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June 25, 2026

Earlier diagnosis of cerebral palsy signals progress in early detection efforts 

Multistate study led in part by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center shows cerebral palsy in children is being identified sooner, opening doors for earlier intervention.  

(photo by Erin O. Smith)
June 25, 2026

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is home to novel GI motility care

With few motilists in the region, patient referrals come from across Tennessee and from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Illinois.

June 25, 2026

Erin N.Z. Yu named Executive Director of Animal Care and Use program

Yu will provide strategic oversight for research infrastructure and regulatory compliance and serve as the attending veterinarian.

June 25, 2026

Katherine Gibson-Corley named Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine

As Division Director for the DCM, Gibson-Corley will lead the academic home for faculty members who have service effort (administrative, clinical or diagnostic pathology) in the Division of Animal Care or the Office of Animal Welfare Assurance.

June 25, 2026

Common asthma drugs may help guide new treatments for Parkinson’s disease

New research findings suggest that drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration for other conditions might be repurposed to restore normal cell function in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.

June 25, 2026

Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital performs its first robotic-assisted total knee surgery

“These robotic knee surgeries allow us to be more precise,” said orthopaedic surgeon Eric Barlow, DO. “It allows us to know, within a millimeter, if our cuts are accurate. … You just don’t have that same kind of accuracy with conventional instrumentation.”