Reporter July 2023

Julie Hudson, MD, far left left, and Billy Hudson, PhD, far right, with this year's cohort of 19 high school students from eight states who participated in the summer research program at VUMC. (photo by Susan Urmy)
July 11, 2023

Aspirnaut scientific symposium set for Friday, July 14

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center community is invited to attend a scientific symposium on Friday, July 14, presented by high school participants in the Aspirnaut K-20 STEM pipeline for diversity and wellness.

By Bill Snyder
July 10, 2023

VUMC named to Becker’s list of the nation’s “Great hospitals in America”

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has again been named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “Great hospitals in America”

By Doug Campbell
July 10, 2023

Stevenson to serve as interim chair of Health Policy

David Stevenson Jr., PhD, MS, has been named interim chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Jill Clendening
Maureen Gannon, PhD, center, with Emilyn Alejandro, PhD, associate professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology at the University of Minnesota, left, and Maria Golson, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, a former postdoctoral fellow of Gannon’s.
July 10, 2023

Gannon receives career achievement award for islet biology research

Vanderbilt’s Maureen Gannon, PhD, received the Paul Lacy Medal Award, the highest honor given by the Midwest Islet Club in recognition of meritorious career achievement in the field of islet biology.

By Jill Clendening
July 10, 2023

Gaelyn Garrett receives James E. Newcomb MD Award from the American Laryngological Association

Vanderbilt’s Gaelyn Garrett, MD, MMHC, recently received the James E. Newcomb MD Award from the American Laryngological Association.

By Danny Bonvissuto
July 7, 2023

Novel treatments for fake patients

A customizable framework uses simulated patients to distinguish effects of a new treatment from “learning effects” for clinicians; it should help identify training opportunities and hasten treatment improvements.

By Paul Govern
July 7, 2023

Rett syndrome drug studied at Vanderbilt approved for patients

The first drug to treat the symptoms of Rett syndrome was recently approved, following a Nature Medicine study publishing results from the pivotal phase 3 LAVENDER study led by investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center to evaluate efficacy and safety of trofinetide.
By Craig Boerner
July 7, 2023

Study reveals new clue to gastric cancer

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have uncovered evidence of fibroblast cells' direct involvement in the development of gastric cancer.
By Bill Snyder
July 7, 2023

Pediatric Heart Transplant Program medical director Debra Dodd retiring

After nearly 40 years and being involved in more than 300 lifesaving transplantations at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Debra Dodd, MD, is retiring.
By Jessica Pasley
July 6, 2023

Yasminye Pettway selected as the 2023 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Yasminye Pettway has been selected as the 2023 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.
By Bill Snyder
July 6, 2023

Vanderbilt mourns loss of pulmonary medicine visionary James Snell Jr.

James D. Snell Jr., MD, who helped transform the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine during his 45-year career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died July 3 in Nashville.
By Bill Snyder
July 5, 2023

Vanderbilt researchers envision the potential to grow new lungs

Using a four-dimensional microscope that allows them to watch a tissue putting itself together, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have achieved a rare feat in science — they have shattered a long-standing dogma about how the lung develops.
By Bill Snyder
July 5, 2023

Arrojo e Drigo receives award for excellence in the field of islet research

Vanderbilt's Rafael Arrojo e Drigo, PhD, recently received the inaugural Robert L. Sorenson Young Investigator Award from the Midwest Islet Club (MIC) in recognition of his research excellence and innovation in the field of islet research.
By Jill Clendening
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