Department of Medicine Archive — Page 7 of 127

Glowing blue and magenta DNA double helix formed from particles, surrounded by streams of digital numbers and data-like light patterns.
May 29, 2026

AI technique improves cancer gene discovery for breast and prostate cancer

The artificial intelligence model Enformer was retrained with tissue-specific datasets; this “transfer learning” approach outperformed the base model in identifying disease-associated genes.

By Leigh MacMillan
Head-and-shoulders professional portrait of Russell Rothman, MD, MPP, wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and striped tie against a brown background.
May 28, 2026

Oxford honors Russell Rothman with prestigious professorship

The one-year professorship is administered by the American Association of Rhodes Scholars and is awarded annually to a senior scholar “of the highest distinction” from the United States.

By Bill Snyder
Two researchers stand side by side indoors, smiling toward the camera. The man wears a brown blazer and the woman wears a light pinstriped blazer over a burgundy top, with long braided hair and layered necklaces.
May 27, 2026

Brain imaging study highlights ethnoracial differences in dementia 

Although Black and Hispanic people are more apt to have dementia, they are significantly less apt than other racial and ethnic groups to show Alzheimer’s pathology on brain scans. 

By Paul Govern
Raymond Harris, MD
May 27, 2026

Raymond Harris receives William S. Middleton Award

The award is the highest honor for outstanding biomedical research from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development.

By Danny Bonvissuto
Portrait of Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH, smiling at the camera against a brown background. She has shoulder-length gray-blonde hair and wears a blue beaded necklace with a black patterned top.
May 27, 2026

Kelly Dooley to depart Vanderbilt Health to lead Department of Medicine at Brown

A national search will be conducted to identify Dooley’s successor as director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and an interim director will be announced at a later date.

By Paul Govern
Richard Peek, MD, stands with his arms crossed in a laboratory, wearing a white coat, blue shirt, and patterned tie.
May 20, 2026

Richard Peek joins Kristen Ciombor as Co-Leader of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Program

Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD, said the deep knowledge and experience of the pair will optimize and personalize the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of GI malignancies.

By Holly Fletcher