Reporter

February 23, 2023

NIH grant supports TB research network in Brazil

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $5 million grant to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for continued support of the Brazil Regional Prospective Observational Research in Tuberculosis network, or RePORT-Brazil.

By Paul Govern
February 23, 2023

Review explores ICU-related cognitive impact scores

A recent systematic review by Vanderbilt researchers has taken a close look at the cognitive instruments used in long-term outcome studies of survivors of adult critical illness and how those test scores are interpreted.

By Nancy Humphrey
Julie Bastarache, MD, has been appointed Assistant Vice President for Clinical & Translational Scientist Development.
February 23, 2023

Bastarache takes on new role for research career development

Julie Bastarache, MD, has been appointed Assistant Vice President for Clinical & Translational Scientist Development at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Leigh MacMillan
February 23, 2023

Trial seeks to expand therapies for biliary cancers

A Vanderbilt clinical trial seeks to optimize the effect of immunotherapies for patients with biliary tract cancers who have already progressed on first-line therapy.

By Tom Wilemon
February 23, 2023

VHAN achieves largest shared savings distribution

The Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network (VHAN) distributed $17.7 million in shared savings and performance bonuses from commercial and Medicare contracts this year.

By Megan Pacella
February 23, 2023

Poll finds rates of uninsured children back to pre-pandemic level

The latest analysis of the annual Vanderbilt Child Health Poll of Tennessee parents shows the rate of uninsured children in the state has returned to prepandemic levels.

By Jake Lowary
February 23, 2023

Vanderbilt injury prevention experts urge use of carbon monoxide alarms

Injury and prevention advocates at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt strongly urge the use of carbon monoxide alarms in all buildings.
By Jessica Pasley
February 23, 2023

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Nuclear Medicine director Brill

Aaron Bertrand (Randy) Brill, MD, PhD, former director of Nuclear Medicine and Biophysics at VUMC, died Feb. 13. He was 94.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 21, 2023

Vanderbilt University Hospital lobby opens after total renovation

After a multiyear effort, renovation of the Vanderbilt University Hospital lobby is complete.
By John Howser
February 21, 2023

Thank a Resident Day is Feb. 24

By Kathy Whitney
February 21, 2023

Diabetes drug may improve asthma

New biomarker finding strengthens the case for using GLP-1R agonists to treat patients with Type 2 diabetes who also suffer from asthma.
By Sarah E. Glass
February 20, 2023

Voting open for Best Hospitals rankings

The reputation survey for U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals and Best Children’s Hospitals rankings is open to eligible clinicians who have registered their Doximity accounts.  
By Cynthia Manley
February 20, 2023

Probing hellbender health

Understanding how hellbenders — large, fully aquatic salamanders — fight fungal pathogens and disease is important for protecting these unique stream predators; Vanderbilt researchers add new insights.
By Leigh MacMillan