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September 24, 2024

Initiative aims to prepare high school students for careers in nursing

VUMC is collaborating with Nurses Middle College Nashville (Nurses MC), a proposed public charter school, which is seeking approval from the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission to prepare high school students for careers in nursing.

By Matt Batcheldor
Drake Robideau, 7, puts his handprint on a car with the help of Nashville SC mascot Tempo during the Hyundai Hope on Wheels check presentation and handprint ceremony. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
September 24, 2024

Hyundai Hope on Wheels award bolsters pediatric cancer research

Since 2007, Hyundai Hope on Wheels, which includes funding from Hyundai Motor America and local dealerships, has awarded more than $2 million in funding to pediatric cancer researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
Co-principal investigators of the genomic-enabled learning health system coordinating center and clinical site are, front row from left, Carolyn Audet, PhD, Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, and Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, and, back row from left, Wesley Self, MD, MPH, Josh Peterson, MD, MPH, and Dan Roden, MD. (photo by Susan Urmy)
September 24, 2024

‘Learning’ network will help move genomics into the clinic

A real-world learning health system was established at VUMC a decade ago. Now, the National Human Genome Research Institute is awarding two five-year grants totaling $12 million to support VUMC’s participation in, and coordination of, a genomic-enabled learning health system (gLHS) network.

By Bill Snyder
Image of the U.S., with markers that note cities where the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. conducted a city survey of impacted areas. (Source: Mapping Inequality)
September 24, 2024

Poverty rates linked to asthma in ‘redlined’ areas

Neighborhoods that were discriminated against, called ‘redlined areas,’ are known to have higher levels of air pollution from industry and vehicles, especially diesel-fueled trucks, buses and cars.

By Craig Boerner
September 23, 2024

Nobel laureate James Rothman to present on synaptic neurotransmission

Rothman, the Sterling Professor of Cell Biology at Yale University, shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for “discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.” 

By Leigh MacMillan
J. Kelly Wright Jr., MD, speaks during his recent retirement reception. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
September 23, 2024

Pioneering transplant surgeon J. Kelly Wright Jr. retires

Wright and C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, performed Vanderbilt’s first liver transplant in 1991. This year, VUMC celebrated its 3,000th liver transplant.

By Matt Batcheldor
September 23, 2024

New study reveals common belief of CTE, link to mental health among former professional NFL players

“Understanding the proportion of former players who think they have CTE — and identifying the common symptoms in those who believe they have CTE — is an important step for helping these individuals receive medical and mental health treatment,” said Douglas Terry, PhD, assistant professor and clinical neuropsychologist in the Department of Neurological Surgery and co-director of the Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center.
By Holly Fletcher
September 23, 2024

Camp Hope: A place of healing and happiness for burn survivors

At Camp Hope, Vanderbilt personnel, adult burn survivors and others volunteer to create activities to promote physical and emotional healing for the children.
By Jessica Pasley
September 23, 2024

New evaluation system to render AI chatbots safe, empathetic

V-CARES will focus on detecting hallucinations, omissions and misaligned values in AI-generated responses on critical health topics.
By Paul Govern
September 20, 2024

VUMC method tracks down rare, broadly reacting antibodies: study

The discovery, reported in the journal PLOS Pathogens, could help open the door to the development of effective vaccines and antibody therapies with an “exceptional breadth of pathogen coverage.”
By Bill Snyder
September 20, 2024

Melinda Aldrich elected to genetics society board of directors

Aldrich uses population-based cohorts and biobanks to investigate lung cancer; her research informed guidelines for lung cancer screening.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 20, 2024

Fever drives enhanced activity, mitochondrial damage in immune cells

The mechanistic understanding of how cells respond to heat could explain how chronic inflammation contributes to the development of cancer.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 20, 2024

VUMC experts elected to serve on Epic’s Specialty Steering Boards

Elected by their peers, Epic’s Specialty Steering Boards guide content and strategy for individual specialties.
By VUMC News and Communications
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