undiagnosed and rare disorders Archive — Page 2 of 2

Elly Brokamp, MS, CGC, left, and Laura Duncan, MS, CGC, are certified genetic counselors with Vanderbilt’s Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
February 7, 2019

Counselors guide patients in interpreting genetic tests

Certified genetic counselors (CGCs) are among the first faces that patients see once accepted into Vanderbilt’s Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) where hopefully they will gain a diagnosis.

By Nancy Humphrey
Logo reading “Undiagnosed Diseases Network,” with overlapping blue, teal, yellow, orange, and red letterforms above the name.
September 27, 2018

VUMC’s Undiagnosed Diseases Network site gains NIH renewal

By Nancy Humphrey
Group of 11 adults posing around a large conference table in a meeting room, with papers and folders on the table.
June 28, 2018

UDN team strives to solve challenging medical mysteries

Jun. 28, 2018—The anonymous man being discussed in a conference room at Vanderbilt University Medical Center used to be healthy and athletic, but has suffered from slow progressive muscle weakness for some time and now uses a wheelchair to get around.

By Nancy Humphrey
Smiling teenage girl with long brown hair wearing a green top, photographed indoors near bright windows.
March 2, 2017

UDN program dedicated to solving medical mysteries

It’s human nature to need answers. Patients with debilitating symptoms need a diagnosis — somewhere to place the blame, a starting point to search for answers.

By Nancy Humphrey
Map graphic titled “UDN Undiagnosed Diseases Network — Seven clinical site locations,” showing the NIH site in Bethesda and six additional clinical sites: Stanford Medicine, UCLA, Baylor College of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital, and Duke University with Columbia University.
September 16, 2015

Vanderbilt is one of seven centers now accepting patients for Undiagnosed Diseases Network

Eighteen-year-old Rachel Barnett of Robertson County is one of the first patients to be enrolled in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center — one of seven medical centers around the country participating in a clinical research initiative of the National Institutes of Health to identify rare disorders in patients.

By Nancy Humphrey
Map titled “Undiagnosed Diseases Network” showing seven clinical sites and a coordinating center across the United States, including Stanford Medicine, UCLA, Baylor College of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Harvard Teaching Hospitals, Harvard Medical School, and Duke University; the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is marked as the coordinating center.
July 1, 2014

Vanderbilt selected to participate in Undiagnosed Diseases Network

Armed with a $7.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of six medical centers around the country selected to participate in a network to develop effective approaches for diagnosing hard-to-solve medical cases (undiagnosed diseases).

By Nancy Humphrey