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August 25, 2025

VUMC partners with Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville State, and Ascension on Early College programs

These will become the fourth and fifth MNPS zoned high schools with an Early College program embedded in the school in partnership with Nashville State, joining Whites Creek, Glencliff, and Cane Ridge.

Lainey Mathis. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
August 25, 2025

‘I didn’t know that I’d been living my life in pain’: Patient’s remarkable recovery after crossing paths with a compassionate neurosurgeon

Exhausted from a multiyear journey navigating a debilitating illness, Lainey Mathis received life-changing care from Ryan Lee, MD, whose new cerebrospinal fluid disorders center is already making a massive impact on patients.

By Evan Dorian
Tonia Rex, PhD, left, Lori Ann Kehler, OD, Brad Turner and Tennessee Sen. Jeff Yarbro pose for a photo at the Project PAVE check presentation. (photo by Donn Jones)
August 20, 2025

Tennessee grant ensures continued visual services for students through Project PAVE  

Project PAVE (Providing Access to the Visual Environment) was established in 1993 as a collaborative program between the Tennessee Department of Education, Lions Clubs of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University.

By Holly Fletcher
August 20, 2025

Vanderbilt Prize winner Huda Akil to discuss how science can aid mental health on Sept. 11

Akil is an internationally known neuroscientist at the University of Michigan and Michigan Neuroscience Institute whose research has helped reveal the fundamental nature of anxiety, depression, pain and addiction.

By Bill Snyder
August 19, 2025

Palliative Care Clinic moves to new location at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks

Now located in suite 20400 on the north side of the outpatient medical complex, the clinic is best accessed from the front parking lot, entering through Entrance D.

By Jill Clendening
Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH
August 19, 2025

Vanderbilt’s Michael R. DeBaun elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

This year, 247 members were elected from the mathematical, physical, biological, social and behavioral sciences, humanities, the arts, leadership, policy and communications.

By Bill Snyder
August 19, 2025

Susan Morrow Legacy Foundation supports ovarian cancer research at Vanderbilt

The Susan Morrow Legacy Foundation has made a generous donation to support ovarian cancer research at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Tom Wilemon
August 18, 2025

Photos and video from a memorable night: Stand Up to Cancer broadcast highlights Nashville talent, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Viewers saw performances by host Sheryl Crow, as well as the Jonas Brothers, Noah Cyrus, Gavin DeGraw, Marcus King, Brothers Osborne, Jon Pardi, Jelly Roll, Dan + Shay and CeCe Winans.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 15, 2025

NICU babies are going home weeks earlier thanks to an iPad

The NICU Bridge to Home program is a remote monitoring initiative designed to support families during their transition from the hospital to home.
By Jessica Pasley
August 14, 2025

Megan Dupuis named Internal Medicine Residency Program director

Beginning in July 2026, Dupuis will coordinate all aspects of the internal medicine residency, including the interview and selection process, mentoring the residents going through the program.
By Jill Clendening
August 14, 2025

Acquired brain injury clinic helps children rehabilitate and reenter school

The clinic sees patients who have suffered a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury or a nontraumatic brain injury.
By Evan Dorian
August 13, 2025

Kimberly Bress selected as 2025 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Bress is an MD-PhD candidate who is interested in the application of neuroimaging technology to understand cognition and behavior in adults with neurodevelopmental differences.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 12, 2025

Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant to advance research on long-term mental and cognitive health of pediatric cancer survivors

Hyundai Hope on Wheels has awarded more than $2 million in funding to pediatric cancer researchers at Monroe Carell since 2007.
By Christina Echegaray