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Portrait of a smiling man wearing glasses, a white lab coat, shirt, and patterned tie.
February 4, 2026

Vanderbilt Health’s Vineet Agrawal, Fabian Bock among 2026 ASCI Young Physician-Scientist awardees

Since 2014, 27 Vanderbilt faculty members have received the annual award, which recognizes “notable achievements” by researchers early in their first faculty appointments.

By Bill Snyder
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February 4, 2026

Clinical trial led by Vanderbilt Health seeks to refine lung cancer biopsy standards

The development of better biopsy approaches is driven by the fact that lung cancer kills more than 130,000 Americans annually, and survival depends on early diagnosis, which requires biopsy to be definitive.

By Jill Clendening
Stokes Peebles, MD, right, Mark Rusznak, PhD, and their colleagues have identified a potential drug target for treating asthma. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
February 4, 2026

Broad genetic study reveals new drug target for asthma

The findings could bring relief to the more than 26 million people in the United States with asthma, a chronic and complex inflammatory disease of the airways.

By Bill Snyder
“My experience at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital has been genuinely meaningful. I’ve learned a lot and felt supported along the way. This opportunity encouraged me to keep pursuing health care,”said student Ereny Gad, here shadowing Lorena Romero Alberto, MT, in the blood lab at VWCH. (photo by Susan Urmy)
February 3, 2026

High school students explore health careers at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

VWCH has partnered with Mt. Juliet High School on the hospital’s first inpatient training experience that brings high school students directly into clinical settings to learn about the many roles that support the health and well-being of patients in their community.

By Kylie Avery
Five people pose together at an indoor event, with a woman in a red top standing between four men in suits and business attire.
February 3, 2026

1,000 lungs and countless more breaths: Vanderbilt Transplant Center commemorates landmark

Vanderbilt Health’s fourth lung transplant patient is thought to be the world’s record holder for longevity following a single lung transplant.

By Matt Batcheldor
A young man in a backward white cap and gray shirt walks through a hallway as several medical staff members cheer and wave purple pom-poms around him.
February 2, 2026

Pom-poms for a new era: Briceton Latta’s next cystic fibrosis chapter

When Briceton Latta was born in 2006, the average life expectancy of a patient with CF was 37. Today, that expectancy is 65 and beyond.

By Christina Echegaray