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Master of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics program accepting applications

This completely virtual program provides a 36-credit-hour curriculum over 21 months, with a coursework-intensive first year followed by a practicum and a mentored capstone project.

VIGH, Ugandan partners land grant to study bunyaviruses in Tennessee and Uganda

Bunyaviruses can lead to many illnesses, ranging from mild fevers to serious and sometimes deadly diseases such as hemorrhagic fevers and encephalitis in both children and adults.

Darcelle Skeete Burgess named director of HIPAA Privacy Office

She succeeds Terri Hartman, the long-time director of the program, who retired Oct. 31.

By VUMC News and Communications

Following recommended schedule helps keep children safe from vaccine-preventable diseases

Any length of time without immunizations is a time without protection against vaccine-preventable diseases.

Bayer and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to advance treatments for cardiovascular and kidney diseases

The collaboration will leverage VUMC’s resource platform, including its comprehensive datasets hosted in Vanderbilt’s BioVU collection of DNA and plasma to enable data-driven insights and to accelerate discovery and development.

January 16, 2026

Vanderbilt Health team finds potent antibody that neutralizes two dangerous viruses

The single administration of an antibody that provides cross-protection against both RSV and hMPV infection could provide logistical and economic advantages over the need to develop and administer multiple virus-specific monoclonal antibodies.