sickle cell disease
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April 24, 2024
VUMC hosts symposium on stem cell transplants and cellular therapies
The Vanderbilt Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Symposium offers clinicians detailed information on the latest developments for hematological diseases, ranging from immunotherapies for blood cancers to new, curative therapies for sickle cell disease. -
March 24, 2022
VUMC’s DeBaun elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society
Vanderbilt's Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH, has been elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society. -
October 7, 2021
No detail is too small and no task too big for research administrative officer Mustafa Nateqi
Nateqi's can-do attitude and dedication earn him a Credo Award. -
July 29, 2019
DeBaun’s mentoring honored by American Society of Hematology
Michael DeBaun, MD, MPH, has been awarded the American Society of Hematology’s 2019 ASH Mentor Award for his sustained and outstanding commitment to the training and career development of early career hematologists. -
February 22, 2017
Risk of death in sickle cell disease
Two factors commonly used to evaluate patients with sickle cell disease are associated with each other and can predict increased mortality, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. -
September 22, 2016
Effort set to help sickle cell patients manage meds
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is part of a 6-year, $4.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve the use of prescribed medication by sickle cell patients. -
October 9, 2014
Vanderbilt’s DeBaun to deliver annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture
Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., J.C. Peterson Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Vanderbilt, will be the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture.