Department of Medicine
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January 8, 2020
New software aims to prevent intensive care unit delirium
Intensive care unit delirium, a fertile area of clinical research and patient care innovation associated with VUMC, is beginning to reshape how commercial electronic health record systems are engineered with regard to intensive care. -
December 20, 2019
Hepatitis C–positive donors a viable option to expand heart donor pool
Hepatitis C-positive heart donors offer a strategy to safely expand the donor pool and allow more patients to undergo transplant. -
December 16, 2019
Applications sought for Transplant Infectious Diseases/Immunocompromised Host Fellowship Program
The Division of Infectious Diseases is seeking applicants for its new Transplant Infectious Diseases/Immunocompromised Host (TID/ICH) Fellowship Program. -
December 16, 2019
Protein dynamics in the beating heart
To study the dynamics of structural proteins in the heart, Vanderbilt investigators generated a cellular tool they expect will be useful for screening drugs that affect heart muscle contraction. -
December 5, 2019
Rathmell named interim chair of Medicine
W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, has been named as interim chair of the Department of Medicine in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Her appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2020. -
December 5, 2019
Balko lands Mary Kay Foundation grant for breast cancer research
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's Justin Balko, PharmD, PhD, has received a $100,000 research grant from the Mary Kay Foundation. -
December 4, 2019
Genetic screen in worms reveals critical step in insulin synthesis
The identification of a protein important for insulin synthesis may hold clues for understanding the pathogenesis of diabetes.