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December 27, 2022

VWCH receives Best Hospitals for Maternity Care award from U.S. News & World Report

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH) is one of the 2022-2023 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy), according to U.S. News & World Report.

By Danny Bonvissuto
December 22, 2022

Button battery safety tips this holiday season

Injury prevention experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt urge everyone to add one more thing to that ever-growing holiday list of to-dos — button battery safety.

By Jessica Pasley
December 21, 2022

Flu season came early, hit hard in Tennessee

Flu season came a month early this year in Tennessee and hit hard, disproportionately affecting children, according to Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tennessee Department of Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Craig Boerner
December 20, 2022

Vanderbilt’s Walsh elected fellow of ACMI

Vanderbilt’s Colin Walsh, MD, MA, was recently elected to the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) class of 2022.

By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
December 20, 2022

Allied Health’s Dietetic Internship presents 2022 awards for Excellence in Education

Laura Skaug and Lori Ann Parker-Danley, PhD, are the first recipients of Allied Health’s Dietetic Internship Excellence in Education Awards.

By Kylie Avery
Ann Walker, Research Assistant III, spins blood samples on a carousel prior to DNA extraction.
December 19, 2022

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s BioVU reaches milestone with biological samples

BioVU, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s biobank, has reached another milestone — deep-freeze storage of more than 300,000 biological samples.

By Bill Snyder
December 16, 2022

Bivalent booster vaccine effective in preventing COVID-19 hospitalization in older adults

The new bivalent mRNA COVID-19 booster vaccines that began being used in September are beneficial in preventing COVID-19-associated hospitalization in persons 65 and over.
By Craig Boerner
December 16, 2022

VUMC Announces VICTR Leadership Transition

By Bill Snyder
December 15, 2022

Year in Review: Additions, appointments bolster VUMC’s missions

New leadership appointments during the past year helped strengthen Vanderbilt University Medical Center's core missions.
By Doug Campbell
December 15, 2022

Year in Review 2022: Medical Center shines on multiple national rankings

During the past year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center placed highly in several national rankings and was honored with numerous awards.
By Doug Campbell
December 15, 2022

Van Driest to lead All of Us pediatric research

Vanderbilt's Sara Van Driest, MD, PhD, has assumed a new post as the first-ever director of pediatrics for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, which aims to accelerate the prevention and treatment of illness through precision medicine.
By Christina Echegaray
December 15, 2022

Novel therapeutic target identified for chronic kidney disease

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered a molecular mechanism that promotes chronic kidney disease following kidney injury.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 15, 2022

Reduced kidney function may cause cardiovascular disease: study

An international team of investigators has found that mild to moderate reduction in kidney function may cause cardiovascular disease, even in people without symptoms of heart disease or diabetes.
By Bill Snyder
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