Department of Pediatrics

With only a few months on the job, “Vee Vee” as she is affectionately called, is already in high demand and quickly adapting to her work environment.

Of 38 adults with severe SCD who participated in the study, more than 97% no longer required immunosuppressive therapy one year after the transplant.

Watch the video to hear Jennifer Sucre, MD, talk about how this study upends what people are taught about how the lung develops. Using a four-dimensional microscopy technique, researchers at Vanderbilt have created 3D video images of mouse lung tissue grown in the laboratory.

Alongside his clinical, teaching, administrative and research work, Dr. Heller was a person of many other interests.

The initiative seeks to eliminate barriers and foster a safe, judgment-free space for families, employees and community members.

Screening and clinical trials are further advancing research to develop therapies that delay or prevent the progression to clinical disease in people at risk of developing Type 1 diabetes.

Webb’s parents, Anne and Steve Puricelli, recently hosted A Night of Harmony for Healing, an evening of live music to raise funds for the Webb of Hope Fund at Monroe Carell.