Reporter July 27 2018 Archive — Page 1 of 1

Futuristic blue digital illustration combining a DNA double helix with circuit-board patterns, glowing numbers, and streams of binary code.
July 26, 2018

Vanderbilt study links gene expression, disease association data

An international team of researchers has integrated gene expression and disease association data to better understand the biological mechanisms of complex human diseases.

By Leigh MacMillan
Portrait of Beth Malow, MD, MS, smiling and wearing a red jacket and pearl necklace.
July 26, 2018

VUMC’s membership in NIH NeuroNEXT network renewed

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s membership in NeuroNEXT, a research network that helps streamline Phase 2 clinical trials for brain disorders.

By Tom Wilemon
Several Nashville Predators rookie players in yellow shirts sit around a Seacrest Studios radio broadcast table with microphones and audio equipment, while a team mascot and hospital visitors stand behind them.
July 26, 2018

Hockey in the summer

The newest Nashville Predators — members of this year’s rookie draft class — recently spent a day at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt doing interviews in Seacrest Studios and visiting with patients and families.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a gray-haired man wearing glasses, a blue shirt, and a patterned tie.
July 26, 2018

American College of Physicians honors Lane

Richard Lane, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Medicine and a senior member of Vanderbilt’s Internal Medicine group at Williamson County Medical Center, was recently elected a Master of the American College of Physicians.

By Doug Campbell
Construction site showing a brick building expansion with blue-covered windows, scaffolding, a glass atrium entrance with a limestone arch, and cranes; taller institutional buildings rise behind it.
July 26, 2018

Rising up

Progress on the School of Nursing’s expansion shows the glass windows and limestone arch of its atrium entrance nearly complete.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Large group of medical staff and volunteers posing together in a hospital corridor, with several people wearing surgical caps and scrubs.
July 26, 2018

Volunteer event again makes hand surgeries possible for uninsured

About three dozen Vanderbilt University Medical Center employees will spend a Saturday volunteering their time so uninsured people suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome and other hand disorders can receive surgical treatment.

By Tom Wilemon