Reporter June 3 2022

June 7, 2022

Pediatric acute care use by ZIP code

Children with complex chronic conditions who live in low opportunity areas utilize more acute care and could benefit from hospital- and community-based interventions aimed at improving child health outcomes.

By Leigh MacMillan
June 6, 2022

Tracking the aging brain

The macrostructure — volume, area and length — of the brain’s white matter is useful for studying aging and could be a sensitive marker for neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, Vanderbilt researchers reported.

By Joshua Baker
June 3, 2022

Food allergy linked to lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection

By Nancy Humphrey
June 2, 2022

Sex & race & door-to-ECG time

More than a third of patients presenting at the emergency department with a suspected heart attack have a “delayed” ECG measure of heart function, with Black patients, females and non-English speakers more likely to experience delays.

By Paul Govern
June 2, 2022

Bacterial battle in 3D

Using imaging mass spectrometry and microscopy, Vanderbilt researchers visualized how staph bacteria modifies lipids in its membrane to evade immune system-mediated killing.

By Bill Snyder
Attendees at the Spring Donor Celebration included, from left, Jane Corcoran, Melinda Balser, Alice Coogan, MD, Edie Carell Johnson, Amy Schoeny, PhD, and David Johnson.
June 2, 2022

Event honors VUMC donors for their loyal support

By Nancy Humphrey
June 2, 2022

Magnet appraisers set VUH visit for Aug. 16-19

The American Nurses Credentialing Center will bring a team of appraisers to Vanderbilt University Hospital from Aug. 16-19 as part of the Magnet fourth designation process.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 2, 2022

Project Search graduation

Nine participants of the Project SEARCH program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center celebrated the completion of their nine-month internship training on Friday, May 20, in the theater of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Jessica Pasley
June 2, 2022

Scale measures confidence with telehealth technology

Vanderbilt's Digital Health Care Literacy Scale uses responses to three brief items to assess whether patients or caregivers are apt to have the confidence and basic know-how required to use digital health care services such as telehealth.
By Paul Govern
June 2, 2022

VUMC’s Solórzano elected president-elect of AAES

Vanderbilt's Carmen Solórzano, MD, has been elected president-elect of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.
By Jill Clendening
June 2, 2022

VUMC renewed as a Comprehensive Hypertension Center

The Vanderbilt Comprehensive Hypertension Center has been awarded renewal of the American Heart Association’s Comprehensive Hypertension Center Certification,
By Matt Batcheldor
June 2, 2022

Choi, Short receive AGA Research Foundation Awards

Two Vanderbilt researchers have received awards from the AGA Foundation, the charitable arm of the American Gastroenterological Association.
By Tom Wilemon
June 1, 2022

Trauma study aims to improve survival for bleeding patients

Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are joining Vanderbilt LifeFlight in a Department of Defense (DOD)-funded clinical trial aimed at improving survival with resuscitation techniques used to keep patients alive after a traumatic injury.
By Craig Boerner