Department of Biomedical Informatics Archive — Page 1 of 26

October 6, 2026

Behind eMERGE’s genetic risk reports, a data platform built at Vanderbilt Health

A recent study shows what’s involved in bringing polygenic risk to bear in chronic disease clinical decision-making.

October 6, 2026

$12.8M grant to lead initiative to get genomics toward the clinic via machine learning and AI  

There are many more known pathogenic gene variants than there are clinical solutions for dealing with them. A new Vanderbilt Health-led NIH-funded research consortium will use machine learning and AI to help usher in genome-informed clinical decision support.

October 6, 2026

Ukrainian health care teams visit to learn best practices and take their knowledge home

Ten Ukrainian health care professionals visited the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Department of Biomedical Informatics

September 23, 2026

Trent Rosenbloom, MD’96, MPH’01

The Innovation Clinic entrance on the first floor of the Medical Arts Building. (photo by Susan Urmy)
September 10, 2026

Innovation Clinic doubles as a working clinic and a proving ground

“The most innovative thing about this clinic is that it exists in the first place. … Now we have a dedicated pilot site for every new thing we want to test.”

September 7, 2026

REDCap adds generative AI tools, with human oversight built in

Institutions were advised to connect REDCap to their own institutionally managed, secure generative AI service.