Reporter Archive
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April 21, 2022
Diabetes prevention program run by students shows success
Seventy-five percent of participants in a diabetes prevention program run by medical students lost at least 5% of their body weight, and many participants also reported less pain and an overall improved quality of life. -
April 21, 2022
Drake, Freedman, Peebles elected AAP members
Vanderbilt's Wonder Drake, MD, Jane Freedman, MD, and Stokes Peebles, MD, have been elected to membership in the Association of American Physicians (AAP), one of the nation’s most respected medical honor societies. -
April 21, 2022
When science spills onto social media
Vanderbilt researchers report that social media posts can offer insights into how the public feels about genome editing, with stances varying across platforms and differing from those of academics and policy makers. -
April 21, 2022
Children with autism report greater gender diversity: study
Vanderbilt researchers found that children with autism report higher rates of gender diversity — the way in which an individual experiences gender distinct from social norms for their gender assigned at birth — than their typically developing peers. -
April 21, 2022
Regev’s Discovery Lecture
Aviv Regev, PhD, recipient of the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, gave her Vanderbilt Prize Discovery Lecture on April 14. -
April 21, 2022
Taylor, Newhouse, Petrie honored by geriatric psychiatry association
Vanderbilt's Warren Taylor, MD, MHSc, Paul Newhouse, MD, and William Petrie, MD, were recently honored at the 2022 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Awards. -
April 21, 2022
Youthful healing for burn wounds
Topical treatment of burns with an immunosuppressive drug counteracted the negative effects of aging on wound healing, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.