Women’s Health Archive — Page 2 of 11
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November 14, 2024
VUMC receives $3.3 million ARPA-H award to develop at-home therapy for preterm labor
This project will be the first to apply drug conjugates in the field of obstetrics. -
October 22, 2024
VUMC, Nigeria teaching hospital to study genetic risk of fibroids based on regional African ancestry
The research team will analyze existing genome-wide association study data and RNA sequencing to compare fibroid development patterns in Nigerian women and U.S. Black women, which could point to targeted therapies and management strategies for affected women. -
October 18, 2024
Curbing late-stage breast cancer diagnosis: Innovative mobile diagnostic kit aims to improve early detection in Uganda
An international team of experts, including the Uganda Cancer Institute, is developing a groundbreaking mobile breast cancer diagnostic kit to enhance early detection in Uganda, where 70% of cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage. -
August 21, 2024
Mary Romano named president of North American Society of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology
NASPAG provides multidisciplinary leadership in education, research, advocacy and clinical care to improve the reproductive health of youth. -
July 22, 2024
Opioid treatment can avoid foster care placement: study
If women are given medications to treat opioid use disorder during their pregnancy they are significantly more likely to retain custody of their newborns after delivery -
July 11, 2024
Jennifer Gaddy receives grants from March of Dimes, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
She studies infection of the female reproductive tract in the context of pregnancy. -
June 24, 2024
From ‘what happened’ to ‘what now:’ How one VUMC News & Communications writer became part of her own story about the Vanderbilt Health Coaching Program
Danny Bonvissuto set out to write about the Vanderbilt Health Coaching Program. Then the program manager offered to show her how health coaches draw out intrinsic motivation in their clients, aka patients, to get to what Danny dubbed the Next Right Thing.