Division of Infectious Diseases
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September 4, 2024
Bacterial metabolism plays role in staph antibiotic tolerance
Staph is a leading bacterial cause of death from bloodstream, bone and joint infections, in part because of high rates of antibiotic treatment failure. -
July 25, 2024
New study to explore infection response in diabetes
With a $3 million research grant, Henrique Serezani will investigate how altered metabolism in diabetes affects inflammation and sepsis. -
July 23, 2024
VUMC joins $31 million project to speed new TB therapies
Sweeping data integration and clinical trial simulations are needed to help decide which targets to prioritize in researching new tuberculosis treatment regimens. -
July 11, 2024
Jennifer Gaddy receives grants from March of Dimes, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
She studies infection of the female reproductive tract in the context of pregnancy. -
June 10, 2024
Office of Outpatient Referral Assistance announces leadership appointments
The office ensures that patients receive timely and appropriate medical attention and optimizes uncompensated care delivery through case reviews and determinations that have dramatically increased over the last four years. -
June 10, 2024
Vanderbilt researchers establish biomedical informatics training program in Mozambique
Building sustainable biomedical informatics training and research capacity to address gaps in Mozambique's national HIV response will help the country leverage newer data-driven and genetics-based approaches for personalized HIV care and molecular epidemiology of the disease. -
April 4, 2024
Tick bites and alpha-gal syndrome focus of $3.5M research grant
Vanderbilt's Scott Smith, MD, PhD, has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study the human immune response to tick bites and its role in preventing tick-borne illnesses.