019

Building a pancreas

Vanderbilt investigators are defining the genetic programs that control the development of pancreatic beta cells — studies that could inform new cellular or regenerative therapies for diabetes.
By Leigh MacMillan
January 17, 2019

Research explores link between stem cell transplant, diabetes

About a decade ago, at the beginning of his career in academic medicine, Brian Engelhardt, MD, MSCI, noticed that many of his patients receiving a stem cell transplant for their blood cancer ended up with diabetes.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 17, 2019

Study points to alternate therapy for rare form of diabetes

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers say an unexpected finding during the cellular analysis of human pancreatic tissue has revealed new information about a rare type of diabetes and underscores the importance of genetic testing for some individuals diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
By Jill Clendening
January 14, 2019

Vanderbilt set new heart, overall transplant record in 2018

Vanderbilt University Medical Center set a new record for total transplants among its five organ specialties in 2018 with more than 500 transplants.
By Matt Batcheldor
January 10, 2019

Grant to help address complexity of cancer care

Jeremy Warner, MD, MS, associate professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop software that will help clinicians keep up with the increasing complexity of cancer care.
By Doug Campbell
January 10, 2019

Study identifies novel genetic factors for colorectal cancer risk

A large-scale study conducted among East Asians and led by Vanderbilt researchers has identified multiple, previously unknown genetic risk factors for colorectal cancer.
By Tom Wilemon