Department of Medicine

July 31, 2025

High school researchers at VUMC glimpse the future

They were part of the Aspirnaut program, which prepares high school and college students, primarily from rural areas, for careers in the STEM fields.

By Bill Snyder
(photo by Erin O. Smith)
July 29, 2025

Program provides path for aspiring oncologists and cancer researchers

The program was established in 2023 with financial support from the American Cancer Society, and Vanderbilt-Ingram had an inaugural class of four fellows.

By Tom Wilemon
July 29, 2025

A fast daily walk could extend your life: study

Just 15 minutes per day of fast walking reduced the risk of premature death in a low-income and predominantly Black U.S. population.

By Leigh MacMillan
July 28, 2025

Large-scale study uncovers 57 genetic hotspots into stuttering origins

The video is produced by the research team to explain the results of the study. Findings from the largest genetic analysis of stuttering are published in Nature Genetics; they point to 48 genes associated with stuttering and highlight neurological pathways of risk.

By Leigh MacMillan
July 25, 2025

Ravi Shah named to co-direct Vanderbilt Diabetes Center

The Center oversees the NIH-funded Diabetes Research and Training Center, now in its 52nd year of continual operation, which advances innovative investigations related to the cause, prevention, treatment and complications of diabetes and obesity.

By Jill Clendening
Joshua Carty, MD
July 23, 2025

VUMC nephrology fellow Joshua Carty wins grant to study rare kidney disorder

Carty’s research focuses on nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, a rare kidney condition in which the body produces too much urine, leading to potentially dangerous dehydration.

By Bill Snyder
July 22, 2025

Study provides new data on COVID outcomes for cancer patients 

Death incidence was highest in patients with lymphoma, intermediate in patients with acute leukemia and lung cancer, and lowest in patients with other solid tumors or with blood cancers other than lymphoma.
By Tom Wilemon
July 21, 2025

Jonesborough nurse’s heart attack-pregnancy journey leads to Vanderbilt Women’s Heart Center

Her care illustrates the multidisciplinary expertise of the Vanderbilt Women’s Heart Center, Cardiac OB/High-Risk Pregnancy Team and maternal-fetal medicine specialists.
By Matt Batcheldor
July 15, 2025

Multidisciplinary study develops tools for new ‘genomics of interorgan communication’

The research characterizes the molecular “cargo” of circulating extracellular vesicles in obesity and links the findings to human genetic approaches to identify potential therapeutic targets for metabolic disease.
By Leigh MacMillan
July 15, 2025

School of Medicine interviewers needed for the next round of applicants

Invitations for one-hour, Zoom-based interviews will be extended to approximately 600 prospective students selected from more than 7,000 applications received.
By Jill Clendening
July 2, 2025

Scientific advances helping to increase the number of available organs for transplantation

These advances include emerging techniques of rehabilitating organs that would once have been discarded as unusable.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 26, 2025

Three VUMC researchers receive Komen leadership grants

The grants support 25 cutting-edge projects at 17 institutions — marking a powerful commitment to improving outcomes for people living with breast cancer today and in the future.
By Tom Wilemon
June 25, 2025

Heart failure patient questionnaire predicts hospitalization and mortality: study

Patients fill out the short, targeted surveys in a few minutes, either prior to arriving at their appointment or on a tablet in the waiting room before their visit.
By Matt Batcheldor
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