Reporter November 2023

November 22, 2023

National study of two surgical interventions for exotropia shows no detectable difference

A study comparing two surgical methods for repairing childhood intermittent exotropia (a common form of strabismus or eye misalignment, in which one or both eyes sometimes turn outward) were unable to detect a significant difference in the two methods.

By Nancy Humphrey
November 21, 2023

Commensal gut bacterium protects from severe intestinal infection

The commensal bacterium Turicibacter sanguinis could be used to protect against severe intestinal infections, Vanderbilt researchers discovered.

By Leigh MacMillan
Patient Mathias Uribe with his parents, Mathias Uribe and Catalina Gutierrez, and his younger brother, Nicholas.
November 21, 2023

Young patient’s recovery from infection, multiple amputations, moves to next phase

After 143 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Mathias Uribe was discharged to begin the next phase of his recovery following a lengthy infection that led to a rare sequence of health issues.

By Jessica Pasley
November 21, 2023

VUMC scientists discover key step to kidney fibrosis

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the first time have shown that activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is essential for the development of kidney fibrosis, tissue scarring following injury that can lead to kidney failure.

By Bill Snyder
Brighton Goodhue, MS, LCGC
November 21, 2023

Grateful patient moved to nominate Brighton Goodhue for a Heart of Genetic Counseling award

Vanderbilt genetic counselor Brighton Goodhue, MS, LCGC, recently received a national award that a grateful patient nominated her for.

By Danny Bonvissuto
Neuroscientist Véronique Belzil, PhD, MS
November 20, 2023

Belzil to establish VUMC ALS Research Center

Neuroscientist Véronique Belzil, PhD, MS, will join Vanderbilt University Medical Center as associate professor of Neurology and director of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) research.

By Paul Govern
November 17, 2023

Keith Obstein receives inaugural Brock Family Center Innovator of the Year Award

Keith Obstein, MD, MPH, has received the inaugural Innovator of the Year Award from the Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation in recognition of his achievements in developing and commercializing a magnetic, flexible colonoscopy system with the potential to provide a safer alternative to standard colonoscopy.
By Jill Clendening
November 17, 2023

Study validates use of VUMC suicide risk model in Navy primary care

A Vanderbilt study found that automated suicide risk prediction models operating on electronic health records could help clinical teams efficiently identify patients for face-to-face suicide risk screening and prevention.
By Paul Govern
November 17, 2023

Tumor antigens key to improving cancer immunotherapy: study

Vanderbilt researchers are working to better design immune therapies that attack tumors without also attacking healthy normal tissue in patients.
By Bill Snyder
November 17, 2023

Vanderbilt’s Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell to be appointed director of the National Cancer Institute

Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC, the Hugh Jackson Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has been named director of the National Cancer Institute
By John Howser
November 16, 2023

Nasty microbe H. pylori has Achilles’ heel

Vanderbilt researchers found that an H. pylori enzyme is essential for colonization of the stomach, suggesting it as a promising therapeutic target for H. pylori infection.
By Paul Govern
November 16, 2023

Ebony Thomas, Jessica Benshoff receive Medical Assistant of the Year awards

Ebony Thomas received and Jessica Benshoff received Medical Assistant of the Year awards for demonstrating outstanding Credo behaviors, willingness to consistently exceed role expectations, and dedication to patients, colleagues and the VUMC community.
By Matt Batcheldor
November 15, 2023

Study finds many patients don’t seek more health services after receiving genetic screening results

A study by Vanderbilt researchers found that more than half of the patients who receive the results of genetic tests might not be impelled to seek more services than they're already receiving.
By Paul Govern
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