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Jeffrey R. Balser speaks on a blue stage in a suit and glasses, with the Vanderbilt wordmark and logo behind him.
October 9, 2025

Vanderbilt Health: Navigating headwinds with strategic resilience

Being one of the nation’s largest academic medical systems provides a structural advantage. VUMC invests heavily in its own infrastructure for research and training.

By Holly Fletcher
VUMC’s new automated biobanking system can store as many as 10 million biospecimens.
October 8, 2025

Vanderbilt leaders in filling the biomedical research pipeline shine at national meeting 

Vanderbilt has been training physician-scientists for more than 60 years. Many graduates have gone on to leadership positions in academia, government, industry and clinical practice.  

By Bill Snyder
Allyson Ray, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in lab of Ann Tate, PhD (Biological Sciences), introduces a student to the wonderful world of microbes during MEGAMicrobe, Sept. 27 at the Jones Paideia Magnet School in Nashville. (photo by Susan Urmy)
October 7, 2025

MEGAMicrobe 2025

The event was held Sept. 27 at Jones Paideia Magnet School in Nashville.

Illustration of a magnifying glass enlarging green, curved microbe-like shapes over a stylized red intestinal tract.
October 7, 2025

Human milk pasteurization method impacts preterm infant microbiome

Researchers used whole-metagenome sequencing to assess the composition, diversity and functional enrichment of the preterm infant gut microbiome — the microorganisms that aid digestion, immune function and metabolism.

By Leigh MacMillan
Vanderbilt nurse Allison Young, MS, BSN, RN, outside the “wind phone” booth at her home. (photo by Donn Jones)
October 7, 2025

Nurse’s wind phone project provides solace from grief 

Since she erected the “wind phone ” booth two years ago, it has become a sanctuary of solace.

By Tom Wilemon
Close-up of a person walking on a treadmill at a gym, emphasizing regular physical activity.
October 7, 2025

VUMC neuropsychologist shares why regular exercise benefits the brain, physically and mentally 

Believe exercise is only beneficial for your physique? Think again — Your brain will thank you.

By Evan Dorian