Many of these endowed directorships at VUMC are funded by generous donors who are passionate about making a meaningful difference in research and patient care.

Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan, PhD, center, author of Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality, delivered the Sept. 26 Discovery Lecture.

The achievement verifies the hospital’s ability to provide the highest level of care for injured pediatric patients in the region.

The project seeks to reduce the time for clinical chart abstraction by 90% while maintaining human-level accuracy.

VUMC researchers have developed a genetic method that clusters distantly related people to find rare variants that were present in a common ancestor.

Launched Sept. 17-19 during the World Cancer Congress in Geneva, Switzerland, “Rewriting Cancer” aims to enhance understanding and inspire audiences by exploring the most innovative, inclusive and impactful solutions for cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care globally.

The research focused on the very early stages of FPF, a serious progressive lung disease where for unknown reasons scar tissue builds up in the lungs over time.