Reporter Jan 21 2022 Archive — Page 1 of 1

A surgical team in blue gowns, masks, and caps performs an operation around a draped patient in a brightly lit operating room, with surgical equipment and monitors surrounding them.
January 20, 2022

Vanderbilt Transplant Center reached new record in 2021

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center established a new record in calendar year 2021 for total solid organ transplants, performing 645 life-saving procedures among its adult and pediatric organ transplant programs.

By Matt Batcheldor
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January 20, 2022

New method enhances efforts to identify drug repurposing targets

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have developed a new method for identifying drugs for the repurposing trials that can lead to new indications for drugs already in use.

By Paul Govern
Person wearing a baseball cap looks into an open, brightly lit refrigerator stocked with food and drinks.
January 20, 2022

VUMC to support $170 million NIH nutrition research initiative

By Paul Govern
Head-and-shoulders professional portrait of David Erasmus, MBChB, MD, wearing a dark suit, checked shirt, and blue tie against a brown studio background.
January 20, 2022

Erasmus named medical director of the Vanderbilt Lung Transplant Program

David Erasmus, MBChB, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center earlier this month as medical director of the Vanderbilt Lung Transplant Program.

By Matt Batcheldor
Smiling older woman with short blonde hair, wearing a blue top, pearl earrings, and a pearl necklace.
January 20, 2022

Vanderbilt mourns loss of tireless philanthropist Dugas

Laura Jo Turner Dugas, who along with her brothers Cal Jr. and Steve Turner and their families, have been longtime supporters of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, died on Dec. 26, 2021. She was 84.

By Nancy Humphrey
Infographic titled “Tennessee Parents’ Top 5 Concerns for Kids,” listing education and school quality; bullying, including cyberbullying; child mental health and suicide; getting sick from COVID; and disruptions to schooling due to COVID. A child holds up five fingers beside the text. Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy branding appears at the bottom.
January 20, 2022

Education, school quality top concerns for parents: poll

A new poll of Tennessee parents from the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy has found that education and school quality top the list of parental concerns in the state.

By Jake Lowary