Department of Medicine

New breast cancer targets

A special genetic analysis has revealed candidate genes associated with increased risk of breast cancer.

Understanding HDL structure

Structural features of newly formed HDL particles will help guide understanding of “good cholesterol” and its function.

Six Vanderbilt physicians honored by medical societies

Four faculty members of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine were among 78 physician-scientists inducted into The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), an elite honor society of physician-scientists from the upper ranks of academic medicine and industry. They are:

LEAP Fellowship bolsters Staub’s antimicrobial stewardship research

Infectious Disease fellow Milner Staub, MD, is among the first awardees of the Leadership in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public health (LEAP) Fellowship.

Ware elected VP of clinical investigation society

With last week’s election of Lorraine Ware, MD, as vice president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), two faculty members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine are among the current officers of the elite physician-scientist honor society.

Former FDA official explores big data’s impact on healthcare

“Big data” can help reverse the alarming decline in life expectancy in the United States — if universities and academic medical centers take the lead, former U.S. Food and Drug Administrator Robert Califf, MD, told a Vanderbilt audience last week.

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