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April 19, 2023

Four elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Four Vanderbilt University faculty members were recently elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

By Bill Snyder
April 19, 2023

Ferguson named to lead Dietetic Internship Program

Sarah Ferguson, MPH, RDN, LDN, has been named program director for Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Dietetic Internship Program, housed in the Center for Programs in Allied Health.

By Kylie Avery
April 13, 2023

Low-professionalism residents later draw higher patient complaints: study

A Vanderbilt study finds a strong association between lower ratings for interpersonal communication skills among medical residents in their last year of training and greater likelihood of unsolicited patient complaints among doctors during their first year of employment after training.

By Paul Govern
April 13, 2023

Process rehabilitates donor livers for transplantation

Vanderbilt research demonstrated that injured human donor livers declined for transplant can be recovered by cross-circulation between the human liver and a xenogeneic host, or animal platform.

By Matt Batcheldor
April 12, 2023

Poll finds most most Tennessee parents agree on evidence-based safe firearm storage

A new Vanderbilt poll finds that most Tennessee parents who own firearms agree with ways to safely store their firearms that have been shown through peer-reviewed research to reduce the risk of unintended harm to children.

By Jake Lowary
April 12, 2023

Research identifies new target that may prevent blood cancer

An international coalition of biomedical researchers co-led by Vanderbilt’s Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, has determined a new way to measure the growth rate of precancerous clones of blood stem cells that one day could help doctors lower their patients’ risk of blood cancer.

By Bill Snyder