Reporter Feb 21 2020

February 25, 2020

Looking through MudPIT for protein interactions

The identification of novel protein interactions and sites of modification in proteins involved in mRNA translation adds to understanding of a process that is an important therapeutic target.

By Sanjay Mishra
Image of pain pills (iStock Photo)
February 24, 2020

Reducing postoperative opioids

An opioid-restrictive prescribing protocol reduced the number of postoperative opioid prescriptions and the oral morphine equivalent per prescription.

By Leigh MacMillan
February 21, 2020

Eligible physicians can vote in U.S. News “Best Hospitals” survey

Annual voting is now open for U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” for both adult and children’s specialties. Survey responses account for approximately one-third of the overall score for each ranked specialty.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 20, 2020

Protein interactions and brain function

Roger Colbran and colleagues have discovered new molecular details about the function of an enzyme with a key role in shaping learning and memory.

By Bill Snyder
Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, spoke about VUMC’s goals and milestones during Wednesday’s Leadership Assembly.
February 20, 2020

5 highlights from Leadership Assembly

A focus on bolstering and supporting the people who put the “personal” in personalized care is fueling initiatives around Vanderbilt University Medical Center as leaders look to boost connectivity of an expanding workforce that’s taking on more patients in a rapidly changing environment.

By Holly Fletcher
February 20, 2020

Post-transplant diabetes may be reversible: study

Post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM), a common complication of immunosuppressive drugs that are given to prevent transplant rejection, may be reversible and at least partially preventable, researchers at VUMC report.

By Bill Snyder
February 20, 2020

Gannon to oversee efforts to expand ECMO program to additional units

Whitney Gannon MSN, MS, RN, APRN, has been named to the new position of director of Quality and Education for the Vanderbilt Extracorporeal Life Support Program (ECLS).
By Matt Batcheldor
February 20, 2020

Country icon Randy Travis pays a visit

Randy Travis recently paid a visit to Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Doug Campbell
February 20, 2020

Discovery Lecture to feature head and neck cancer expert Grandis

By Leigh MacMillan
February 20, 2020

Transporter mutation alters cell energy

A disease-associated mutation in a transporter protein causes cells to increase energy production, as if they are starving, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 20, 2020

VUSN seeking applicants for new community-based nurse practitioner fellowship

New nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students who want to work with rural or medically underserved populations are invited to apply for Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s new community-based nurse practitioner fellowships based in Tennessee.
By Nancy Wise
February 20, 2020

It takes a village

The 59th annual Christmas Village, a three-day November shopping extravaganza organized by the Nashville Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club, raised $530,600 to benefit the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and other Pi Beta Phi philanthropies.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 20, 2020

Symposium to focus on stem cell transplant, cellular therapies

New therapies that re-engineer patients’ T-cells to target cancer and advances in stem cell transplantations that make it easier for patients to be matched with donors are among the topics at an upcoming symposium.
By Tom Wilemon
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