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As research in cochlear implant stimulation expands to include music perception, clearing up channel interaction remains the focal point as audiologists aim to customize how electrodes stimulate the auditory nerve to improve patients’ ability to hear music.

Increasingly, health care professionals find that they must protect themselves from harm, even as they care for their patients.

Smith was at the forefront of creating patient and family councils that advise individual Vanderbilt hospital entities from the patient/family perspective.

Most of the more than 200 species of viruses known to reside in humans remain poorly understood, and new ones are being discovered every few months.

Skaar, who directs the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, is being recognized for “pioneering work at the intersection of nutrition and infectious diseases."

The Young Physician-Scientist Award recognizes “notable achievements” by researchers who are within five years of their first faculty appointment.

The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers in the early stages of their research careers.