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Sarah Moran stands smiling with her hands clasped in a pediatric rehabilitation gym, surrounded by climbing equipment, play structures and therapy apparatus.
March 7, 2024

A fierce patient advocate, physical therapist Sarah Moran is a champion for children with disabilities

“Sarah is truly the unsung hero. It is because of her diligence, leadership, communication and dedication that hundreds of children in Tennessee and their families had memorable experiences this summer at triathlons and camps.”

Two abstract, oval-bodied sculptures made from stones, bark, vines, and plant material face each other against a dark green background, with a narrow vine or branch connecting them.
March 7, 2024

Blood mutations increase risk for acute kidney injury: study

A U.S.-Canadian research collaboration led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center has identified common, age-associated changes in the blood as a risk factor for acute kidney injury, which occurs in more than 1 in 5 hospitalized adults worldwide.

Portrait of a bespectacled man wearing a blue button-down shirt and striped tie against a softly blurred brown background.
March 7, 2024

Trent Rosenbloom to chair scientific review committee at National Library of Medicine

Vanderbilt’s Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, on July 1 will begin a one-year term as chair of the Biomedical Informatics, Library and Data Sciences Review Committee of the National Library of Medicine.

Jay Morrison stands smiling with hands clasped on a pedestrian bridge outside Medical Center North at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
March 6, 2024

Credo Award winner Jay Morrison sees himself as VUMC’s utility baseball player, giving structure, process and support so the whole team wins

“I love a challenge and working on something I know is going to be hard because the value is that much better on the back end.”

Conceptual digital illustration of a polygonal human profile connected to a network of medical hexagons containing icons for healthcare, artificial intelligence, diagnostics, medicine, laboratory science, and body organs.
March 6, 2024

New center focused on advancing health AI to launch at VUMC

The Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched its groundbreaking center for health Artificial Intelligence (AI) – ADVANCE (AI Discovery and Vigilance to Accelerate Innovation and Clinical Excellence).

A smiling man wearing glasses, a white medical coat, and a patterned tie stands with his arms crossed in a bright hospital corridor. The coat identifies him as a pediatric neurosurgeon and displays a Vanderbilt logo.
March 6, 2024

Jay Wellons elected president of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons

Vanderbilt’s John “Jay” Wellons III, MD, MSPH, has been elected as the 2024-2025 president of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons.