Reporter Oct 25 2019

The research team studying undiagnosed congenital diarrheas includes, from left, Matt Tyska, PhD, James Goldenring, MD, PhD, Joseph Roland, PhD, Sari Acra, MD, MPH, and Hernan Correa, MD.

Team set to study undiagnosed congenital diarrhea in infants

Oct. 24, 2019—Researchers at four institutions, including Vanderbilt, have been awarded a five-year, $9.4 million federal grant to tackle undiagnosed congenital diarrheas caused by a single gene mutation.

Pietenpol, Wilson land Komen cancer research support

Oct. 24, 2019—Two Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have received financial support from Susan G. Komen for breast cancer research.

Christine Grady, MSN, PhD, discussed her bioethics research at last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture.

NIH’s Grady reviews complexity, impact of bioethics research

Oct. 24, 2019—Bioethics research is “one of the most theoretically complex forms of research,” Christine Grady, MSN, PhD, said at last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture.

The Clinical Research Center (CRC) was one of 27 clinical areas at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that received a 2019 Excellence in Patient Experience award in recognition of exceptional performance and commitment to service excellence. Shown here, Scott McCarver, MHA, left, and Robin Steaban, MSN, RN, right, present the Clinical Research Center’s award to, from left, Crystal Rice, RN, BSN, Lana Howard, RN, CCRP, and Lamar Bowman, RN, BSN. Not pictured: Deloris Lee, RN, BSN.

Awards honor employees’ patient experience efforts

Oct. 23, 2019—Vanderbilt University Medical Center has recognized 183 clinicians and 27 clinical areas with Excellence in Patient Experience awards in recognition of exceptional performance and commitment to service excellence.