Michael Matheny Archive — Page 1 of 2

Blue AAAS graphic with the text “Congrats to the 2025 AAAS Fellows” and a gold medallion near the bottom.
March 26, 2026

Six Vanderbilt faculty named honorary fellows of prestigious scientific society

The 2025 fellows have been invited to the annual AAAS Fellows Forum May 29 in Washington, D.C.

Aerial panoramic view of Vanderbilt Health’s main campus in Nashville, Tennessee, showing a dense cluster of modern and historic hospital buildings, tree-lined streets, and rolling hills in the distance.
October 20, 2025

Three VUMC leaders elected to the National Academy of Medicine

With more than 2,400 members, the NAM (formerly the Institute of Medicine) collaborates closely with its peer academies, the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, to provide independent and authoritative advice on matters of science, technology and health nationally and globally.

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February 13, 2025

Experts recommend national health AI priorities

The 12 authors of the recommendations are mainly academics but also include leaders from tech companies Microsoft, Google and Epic.

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October 2, 2024

VA establishes analytics team to improve acute care for rural veterans

The initiative aligns with the Office of Rural Health’s mission to improve the health and well-being of rural veterans and the VA’s priority of becoming a learning health care system.

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July 7, 2023

Novel treatments for fake patients

A customizable framework uses simulated patients to distinguish effects of a new treatment from “learning effects” for clinicians; it should help identify training opportunities and hasten treatment improvements.

The study could suggest ways to promote the transport of phospholipids and cholesterol out of macrophages, immune system cells that play key roles in all stages of atherosclerosis development.
March 23, 2023

Reminders for clinicians improve prescribing for high cholesterol

A Vanderbilt study found that automated targeted reminders for clinicians helped increase prescribing of high intensity statins for patients with various atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease diagnoses, including coronary or peripheral artery disease and ischemic stroke.