Dan Roden Archive — Page 5 of 5

Portrait of Dan Roden, MD, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned yellow tie.
September 6, 2012

Personalized medicine focus of Chancellor’s Lecture

The first Chancellor’s Lecture of the academic year, entitled “Genomes, Hype and a Realistic Pathway to Personalized Medicine,” will be given Wednesday, Sept. 12, by Dan Roden, M.D., assistant vice chancellor for Personalized Medicine at Vanderbilt University.

By Bill Snyder
Rows of labeled blood collection tubes with purple caps arranged in a laboratory storage rack.
September 6, 2012

BioVU reaches new benchmark in DNA samples

This month BioVU logged in its 150,000th unique genetic sample. It is now the world’s largest collection of human DNA linked to searchable, electronic health information.

By Bill Snyder
Stylized blue human torso beside a glowing green electrocardiogram waveform on a dark grid background.
August 10, 2012

Key to a woman’s heart (condition)?

Females may be at higher risk of potentially fatal heart condition due to gender differences in a protein involved in the heart’s electrical activity.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Stylized multicolored DNA double helix, widening toward the foreground against a white background.
February 22, 2012

Next My Health Chat: ‘Your Genome and the Future of Medicine’

By Vanderbilt Health News
Red electrocardiogram-style waveform on pale blue graph paper, with three sharp heartbeats followed by a large heart-shaped loop.
December 6, 2011

Study points to personal treatment for atrial fibrillation

Individuals with atrial fibrillation who have a particular genetic variant respond better to rate control therapy.

By Kathy Whitney
Cholesterol
October 28, 2011

Vanderbilt doctors to screen patients taking statins for genetic risk factors

Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctors announced today they will begin screening patients who take commonly prescribed statin drugs for a rare genetic variation that can increase risks for side effects from these drugs such as muscle aches, kidney damage and even death.

By Craig Boerner