Department of Biomedical Informatics

February 21, 2013

Middleton named VU Health System informatics chief

Blackford Middleton, M.D., MPH, M.Sc., corporate director of clinical informatics research and development at Partners Healthcare in Boston, will join Vanderbilt later this month in the role of assistant vice chancellor for Health Affairs and chief informatics officer for Vanderbilt University Health System. He succeeds John Doulis, M.D.

By Paul Govern

February 14, 2013

Two from VUMC help lead national informatics group

Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Informatics remains exceptionally well represented on the nine-member executive committee of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).

By Paul Govern

October 4, 2012

Proteins help flip tumor’s invasive switch

Vanderbilt investigators have identified how two key components of cancer’s invasive “switch” — the series of signaling events that turn on a tumor cell’s invasive behavior — work together.

By Leigh MacMillan

August 9, 2012

Network approach yields glioblastoma clues

MicroRNA “regulatory networks” generated at Vanderbilt aid search for biomarkers and new drugs to treat glioblastoma, the most common and lethal primary brain tumor.

By Bill Snyder

June 19, 2012

Gene database to aid disease research

A new catalog of human genetic data may help researchers uncover the genetic roots of disease and enable the ultimate realization of personalized medicine.

By Bill Snyder

February 8, 2012

Matchmaker for clinical studies

ResearchMatch.org is a web-based registry that is connecting participants and researchers for clinical studies.

By Leigh MacMillan