Reporter February 2024 Archive — Page 3 of 4

Stylized 3D anatomical illustration of the human lungs and heart, with the trachea and branching airways visible against a softly blurred background.
February 12, 2024

VISTA grant to fund hospital-based research training in heart, lung, blood, sleep disorders

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a federal grant to establish a first-of-its-kind training program in patient-oriented and health systems research focused on acute heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders in the hospital setting.

By Bill Snyder
Exterior of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, showing its modern multi-story buildings, glass entrance, landscaped frontage, and colorful children’s artwork sign.
February 8, 2024

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt celebrates 20 years of service

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is celebrating 20 years as Middle Tennessee’s first full-service children’s hospital and is commemorating its mission of caring for children and their families.

By Christina Echegaray
Portrait of Julia Morris wearing glasses, a patterned scarf, and a brown jacket against a neutral background.
February 7, 2024

Julia Morris to step down from VUMC Legal Affairs role, move to part-time status

Julia Morris, JD, BSN, MSN, managing counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will be stepping down from her role and moving to part-time status with VUMC in June.

By Kathy Whitney
Two ^18F-FDG PET scan panels labeled “Baseline” and “Post NSPS,” with white arrows pointing to areas of interest; a vertical color scale appears at left.
February 7, 2024

Vanderbilt nanodrug may be a paradigm shift for cancer

A multidisciplinary research team at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center has discovered a new way to kill a tumor by disrupting its acidic “microenvironment” without harming normal tissue.

By Bill Snyder
Three adults pose in a hospital hallway with a young child wearing a blue plaid shirt; one adult holds the child, and another wears an identification badge and red lapel pin.
February 7, 2024

Teamwork key to treating boy’s severe head injuries following golf cart accident

Collaboration between teams at Vanderbilt was critical in saving a 2-year-old boy who suffered severe and complex injuries to his head after it was accidantly struck by a golf cart.

By Nancy Humphrey
Illustration of two human kidneys shown in cross section, with internal structures and connecting blood vessels visible.
February 7, 2024

VUMC study finds molecular switch key to repair of kidney damage

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified Rac1, a molecular switch that regulates the actin cytoskeleton of epithelial cells in the collecting ducts, as a driver of post-obstructive kidney repair.

By Bill Snyder