Department of Medicine Archive — Page 53 of 120
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February 23, 2022
VUMC designated a Tourette syndrome center of excellence
The Vanderbilt Center for Tourette Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders has been designated a Tourette Association of America (TAA) Center of Excellence. -
February 21, 2022
VUMC mourns loss of dedicated clinician, teacher Fowler
Vanderbilt's Michael Fowler, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, a celebrated Master Clinical Teacher, and co-medical director of the Shade Tree Clinic, died Feb. 20. He was 49. -
February 17, 2022
Park named director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD, deputy director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has been named the center’s new director. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.