Reporter Archive

An initiative at VUMC is helping to reduce automated alerts that are often triggered in the electronic health record.
March 24, 2022

VUMC Clickbusters program helps reduce EHR alerts

Vanderbilt’s Clickbusters program is helping to stem alert fatigue associated with the Medical Center’s clinical IT system.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.