Vanderbilt Health’s Board of Directors is the organization’s fiduciary board that provides oversight and counsel to help the Medical Center achieve its business and organizational goals.

Rebecca Warren has been named Chief Communications Officer, and Craig Boerner has been named Director of Enterprise News & Communications.

A new study suggests that macrophages and folate receptors may influence brain development and pregnancy health, and they point to a gene worth studying further.

Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows medical teams to view, treat and biopsy tissue inside the lungs using a thin, flexible tube called a bronchoscope. The new space will double capacity to allow 5,000 bronchoscopies a year.

The Western Division of the Cooperative Human Tissue Network, housed at Vanderbilt Health since 2001, provides a customized collection of solid tissues and biofluids with clinical annotation.

Physician-scientist training at Vanderbilt Health couples internal medicine residency and clinical fellowship training with training in basic or clinical research.

Course instills confidence when facing medical emergencies in the great outdoors — or in the grocery store.