Reporter May 5 2023

May 9, 2023

Neural networks probe proteins

A machine learning method based on neural networks outperformed a mutational scanning model at identifying disease-causing mutations in an Alzheimer’s disease protein, suggesting the method could be useful for facilitating therapeutic design.

By Leigh MacMillan
May 8, 2023

Improved imaging for kidney disease

Vanderbilt researchers identified optimal MRI parameters for estimating the severity of polycystic kidney disease, a common inherited disorder that can lead to end-stage renal failure.

By Leigh MacMillan
May 4, 2023

Physical security pilot program begins in May

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is piloting several new physical security measures, including metal detectors, starting in May.

By Craig Boerner
May 4, 2023

Wallace named as VUMC’s New Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

David Wallace, MD, MPH, has been named as the new chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and director of the Vanderbilt Eye Institute.

By John Howser
From left, Frank Harrell Jr., PhD, Paul Harris, PhD, Wesley Self, MD, James Chappell, MD, PhD, Gordon Bernard, MD, Jana Shirey-Rice, PhD, and Jillian Rhoads, PhD, play key roles in a national effort to advance the understanding and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia and sepsis.
May 4, 2023

VUMC to coordinate national effort to reduce ARDS, pneumonia, sepsis

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $31.6 million federal grant to lead a national effort to better understand acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia and sepsis.

By Bill Snyder
May 4, 2023

Tracking lung macrophages

A new technique will allow researchers to track subsets of immune cells that patrol and defend the lungs, to better understand the roles of these cells during lung inflammation, infection and injury.

By Leigh MacMillan
May 4, 2023

Better adenoma detection

Fluorescent nanoparticles clearly identified colonic adenomas — precursors to colorectal cancer — in mice, and the formulation should translate to clinical use in humans.
By Sarah E. Glass
May 4, 2023

Mentors help high school students earn science honors

Three high school seniors with Vanderbilt mentors were selected for national honors by the Society for Science Regeneron Science Talent Search.
By Caroline Cencer
May 4, 2023

Smile180 Foundation directorship

Representatives from Delta Dental of Tennessee and their charitable arm, the Smile180 Foundation, visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently to present a check of $1 million to hospital leadership.
By Christina Echegaray
May 4, 2023

Pediatric Oral Immunotherapy Clinic launched

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has launched a new pediatric Oral Immunotherapy Clinic, which offers a special therapy to peanut-allergic children to reduce risk of a harmful immune response in the event of accidental exposure to peanuts.
By Christina Echegaray
May 4, 2023

Workplace violence policies apply to all employees, patients

As aggressive behavior toward health care providers is on the rise nationally, Vanderbilt's Workplace Violence Prevention Committee has recently developed stronger policies to help protect employees.
By Matt Batcheldor
May 3, 2023

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Gastroenterology director Burk

Raymond Burk Jr., MD, former director of the Vanderbilt's Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, died May 1 in Nashville. He was 80.
By Bill Snyder
May 3, 2023

New health bundle focuses on substance use disorder

Vanderbilt debuts MyRecoveryHealth Bundle to help treat substance use disorder.
By VUMC News and Communications
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