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August 14, 2026

EHR-embedded tool extracts liver stiffness values to prevent gaps in care

Vanderbilt Health researchers developed a natural language processing tool that can efficiently identify patients with liver disease and streamline assessment for treatments.

August 13, 2026

Yale’s Jasmiry Bennett named Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer for Vanderbilt Health

As Vanderbilt Health’s first Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer, Bennett will provide strategic leadership for the APP community across the enterprise and help shape the future of advanced practice.

Alaina Davis, MD
August 12, 2026

Alaina Davis named inaugural recipient of Ripple Effect Award for juvenile arthritis advocacy

The new honor recognizes an individual whose compassion, leadership and dedication have made a lasting impact on the juvenile arthritis community.

kidney stones
August 12, 2026

Study points to new therapeutic target for chronic kidney disease

Researchers showed that blocking the protein cadherin-11 improved survival and kidney function in three kidney injury models.

Alexander Bick, MD, PhD
August 12, 2026

Alexander Bick to lead cutting-edge resource for genomic discovery at Vanderbilt Health

Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics is a one-stop genomics research resource that offers sample biobanking, genome sequencing, single-cell and spatial multiomic profiling, and other specialized services.

C. difficile bacteria (image courtesy of CDC/Jennifer Oosthuizen)
August 11, 2026

Vanderbilt Health evaluating vaccine for C. difficile for people 65 and older

“C. diff is one of those infections that turns a routine hospital stay or a course of antibiotics into something far more serious, and older adults bear the brunt of it.”