Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition Archive — Page 7 of 8

Two researchers stand in a laboratory with shelves of scientific supplies behind them; blurred lab equipment fills the foreground.
July 23, 2015

Study explores protein’s role in inflammation-associated cancer

An antioxidant protein may protect against colon cancer that develops in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, suggesting new strategies for reducing colon cancer risk in these patients.

By Leigh MacMillan
June 11, 2015

Medical societies honor VUMC’s Cover, Williams

Two physicians from Vanderbilt University have been elected to membership in two of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies — the Association of American Physicians (AAP) and the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).

By Leigh MacMillan
Portrait of Richard M. Peek Jr., MD, wearing a white coat and tie.
May 7, 2015

Peek named editor-in-chief of leading gastroenterology journal

Richard Peek, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center, has been appointed to a five-year term as editor-in-chief of the medical journal Gastroenterology beginning July 2016.

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of a physician wearing glasses, a white coat, and a patterned bow tie against a brown background.
June 5, 2014

VUMC’s Perri honored by American Liver Foundation

Roman Perri, M.D., medical director of the Liver Transplant program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named the Tennessee Hepatologist of the Year by the American Liver Foundation (ALF).

By Jessica Pasley
Four researchers—Cunxi Li, Haiting Ma, Robert Coffey, and Ramona Graves-Deal—pose in a laboratory surrounded by shelves of scientific equipment and supplies.
April 3, 2014

Protein’s role in spread of colon cancer studied

One of the most formidable weapons in a cancer’s arsenal is the ability to spread to other organs.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A clinician in a white coat stands beside a patient in a patterned medical gown as he uses a medical scale or monitoring device.
October 24, 2013

Glucose control study gives patients new path to health

The IDIOM study is designed to compare how a diet with moderate caloric restriction, alone or with long-acting insulin, affects areas of the brain’s dopamine system that are involved in food intake, reward and the sense of pleasure people get from eating.

By Jessica Pasley