Reporter January 2024

January 25, 2024

January Leadership Assembly — Care That Changes Our World

Ongoing initiatives to reduce acts of violence or other disrespectful behaviors toward VUMC health care workers are vital for the well-being of both our people and our patients were among the topics discussed at the Leadership Assembly.

By Holly Fletcher
January 24, 2024

Long-term follow-up pinpoints side effects of treatments for prostate cancer patients

A 10-year follow up study of nearly 2,500 U.S. men who received prostate cancer treatment will help inform decision making in terms of treatments and side effects for a diverse population.

By Craig Boerner
January 24, 2024

Stokes Peebles appointed to the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council

Vanderbilt’s Stokes Peebles, MD, has been appointed to the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council.

By Bill Snyder
January 23, 2024

VUMC establishes Realizing Accelerated Progress, Investigation, Implementation, and Dissemination in Learning Health Systems (RAPID-LHS) Center

The new center, supported by a $5 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will focus on training scientists and supporting research to minimize gaps between the generation of clinical evidence, implementation of proven interventions and development of informed public health policy.

By Jill Clendening
January 23, 2024

Beth Malow receives grant to mount sleep program for children with autism

Vanderbilt neurologist Beth Malow, MD, has received a grant from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine to mount a community-based educational program for improving sleep in children with autism spectrum disorder.

By Paul Govern
January 22, 2024

Molecular profiles of tissue plus circulating tumor DNA can better guide cancer care

Vanderbilt research indicates that adding liquid biopsy testing for circulating tumor DNA mutations increases targetable mutation detection rates.

By Tom Wilemon
January 19, 2024

Retirement won’t slow down pioneering neonatal nurse Odessa Settles

Odessa Settles may have retired after spending more than 50 years as a neonatal nurse at Vanderbilt, but her career is far from over.
By Jessica Pasley
January 19, 2024

Marlee Crankshaw retires after 40 years of service to Vanderbilt

Now retired, Marlee Crankshaw first entered the doors of Vanderbilt University Medical Center 40 years ago.
By Jessica Pasley
January 19, 2024

Health equity champion Arie Nettles retires

Arie Nettles, PhD, professor of Clinical Pediatrics, spent her career ensuring the well-being of pediatric and adolescent patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism and cleft craniofacial disorders. She hopes to continue to effect change.
By Jessica Pasley
January 18, 2024

Beloved VUMC colleague and acclaimed scientist David Robertson mourned

David Robertson, MD, a beloved leader and mentor, and a pioneer in the clinical research of blood pressure disorders at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died Jan. 12 at his home in Nashville. He was 76.
By Bill Snyder and Nancy Humphrey
January 17, 2024

Hartmann named director of UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD, Vice President for Research Integration for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named director of the University of Kentucky (UK) Center for Clinical and Translational Science.
By Leigh MacMillan
January 17, 2024

Bird flu vaccine more effective with potent adjuvant

The avian (bird) influenza vaccine creates a more robust immune response when paired with a potent ingredient known as an adjuvant, according to Vanderbilt research published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
By Craig Boerner
January 16, 2024

Honoring Dr. King’s Communal Legacy

A special celebration was held in Light Hall last week to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hosted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion in collaboration with VUMC Employee Resource Groups, “Celebrating Beloved Community” focused on Dr. King’s communal legacy, his vision of beloved community, and the ways we continue to embody that legacy in the work we do here at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
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