Department of Medicine

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July 24, 2024

Study links low-quality sleep with chronic disease

The research shows that by getting enough sleep and reducing variability around sleep onset and wake times, patients can reduce the incidence of chronic disease.

By Matt Batcheldor
Enock Adjei, MD, left, and Wali Johnson, MD, perform a liver transplant in February 2024. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
July 23, 2024

Vanderbilt Transplant Center finishes fiscal year with record 809 solid organ transplants

Vanderbilt’s adult heart, lung, liver and kidney transplant programs individually had record fiscal years, with 150 heart transplants, 90 lung transplants, 180 liver transplants and 333 kidney transplants. In addition, adult transplant teams performed three heart/lung transplants and four kidney/pancreas transplants.

By Matt Batcheldor
Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH. (photo by Susan Urmy)
July 23, 2024

VUMC joins $31 million project to speed new TB therapies

Sweeping data integration and clinical trial simulations are needed to help decide which targets to prioritize in researching new tuberculosis treatment regimens.

By Paul Govern
July 19, 2024

Vanderbilt, Meharry graduate students among the 2024 HHMI Gilliam Fellows

They are the only two from Tennessee named this year for the program, which provides support for each student’s dissertation research for up to three years.

By Bill Snyder
July 18, 2024

Department of Medicine chair search committee appointed

The new Department of Medicine chair will succeed Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC, who stepped down from her role as the department’s leader in November 2023 to serve as director of the National Cancer Institute.

By John Howser
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July 18, 2024

Unhealthy sleep linked to diabetes in a diverse population

Persistently unhealthy sleep, either not enough or too much, is associated with a significantly increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in a racially and economically diverse adult population, an international team of researchers has reported.

By Bill Snyder
July 11, 2024

Jennifer Gaddy receives grants from March of Dimes, Burroughs Wellcome Fund

She studies infection of the female reproductive tract in the context of pregnancy.
By Paul Govern
July 10, 2024

Clinical trial for rectal cancer subtype shows promise for less aggressive treatment

The findings were so promising that the clinical trial is being redesigned to investigate whether radiation treatment can also be avoided.
By Tom Wilemon
July 10, 2024

Aspirnaut Summer Research Symposium is July 12

Now in its 17th year, the Aspirnaut pipeline offers a summer research program at VUMC primarily for rural and diverse high school and undergraduate students.
By Bill Snyder
July 8, 2024

Tracy Frech named director of the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology

Tracy Frech, MD, MSCI, has been named to direct the division of Rheumatology and Immunology in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and will assume the new role Sept. 1.
By Doug Campbell
July 8, 2024

GeneMAP discovery platform will help define functions for ‘orphan’ metabolic proteins 

The combination of genomics and metabolism identified a long-sought mitochondrial choline transporter.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 26, 2024

State of the Department of Medicine address highlights tremendous growth 

Department of Medicine clinicians see patients in 19 counties across Middle Tennessee as well as the surrounding region. There were 86,096 outpatient visits for fiscal year 2024, an increase of more than 25,000 visits over fiscal year 2023.
By Nancy Humphrey
June 25, 2024

International trial introduces another curative option for sickle cell disease 

The therapy, haploidentical bone marrow transplant with thiotepa and posttransplant cyclophosphamide, is as safe and more affordable than the recently FDA-approved myeloablative gene therapy and gene editing treatments.
By Jessica Pasley
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