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September 29, 2022

Study shows CMS reimbursement not associated with wider EPD use

Vanderbilt research shows that higher reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was not associated with wider use of an embolic protection device during transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures.

By Matt Batcheldor
September 29, 2022

Vinson named Senior Vice President for Diagnostic Laboratory Services

David Vinson has been named Senior Vice President for Diagnostic Laboratory Services at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Kathy Whitney
September 27, 2022

Diagnostic biomarker for bone disorder

A urine chemical performs better as a diagnostic biomarker for the soft bone disease hypophosphatasia than other laboratory measures, Vanderbilt researchers have demonstrated.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 26, 2022

Vanderbilt mourns loss of physician-scientist van Eys

Jan van Eys, MD, PhD, clinical professor of Pediatrics, emeritus, died Sept. 24.

By Kathy Whitney
September 26, 2022

Wilde named Vice President and Divisional Chief Financial Officer

Chris Wilde, MBA, CPA, executive vice president and enterprise chief financial officer for Atrium Navicent Health in Macon, Georgia, has been named to the newly expanded role of Vice President & Divisional Chief Financial Officer (DCFO) for Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH) and Adult Ambulatory Operations.

By John Howser
September 26, 2022

Gender differences with bladder pain

Gender differences in the pain experiences and treatment needs of people with a urologic pain syndrome could be used to improve interventions, Vanderbilt researchers report.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 22, 2022

Medical student’s life saved by quick action of classmates

Daniel Ragheb's Vanderbilt University School of Medicine classmates came to his rescue after Ragheb experienced sudden cardiac arrest while the group was playing basketball.
By Kathy Whitney
September 22, 2022

MEGAMicrobe event shows children that science can be fun

More than 100 children who attended the “MEGAMicrobe Express” community science fair on Sept. 17 at the Warner Elementary Arts Magnet School in East Nashville.
By Bill Snyder
September 22, 2022

Vanderbilt study uses AI to speed mpox drug trials

A machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at Vanderbilt performs as well as humans at identifying skin lesions in clinical photographs of people with monkeypox.
By Paul Govern
September 22, 2022

Major commitment bolsters Vanderbilt’s retinal vision research efforts

A $10 million gift from the International Retinal Research Foundation will establish a center dedicated to retinal vision research at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute and a directorship to support a physician-scientist leader in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
By Nancy Humphrey
September 22, 2022

VUMC to lead AI ethics core for NIH project

Vanderbilt researchers will lead and comprise the greater part of an artificial intelligence research ethics core for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program called Bridge to Artificial Intelligence, or Bridge2AI.
By Paul Govern
September 22, 2022

Self named co-principal investigator of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award

Wesley Self, MD, MPH, a physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named co-principal investigator (co-PI) of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA).  
By Bill Snyder
September 22, 2022

Nominations sought for Research Staff Awards

Nominations for the 2022 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Research Staff Awards are now being accepted.
By Bill Snyder