Strategic Plan

July 16, 2015

VUMC joins Human Vaccine Project as first scientific hub

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the Human Vaccines Project and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced this week that VUMC has become the project’s first scientific hub.

By John Howser
July 16, 2015

Biochemistry’s Hodges stays grounded in joy of discovery

Albert Einstein once wrote, “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” For Emily Hodges, Ph.D., that awakening occurred in a high school science class taught by Trudy Anderson, Ed.D. “She made science exciting,” Hodges said.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 16, 2015

Veterans returning from Middle East face higher skin cancer risk

Soldiers who served in the glaring desert sunlight of Iraq and Afghanistan returned home with an increased risk of skin cancer, due not only to the desert climate, but also a lack of sun protection, Vanderbilt dermatologist Jennifer Powers, M.D., reports in a study published recently in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

By Wayne Wood
July 16, 2015

Aspirnaut event details impact of art in science

Students watched, transfixed, for nearly an hour last Friday as internationally known portrait artist Igor Babailov sketched Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By Bill Snyder
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July 15, 2015

Study highlights pneumonia hospitalizations among U.S. adults

Viruses, not bacteria, are the most commonly detected respiratory pathogens in U.S. adults hospitalized with pneumonia, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study released today and conducted by researchers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and hospitals in Chicago and Nashville, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Craig Boerner
July 10, 2015

Delivering cells for heart repair

A polymer hydrogel material developed by Vanderbilt scientists improved the delivery of stem cells for heart repair.

By Leigh MacMillan
July 9, 2015

Signals of schizophrenia

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a possible molecular mechanism of schizophrenia that could lead to new treatments for the disorder.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 9, 2015

VUMC lands major pharmacogenomics grant

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $12.8 million grant from the federal government to develop better ways to predict how patients will respond to the drugs they’re given.
By Bill Snyder
July 9, 2015

Gates grant bolsters study of Tdap boosters in pregnant women

Kathryn Edwards, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, has received a $307,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study the immune responses of pregnant women who receive the Tdap (reduced-dose acellular pertussis vaccines combined with tetanus and diphtheria toxoids) vaccine.
By Matt Batcheldor
July 9, 2015

Improving patients’ quality of life drives Lind’s clinical care

As a gastroenterologist, Christopher Lind, M.D., says he is often the “butt” of jokes, but few people truly appreciate the role the gut plays in their happiness.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 9, 2015

Study could lead to vaccine for mosquito-borne dengue virus

Researchers at Vanderbilt University and the National University of Singapore have determined the structure of a human monoclonal antibody which, in an animal model, strongly neutralizes a type of the potentially lethal dengue virus.
By Bill Snyder
July 9, 2015

Girl’s procedure a first for new pediatric liver transplant service

Eight days after the pediatric liver transplant program at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt was launched, 10-year-old Aubree Vanzant received her liver.
By Jessica Pasley
July 9, 2015

New programs help medical students hone clinical skills

There is a lot of discussion on the national health care front about how best to equip future physicians to care for the patients of tomorrow. Faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) are right in the middle of the debate.
By Jessica Pasley
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