Department of Emergency Medicine Archive — Page 6 of 13

From left, Sean Collins, MD, MSc, Wesley Self, MD, MPH, Jessica Collins, program director, Vanderbilt Coordinating Center, and Matt Shotwell, PhD, play key roles in a now-international clinical trial platform that is investigating therapies aimed at reducing complications in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
January 5, 2023

VUMC-led COVID-19 clinical trial platform goes international

The ACTIV-4 Host Tissue clinical trial platform, which is designed to investigate therapies targeting the host tissue response to COVID-19 to mitigate lung injury, is now being expanded internationally.

By Bill Snyder
Vials with medication and syringe on blue methacrylate table. Horizontal composition. Top elevated view.
December 16, 2022

Bivalent booster vaccine effective in preventing COVID-19 hospitalization in older adults

The new bivalent mRNA COVID-19 booster vaccines that began being used in September are beneficial in preventing COVID-19-associated hospitalization in persons 65 and over.

By Craig Boerner
Gordon Bernard, MD, is stepping down from his institutional leadership roles next summer to focus on his research interests.
December 16, 2022

VUMC Announces VICTR Leadership Transition

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of Wesley Self, MD, MPH, wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie.
September 22, 2022

Self named co-principal investigator of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award

Wesley Self, MD, MPH, a physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named co-principal investigator (co-PI) of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA).  

By Bill Snyder
Transparent IV bag containing yellow-orange fluid hanging from a metal infusion stand, with tubing and drip chamber attached.
July 7, 2022

Convalescent plasma doesn’t help severely ill COVID patients: study

A Vanderbilt clinical trial shows that convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to survive or recover

By Nancy Humphrey
Stylized blue human torso beside a glowing green electrocardiogram waveform on a dark grid background.
June 2, 2022

Sex & race & door-to-ECG time

More than a third of patients presenting at the emergency department with a suspected heart attack have a “delayed” ECG measure of heart function, with Black patients, females and non-English speakers more likely to experience delays.

By Paul Govern