Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology

February 24, 2026

Study identifies medical conditions that could predict future Alzheimer’s disease

The findings could suggest ways to intervene before clinical symptoms of memory and cognitive impairment become apparent.

By Leigh MacMillan
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January 8, 2026

Patients with clonal hematopoiesis have increased heart disease risk following cancer treatment 

Study supports the potential benefits of screening patients for CHIP before they undergo cancer treatment so they can be more closely monitored for heart complications.

By Tom Wilemon
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January 7, 2026

Study identifies potential target for blood cancer treatment, prevention

The findings could lead to new treatments for blood cancers, which kill an estimated 23,540 people in the United States every year.

By Bill Snyder
Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD
December 23, 2025

Annet Kirabo named “Top Scholar” in hypertension

By Bill Snyder
November 7, 2025

Martha Dudek receives Strategic Leader Award from National Society of Genetic Counselors

This award honors a genetic counselor who “advances genetic counseling as a vital part of health care through education, research or public policy.

By Danny Bonvissuto
October 23, 2025

New resources help people take action to prevent inherited diseases

To launch a connection search, someone with a specific gene variant signs up to meet others who share that variant, beginning a process of discovering new connections with unknown relatives and encouraging family members to get tested.

By Tom Wilemon
September 29, 2025

Keloid risk genes open door to better therapy

These raised scars tend to recur after surgical removal, and the effectiveness of alternative treatments is limited.
By Bill Snyder
September 25, 2025

Clinical immunology Center of Excellence leaders named

The Federation’s Centers of Excellence are a global network of academic researchers that facilitates human immunology research collaboration and training opportunities.
By Bill Snyder
September 8, 2025

BMI screening alone misses children with excess body fat, study finds

Waist circumference measurements along with weight and height may be a practical, low-cost marker to confirm excess body fat among children.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 6, 2025

Clues offer new hope for treating GI tract disorders

Hirschsprung disease is a congenital disorder that occurs in approximately 1 in 5,000 babies. Caused by a lack of ENS neurons in the muscles of the colon, Hirschsprung disease disrupts gut motility, resulting in bowel obstruction.
By Bill Snyder
July 28, 2025

Large-scale study uncovers 57 genetic hotspots into stuttering origins

The video is produced by the research team to explain the results of the study. Findings from the largest genetic analysis of stuttering are published in Nature Genetics; they point to 48 genes associated with stuttering and highlight neurological pathways of risk.
By Leigh MacMillan
July 15, 2025

Multidisciplinary study develops tools for new ‘genomics of interorgan communication’

The research characterizes the molecular “cargo” of circulating extracellular vesicles in obesity and links the findings to human genetic approaches to identify potential therapeutic targets for metabolic disease.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 23, 2025

Low blood cell counts drive cancer in explosive blood disorder: study

The analysis of genetic sequencing data from more than 34,000 people over a 17-year period by researchers at VUMC was published in eClinicalMedicine.
By Bill Snyder