Horst contributes to the development of digital health at Vanderbilt Health as a HealthIT medical director, Epic physician builder and physician champion, and as a steering committee member of the Clinical Informatics Center.

The device has the potential to reduce the length of stay for ADHF patients by measuring their response to diuretic medication in real time using algorithms, allowing the process of removing fluid to be more efficient.

Due to a variety of academic, financial and organizational barriers, the number of physician-scientists in the United States has declined by nearly 70% during the past 40 years.

The changes align with Vanderbilt Health’s strategic vision for growth, including regional expansion and the development of innovative rehabilitation and pain medicine services.

Multi-institutional study reveals unprecedented insights into early pancreatic islet formation and function during first decade of life.

de Andrade, who joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2019, has promoted interdisciplinary and specialized innovative clinical services to enhance access, and expanded clinical care infrastructure to support advanced programs such as lung transplantation and interventional pulmonology.

The new research leadership structure "will allow the Department of Medicine to support a breadth of research with an eye to funding diversification, recruitment in strategic areas, and mentorship of trainees and faculty in all forms of research," said department Chair Anna Hemnes, MD.