The following is a roundup of the news that made headlines at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2024.

Numerous additions and appointments during the past year are enhancing Vanderbilt University Medical Center's missions.

During the past year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center placed highly in several national rankings and was honored with numerous awards.

Currently, methods to detect early, obesity-related accumulation of fat in the liver other than a liver biopsy — the surgical removal of liver tissue for microscopic examination — are limited. But there is hope.

With funding from the newly established Sarah Kyle Anorexia Nervosa Research Foundation, the researchers hope to identify biomarkers that will point to novel targets for prevention and treatment.

He will step down in late spring/early summer 2025 and then plans to retire from the faculty in June 2026.

Drucker and his team study the molecular biology and physiology of the GLP-1 and GLP-2 molecules that regulate glucose metabolism, insulin secretion and energy balance.