COVID-19 Archive — Page 7 of 35

Green-gloved laboratory worker holds two small tubes containing clear liquid over a blurred lab coat.
April 25, 2022

VUMC offers second booster to eligible individuals

By Vanderbilt Health News
Four medical professionals pose together in front of a wood-paneled wall; the person at left wears a white Vanderbilt University Medical Center lab coat, and the others wear business attire.
April 14, 2022

VUMC research team receives $1 million grant from AHA to study impact of long-COVID on heart

A research team led by Cyndya Shibao, MD, MSCI, associate professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has received a three-year, $1-million grant from the American Heart Association to study long-term effects of COVID-19 on the heart and cardiovascular system.

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of Wesley Self, MD, MPH, wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie.
April 13, 2022

Additional COVID vaccine helps protect transplant patients

Additional booster doses of vaccine against COVID-19 are particularly important for those who are immunosuppressed, namely those who have had solid organ transplants, a new study shows.

By Nancy Humphrey
Three family members—a man, woman, and girl—stand together outdoors beside a large tree, wearing Vanderbilt clothing.
April 13, 2022

Volunteering for vaccine research a family affair

By Kristin Smart
Child in a pink shirt looks toward a gloved healthcare worker holding a syringe near the child’s upper arm.
April 7, 2022

Study explores parents’ reluctance to flu, COVID vaccines for children

Vanderbilt research found parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their children against the flu are more than five times as likely to decline the COVID-19 vaccine for their children.

By Jessica Pasley
VUMC’s new automated biobanking system can store as many as 10 million biospecimens.
April 6, 2022

Major grant renewal to provide five more years of support for VICTR

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has competed successfully for a third renewal of its Clinical and Translational Science Award by the National Institutes of Health.

By Bill Snyder