Infectious Diseases
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November 5, 2025
Keipp Talbot wins Anthony Fauci Courage in Leadership Award
Bestowed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the award "celebrates individuals who inspire and encourage others to make a difference." -
November 4, 2025
AI can speed antibody design to thwart novel viruses: study
While the study focused on development of antibody therapeutics against existing and emerging viral threats, the implications of the research are much broader. -
November 4, 2025
Anna Person leads HIV Medical Association board of directors
HIVMA was created in 2001 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America "to advance a comprehensive and humane response to the HIV pandemic, informed by science and social justice." -
November 3, 2025
Artificial HIV patients do their part for science
To speed HIV research, VUMC scientists are drafting droves of people who do not exist to serve as research subjects. -
November 3, 2025
Prescribing with purpose
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center study finds unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in hospitalized children and highlights opportunity for antibiotic stewardship. -
October 22, 2025
New sepsis therapy developed at VUMC edges closer to the clinic
Jacek Hawiger and his colleagues report that a “peptide genomic therapy” given in combination with an antibiotic nearly doubles survival rates from sepsis in an animal model, compared to treatment with antibiotic alone. -
September 23, 2025
Flu vaccines available now: Protect yourself this fall
With respiratory virus season approaching, health experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are urging Middle Tennesseans to protect themselves and their families by getting vaccinated against the flu. For VUMC employees, the Occupational Health Clinic is facilitating multiple influenza vaccination options.