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Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH
March 24, 2022

VUMC’s DeBaun elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society

Vanderbilt’s Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH, has been elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society.

By Nancy Humphrey
March 24, 2022

Mohammad to direct Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Center

Saeed Mohammad, MD, MS, has been named director of the Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Center at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Matt Batcheldor
March 24, 2022

Berlin named interim leader of Hematology and Oncology

Jordan Berlin, MD, has been appointed interim leader of Vanderbilt’s Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine.

By Tom Wilemon
March 24, 2022

Reducing obesity-related inflammation

A treatment that increases levels of lipid signaling molecules reduced adipose tissue inflammation in obese adults, suggesting this pathway may be a valuable target for modulating fat and systemic inflammation.

By VUMC News and Communications
Joseph Breeyear, left, Todd Edwards, PhD, and colleagues are studying how high blood pressure genes can improve heart surgery survival in children.
March 24, 2022

High blood pressure genes improve heart surgery survival in children

Vanderbilt researchers have found that children with a genetic makeup that predicts high blood pressure as adults are more likely to survive congenital heart defect repair surgery.

By Leigh MacMillan
Vanderbilt’s Complex Airway Center team helped patient Shirley Beal overcome a serious complication following her bout with COVID-19.
March 24, 2022

Complex Airway Center team helps patient breathe easier

Vanderbilt Otolaryngology’s Complex Airway Center team helped patient Shirley Beal recover from a serious complication that arose after she was treated for COVID-19.

By Emily Stembridge
March 24, 2022

Celebrating six years of Seacrest Studios

Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently celebrated six years of providing programming for pediatric patients.
By Jessica Pasley
March 24, 2022

Grant set to support Georgiev’s research to identify new antibodies

Vanderbilt's Ivelin Georgiev, PhD, has received a three-year, $750,000 award from The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation of Rye Brook, New York, to support research aimed at rapidly identifying potent, disease-fighting antibodies.
By Bill Snyder
March 24, 2022

Woodard named High School Athletic Trainer of the Year

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital's Jacob Woodard, MAE, ATC, NASM-CES, has been named the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society Sandy Sandlin High School Athletic Trainer of the Year.
By Emily Stembridge
March 23, 2022

School of Medicine Spring Faculty Assembly set for April 29

The 2022 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Spring Faculty Assembly will be held in person this year beginning at noon on Friday, April 29, in 208 Light Hall.
By Bill Snyder
March 22, 2022

VUMC’s Pietenpol, Shyr named AACR Fellows

Vanderbilt's Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, and Yu Shyr, PhD, have been inducted as fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy.
By Tom Wilemon
March 17, 2022

U.S. precision medicine research program releases genomic data

The All of Us Research Program released an initial large batch of genomic data on its cloud-based research platform, the Researcher Workbench, including whole genome sequences of 98,600 research participants and genotype data from 165,200 participants.
By Paul Govern
March 17, 2022

Adult clinics prepare for upcoming site visit from Magnet appraisers

Nurses in Vanderbilt Adult Ambulatory Clinics are busy preparing for a site visit from appraisers of the American Nurses Credentialing Center as part of the Fourth Magnet Designation process.
By Matt Batcheldor
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