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November 13, 2025

Study finds that guidelines helped reduce food allergy rates in children

Food allergies have significantly dropped since the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases adopted new guidelines in 2017, two years after the groundbreaking Learning Early About Peanut Allergy trial.

By Jessica Pasley
November 13, 2025

Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health marks 20 years 

Since its founding in 2005, VIGH has grown from a small team focused on HIV/AIDS research to an institute with projects in more than 20 countries and more than 150 faculty members and staff.

By Kristin Centers
E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
November 13, 2025

VUMC’s Wesley Ely inducted into the American Academy of Sciences and Letters

Established in 2023, the academy honors outstanding scholarly achievements reflecting “independence of mind and intellectual courage” in the arts, sciences and learned professions.

By Bill Snyder
The My Health Passport research team examined how well a patient engagement tool helped patients who were admitted to the hospital with behavioral health needs. (Pictured from left to right, top to bottom): Dorinda Brown, MSEd, Patti Runyan, DNP, MBA, RN, Delana Vallery, MA, Jessika Boles, PhD, CCLS, and Andrea Hughie, MSN, RN. (photo by Donn Jones)
November 12, 2025

‘My Health Passport’ gives pediatric patients a voice in behavioral health care

Study finds that individual planning tool helps children feel supported when in the hospital during a behavioral health crisis.

By Christina Echegaray
November 12, 2025

Vanderbilt Home Care Services celebrates 40 years of excellence

Founded in 1985, VHCS has grown into a comprehensive home-based care program, serving a daily census of over 650 patients.

By Kylie Avery
November 12, 2025

New study reveals long-term impacts on Stevens-Johnson syndrome survivors 

SJS and TEN occur when a medication triggers the immune system to attack the body’s own skin and mucous membranes.

By Kylie Avery
November 12, 2025

Eleven Vanderbilt scientists among this year’s ‘highly cited’ researchers

They are among 6,868 scientists worldwide whose papers rank in the top 1% by citations for their fields of research and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection over the past 11 years.
By Bill Snyder
November 11, 2025

David Mulherin takes on complex problems to improve patient safety

“I like the challenge of problem solving. At the end of the day, it’s knowing that what I’m doing … makes it easier for the front-line people to be able to do their jobs safely,” says the Credo Award winner.
By Bill Snyder
November 11, 2025

AI recruited to lower leading cause of preventable hospital deaths

Risk of VTE rises in hospitals due to factors such as patient immobility, effects from major surgery, and use of indwelling medical devices like central lines.
By Paul Govern
November 11, 2025

Allan Williams remembered for dedicated service to Vanderbilt LifeFlight, patients and colleagues

Allan Williams, MSN-Ed, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, flight nurse/paramedic for Vanderbilt LifeFlight, 55, died Nov. 8, during his service as a member of LifeFlight 1, based in Gallatin, Tennessee. The LifeFlight helicopter went down in an unpopulated area in Wilson County, Tennessee.
By Jill Clendening
November 11, 2025

Drug resistant infections are on the rise: Experts emphasize education, awareness

Teams at VUMC and Monroe Carell are focused on reaching more clinicians, patients and families through the Vanderbilt Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
By Jessica Pasley
November 10, 2025

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt honors Scott and Sandi Borchetta

Longtime supporters of Monroe Carell, the Borchettas’ latest philanthropy builds on their ongoing commitment to the hospital’s NICU services.
By Paige Turner
November 7, 2025

Romney Humphries named vice chair of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Humphries also will serve as executive medical director of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Clinical Service Center.
By Bill Snyder
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