Reporter July 15 2022

July 15, 2022

‘DNA’ podcast goes live: July 20 Twitter Spaces chat about mental health, teens

Season 3 of the “Vanderbilt Health DNA: Discoveries in Action” podcast series will kick off with a live Twitter Spaces chat about mental health, featuring several teens from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee.

By Holly Fletcher
July 15, 2022

Holowatyj named chair of scientific advisory board for ACPMP Research Foundation

Vanderbilt’s Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, MSCI, has been named the inaugural chair of the scientific advisory board for the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation.

By Tom Wilemon
July 14, 2022

New program helps low-vision patients more safely navigate their home environments

By Nancy Humphrey
July 14, 2022

Study explores clinical uses for polygenic risk scores

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $4.5 million grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute to assess clinical outcomes and economic value of screening large, diverse health care populations for disease risk using polygenic risk scores.

By Paul Govern
John Pietsch, MD, founder of the ECMO program at Children’s Hospital, is retiring after 50 years of caring for patients.
July 14, 2022

Pediatric ECMO program founder Pietsch retires

John Pietsch, MD, the recently retired founder of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, didn’t grow up wanting to be a doctor.

By Jessica Pasley
Margaret Axelrod, PhD
July 14, 2022

Vanderbilt MSTP students receive P.E.O. Scholar Awards

Three aspiring physician-scientists in Vanderbilt University’s Medical Scientist Training Program are among this year’s recipients of highly competitive P.E.O. Scholar Awards.

By Bill Snyder
July 14, 2022

Children’s Hospital Magnet visit set for Aug. 10-12

The American Nurses Credentialing Center will bring a team of appraisers to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Aug. 10-12 as part of the Magnet fourth designation process.
By Matt Batcheldor
July 14, 2022

New implant helps ease spinal lumbar fusion surgery

Vanderbilt's Raymond Gardocki, MD, played an instrumental role in developing and implanting the Flarehawk 9 — a first-of-its-kind interbody implant that can be placed endoscopically during spinal lumbar fusion surgery.
By Emily Stembridge
July 14, 2022

Darling honored by Society of Research Administrators

Vanderbilt's Heather Darling, PMP, has been selected as a Future of the Field honoree by the Society of Research Administrators International.
By Bill Snyder
July 14, 2022

Hospital readmissions tied to supply of nearby care options: study

Vanderbilt research finds that hospitals' 30-day readmission rates were lower if they had a larger supply of primary care physicians, nursing homes or palliative care services nearby.
By Jake Lowary
July 13, 2022

VUMC launches tuition-free Care Partner Academy

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched Vanderbilt Care Partner Academy (VCPA), a tuition-free, paid training opportunity for people interested in becoming care partners.
By Matt Batcheldor
July 13, 2022

Clinic offers ongoing care for pediatric heart patients

Vanderbilt recently launched a new multidisciplinary Fontan Clinic, which will provide an ongoing, coordinated care plan for children and teens, ages 10-19, who have had the Fontan procedure for single ventricle heart disease.
By Christina Echegaray
July 13, 2022

Grad student Shelton selected as Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Catherine Shelton has been selected as the 2022 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.
By Bill Snyder