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William Cooper, MD, MPH
September 9, 2025

William Cooper named Senior Vice President for Professionalism and Clinical Excellence 

He will be responsible for promoting and ensuring the highest standards of professionalism and performance among faculty, clinical staff, trainees and students throughout the health system.

By Holly Fletcher
Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, and her husband, William Stevenson, MD, attended the European Society of Cardiology’s Heart Failure Association meeting in Belgrade, Serbia.
September 9, 2025

Vanderbilt Cardiomyopathy-Heart Failure Program receives international honor

Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, the Lisa M. Jacobson Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, was awarded the Heart Failure Lifetime Achievement Award.

By Matt Batcheldor
September 8, 2025

SPORE grant funds $12 million for colorectal cancer research

SPORE grants are highly sought after because they show that a cancer center demonstrates scientific excellence, promotes collaboration, maintains robust research programs and merits substantial funding.

By Tom Wilemon
September 8, 2025

BMI screening alone misses children with excess body fat, study finds

Waist circumference measurements along with weight and height may be a practical, low-cost marker to confirm excess body fat among children.

By Leigh MacMillan
Evan Brittain, MD, MSCI
September 5, 2025

Evan Brittain named to direct Office for Medical Student Research, additional leadership roles

Brittain, who holds the Rose Marie Robertson Directorship, will assume these roles related to training and developing aspiring physician-scientists on Oct. 1.

By Jill Clendening
September 5, 2025

Leslie Grissim’s dedication to fitness led to the national Senior Games — and a medal

As the facility dog coordinator at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Grissim is always on the go.

By Jessica Pasley
September 5, 2025

AI tools could shorten ‘diagnostic odyssey’ for patients with rare diseases

Large language models achieved diagnostic rates of 13.3% and 10.0%, compared to the historical clinical review rate of 5.6%, and they suggested next steps to evaluate the suggested diagnoses.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 5, 2025

Dan Roden awarded Vanderbilt’s Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research

He received the award for his pioneering work focusing on leveraging genetic information to enhance health care outcomes.
September 3, 2025

Greater Nashville Heart Walk set for Sept. 20 at GEODIS Park

The family-friendly event, organized by the American Heart Association and sponsored in part by VUMC, will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 at GEODIS Park.
By Matt Batcheldor
September 2, 2025

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center announces Young Adult Cancer Symposium

The symposium offers clinicians, patients, caregivers and advocates the opportunity to learn from internationally known experts focused on early-onset cancers.
By Tom Wilemon
September 2, 2025

NFL webinar to address player health and safety for all ages

The webinar will bring together a group of experts from the youth, high school and college levels — including Alex Diamond, DO, MPH, director of the Vanderbilt Youth Sports Health Center.
By Craig Boerner
August 30, 2025

One shot of RSV vaccine effective against hospitalization in older adults for two seasons

RSV causes substantial seasonal illness during fall and winter in the U.S., with an estimated 100,000-150,000 hospitalizations and 4,000-8,000 deaths.
By Craig Boerner
August 29, 2025

Discrepancies in gestational dating can inform miscarriage risk: study

Investigators measured whether gestational dating determined by ultrasound lagged what the last menstrual period predicted. The bigger the lag, the higher risk of the pregnancy ending in a loss, they found.
By Bill Snyder
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