Vanderbilt Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit

June 29, 2021

Edwards among Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Inductees

Kathryn Edwards, MD, is among a new set of inductees into the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.

By Holly Fletcher
November 2, 2020

VUMC begins study of second COVID-19 vaccine

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has begun recruiting up to 250 participants for a Phase 3 clinical trial testing an investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.

By Bill Snyder
July 15, 2020

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to recruit up to 1,000 volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine Trial

In late July, Vanderbilt University Medical Center will begin recruiting up to 1,000 volunteers in a late-stage study of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. in collaboration with the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health.

By Bill Snyder
Vials with medication and syringe on blue methacrylate table. Horizontal composition. Top elevated view.
July 14, 2020

VUMC studies provide key positive results for COVID-19 vaccine in early-stage clinical trial

An experimental coronavirus vaccine stimulated robust immune responses against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and raised no serious safety concerns in an early-stage clinical trial.

By Leigh MacMillan