Business Innovation Archive — Page 4 of 6

Each room of the new space at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt allows for rooming-in options for families seeking overnight accommodations. (photo by Susan Urmy)
April 9, 2025

Final floor’s opening completes expansion of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Monroe Carell now has a footprint of more than 1 million square feet and 363 beds, making it the largest pediatric hospital in Tennessee.

By Christina Echegaray
VUMC’s new automated biobanking system can store as many as 10 million biospecimens.
March 19, 2025

Alliance for Genomic Discovery completes 250,000 whole genomes to accelerate drug discovery

The milestone creates one of the largest, most comprehensive clinical genomic datasets of its kind; multiomic data to be added in next phase of program.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Vanderbilt Health logo above the words “Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy.”
February 10, 2025

Regional Hospitals adopt Vanderbilt Health professional accountability programs

The Vanderbilt Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy has exported its system for professional accountability to some 300 hospitals and physician groups around the country. Now it’s the turn for Vanderbilt Health’s Regional Hospitals.

By Paul Govern
Several blue-labeled sample tubes marked with codes including “T104-A,” “T106-A,” and “T118-A” stand in a black laboratory rack, with additional tubes blurred in the background.
February 3, 2025

Digital pathology aims to unlock secrets hidden in tissue samples

The pilot project, which is expected to digitize 500,000 slides over three years, aims to open avenues for research, assist with access to whole-slide images for education and clinical meetings (of tumor boards, for example), and facilitate planning for the implementation of digital pathology for diagnostic purposes. 

By Leigh MacMillan (video by Erin O. Smith and Donn Jones)
Wellington Pham, PhD
December 31, 2024

Wellington Pham named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Pham is among nine current and two former members of the Vanderbilt University faculty who are fellows of the NAI.

By Jackson Hicks
A woman examines a laboratory sample through the eyepiece of an Olympus microscope.
December 12, 2024

Go inside the lab as Maddie Wright, a CF warrior, ‘geeks out’ over the science of Vanderbilt Medical Laboratories 

A 17-year-old cystic fibrosis warrior and liver transplant recipient with antibiotic resistance got to see science in action at Vanderbilt Medical Laboratories.

By Jessica Pasley and Erin O. Smith