Department of Medicine Archives
Study shows bariatric surgery linked to cardiometabolic health improvements
Mar. 18, 2024—Bariatric surgery can lead to significant cardiometabolic health improvements using a variety of measures, including blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and hemoglobin A1C, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.
VUMC’s Kripalani joins AHRQ Advisory Council
Mar. 18, 2024—The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Council helps guide national priorities for health services research that promotes improvements in the quality, safety and efficiency of clinical practice, and which provides equitable access to health care.
Immune cell profiles may guide flu vaccine timing in pediatric stem cell transplant patients
Mar. 14, 2024—A new study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers has identified key immune cell populations that predict how well pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients will respond to the influenza vaccine.
School of Medicine in top 10 in NIH funding: survey
Mar. 11, 2024—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine ranked 10th in the nation in total research grant support provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in fiscal year 2023, according to figures compiled by the nonprofit Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
Ruderfer to direct new Center for Digital Genomic Medicine
Mar. 8, 2024—Douglas Ruderfer, PhD, whose research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center explores the intersection of genomics, biomedical informatics and psychiatry, has been named director of a newly established Center for Digital Genomic Medicine.
Study details metabolism of biomarkers for oxidative stress
Mar. 7, 2024—A Vanderbilt study demonstrates that factors other than oxidative stress can modify F2-IsoP levels.
Blood mutations increase risk for acute kidney injury: study
Mar. 7, 2024—A U.S.-Canadian research collaboration led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center has identified common, age-associated changes in the blood as a risk factor for acute kidney injury, which occurs in more than 1 in 5 hospitalized adults worldwide.
Rosenbloom to chair scientific review committee at National Library of Medicine
Mar. 7, 2024—Vanderbilt's Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, on July 1 will begin a one-year term as chair of the Biomedical Informatics, Library and Data Sciences Review Committee of the National Library of Medicine.
Vanderbilt’s Yash Choksi and Fabian Bock honored by the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
Mar. 4, 2024—Vanderbilt's Yash Choksi, MD, recently received the 2024 Research Investigator Early Career Faculty Award from the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation and Fabian Bock, MD, PhD, won the society's Research Scholar Award.
Kripalani named VP for Health System Sciences
Mar. 1, 2024—Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, a nationally recognized leader in patient-centered and health systems research, has been named Vice President for Health System Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, effective March 1. In his new role, Kripalani will help lead and support activities by VUMC, as an academic learning health system, to implement and evaluate innovations...
NIH-funded trial to determine if immunomodulation can improve brain and cardiovascular dysfunction in Long COVID
Feb. 22, 2024—Vanderbilt University Medical Center is working with scientists around the U.S. to launch the first Phase III, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of immunomodulation on Long COVID.
VUMC mourns loss of renowned pulmonary medicine physician-scientist John H. Newman
Feb. 22, 2024—John H. Newman, MD, an acclaimed physician-scientist in Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine who made numerous contributions to the knowledge of pulmonary vascular disease, died on Tuesday, Feb. 20, after a several-month illness. He was 78.