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Seven members of the NPH Protocol Team pose outside a medical clinic, holding a trophy, with a service dog in front of them.
March 15, 2023

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Protocol Team improves lives of hard-to-diagnose patients

“The NPH Protocol exemplifies multiple disciplines working together to improve the lives of patients and their caregivers.”

By Jill Clendening
Portrait of a smiling woman with brown hair and bangs, wearing a dark sweater and a silver necklace against a pale wall.
March 15, 2023

Ashcroft named to receive Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, a British physiologist known internationally for her work on insulin secretion, Type 2 diabetes and neonatal diabetes, is the recipient of the 2023 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science.

By Bill Snyder
VUMC NEWS logo in white lettering inside a cyan and yellow outlined square on a blue gradient background.
March 9, 2023

Study finds RSV may evade vaccines via rapid mutation

A Vanderbilt study concluded that RSV’s ability to mutate rapidly to escape detection by the body’s immune system makes it more challenging to design and develop vaccines that can stop it from spreading.

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of Travis Osterman, DO, MS, wearing a white medical coat and blue shirt and tie.
March 9, 2023

Osterman named Associate Vice President for Research Informatics

Travis Osterman, DO, MS, has been appointed to a new role as Associate Vice President for Research Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
Infographic titled “Firearms & School Safety” from the Vanderbilt Tennessee Child Health Poll. It lists the percentages of Tennessee parents who believe schools are safer under 12 measures, ranging from 83.1% for having school resource officers to 35.9% for arming teachers, with a school hallway illustration in the background.
March 9, 2023

Majority of Tennessee parents agree on several school firearm safety measures: poll

A new Vanderbilt poll finds that a majority of Tennessee parents agree on several firearm-related school safety measures.

By Jake Lowary
Stylized blue neuron network overlaid with a red outline of a human head, with a red pencil pointing toward the upper-right side of the head.
March 7, 2023

Treating delirium detected in the ED

Higher intensity physical or occupational therapy may be a useful intervention to shorten delirium duration in older hospitalized adults, Vanderbilt researchers recently reported.

By Leigh MacMillan