Department of Medicine Archive — Page 53 of 119

February 17, 2022

Grant to support Haake’s research on kidney cancer

Kure It Cancer Research has awarded a $200,000 grant to support kidney cancer research by Vanderbilt’s Scott Haake, MD.

By Tom Wilemon
February 7, 2022

Study shows lifesaving benefit of baricitinib for ventilated COVID patients

Vanderbilt research shows that critically ill COVID-19 patients on a mechanical ventilator or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation lived more often when randomized to receive baricitinib.

By Craig Boerner
February 3, 2022

Team to study using probiotics to reduce heart disease risk

A Vanderbilt research team has received a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to understand how alcohol’s effect on the gut microbiome drives heart disease.

By Matt Batcheldor
Corina Borza, PhD, left, Ambra Pozzi, PhD, and colleagues are studying a certain cell surface receptor’s role in the process that leads to kidney failure.
February 2, 2022

VUMC study raises hope for improving treatment of kidney disease

Vanderbilt research has revealed an important mechanism in the kidney by which a cell surface receptor known as DDR1 fans the flames of inflammation and fibrosis that ultimately lead to kidney failure.

By Bill Snyder
Patrick Hu, MD, PhD, has been named assistant dean for Physician-Researcher Training and director of the Office for Medical Student Research.
February 2, 2022

Hu named to direct Office for Medical Student Research

Patrick Hu, MD PhD, associate professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, has been named assistant dean for Physician-Researcher Training and director of the Office for Medical Student Research.

By Kathy Whitney
February 2, 2022

VUMC’s Knollman, Ware among new AAAS Fellows

Vanderbilt’s Ware, Knollman among new American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows.

By Kathy Whitney