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March 16, 2023

Eng stresses need for clinical trial support at cancer forum

Vanderbilt’s Cathy Eng, MD, stressed the need for more patient participation and better funding for clinical trials to improve colorectal cancer treatment and outcomes during the White House Cancer Moonshot Colorectal Cancer Forum.

By Tom Wilemon
March 16, 2023

Digital technologies focus of new academic health report

A new report by the Blue Ridge Academic Health Group makes recommendations for the opportunities and challenges that the ongoing digital technology revolution brings to academic health centers.

By Nikki Bartholomew Troxclair
Alex Jahangir, MD, right, receives the award from Felix “Buddy” Savoie III, MD, at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
March 16, 2023

Orthopaedic surgery academy honors Jahangir

Vanderbilt’s Alex Jahangir, MD, recently received the William W. Tipton Jr., MD Leadership Award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

By Danny Bonvissuto
March 16, 2023

Study seeks to identify prenatal allergy risk markers

A Vanderbilt clinical trial is seeking to identify prenatal and early childhood markers of high risk for food allergy and atopic dermatitis, or eczema, as well as biological pathways that lead to these conditions.

By Jessica Pasley
March 15, 2023

Ashcroft named to receive Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, a British physiologist known internationally for her work on insulin secretion, Type 2 diabetes and neonatal diabetes, is the recipient of the 2023 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science.

By Bill Snyder
March 12, 2023

Patel appointed Ingram Chair in Surgical Sciences

By Jill Clendening
March 9, 2023

Study finds RSV may evade vaccines via rapid mutation

A Vanderbilt study concluded that RSV’s ability to mutate rapidly to escape detection by the body’s immune system makes it more challenging to design and develop vaccines that can stop it from spreading.
By Bill Snyder
March 9, 2023

Family’s participation key to advancing diabetes research

A study of one family from Alabama has led Vanderbilt researchers to discover that insulin deficiency, independent of the autoimmunity associated with Type 1 diabetes, is the principal factor leading to a markedly smaller pancreas.
By Jill Clendening
March 9, 2023

Osterman named Associate Vice President for Research Informatics

Travis Osterman, DO, MS, has been appointed to a new role as Associate Vice President for Research Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
March 9, 2023

Lecture gives new insight on surgery icon Thomas

Vanderbilt's recent H. William Scott Jr. Lecture in Surgical History offered unfiltered insight on the legacy of surgical pioneer Vivien Thomas.
By Jill Clendening
March 9, 2023

New leadership promotions within VUSM announced

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has announced a number of leadership promotions.
By Kathy Whitney
March 9, 2023

Get Well education and entertainment platform launches

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently launched a new digital patient engagement system to interact with patients and families.
By Jessica Pasley
March 9, 2023

VUMC granted four-year reaccreditation by ANCC

Vanderbilt University Medical Center was recently granted reaccreditation for nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) in February from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
By Matt Batcheldor
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