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February 27, 2024

Lack of Insurance among Tennessee children remains low, while mental health concerns persist

The latest analysis of the 2024 Tennessee Child Health Poll has found that the proportion of uninsured kids in Tennessee held steady from the 2023 poll, and the rates of mental health diagnoses and associated concerns from Tennessee parents remain high.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 27, 2024

Ballerina dancing again after inspiring recovery from brain tumor

Emily Kneussle, a 20-year-old aspiring professional ballerina, was “born a dancer.” When a tumor in her brain threatened her dreams, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt helped her get back on stage.

By Nancy Humphrey
February 26, 2024

Study finds a role for AI in drug repurposing pipeline

Vanderbilt researchers are using artificial intelligence to search for existing drugs used for other problems that might help patients Alzheimer’s Disease.

By Paul Govern
February 23, 2024

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt begins treating patients with novel gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Jonathan Soslow, MD, and Bryan Burnette, MD, recently began treating patients with a novel gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

By Jessica Pasley
February 22, 2024

A patient singing during brain surgery, the first Alaskapox death, better ICU alarms, and other news stories with VUMC sources

February 22, 2024

NIH-funded trial to determine if immunomodulation can improve brain and cardiovascular dysfunction in Long COVID

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is working with scientists around the U.S. to launch the first Phase III, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of immunomodulation on Long COVID.

By Nancy Humphrey
February 22, 2024

VUMC mourns loss of renowned pulmonary medicine physician-scientist John H. Newman

John H. Newman, MD, an acclaimed physician-scientist in Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine who made numerous contributions to the knowledge of pulmonary vascular disease, died on Tuesday, Feb. 20, after a several-month illness. He was 78.
By Nancy Humphrey
February 22, 2024

Publishers Elsevier and Wiley establish open access agreements with Vanderbilt University’s Heard Libraries

February 22, 2024

AI aids efforts to cut nuisance alerts for health care teams: study

A new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center demonstrates the promise of artificial intelligence to help refine and target the myriad computerized alerts intended to assist doctors and other team members in day-to-day clinical decision-making.
By Paul Govern
February 22, 2024

Memorial service held for longtime transplant nurse practitioner Karen Starr

By Wayne Wood
February 21, 2024

Nurse Scholars Program welcomes first graduates

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is welcoming the first graduates of the Nurse Scholars Program, which pays for up to four semesters of nursing school tuition at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) or Cumberland University in return for a work commitment to VUMC.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 21, 2024

International genetic study of glaucoma implicates vascular and cancer-related genes

An international genetic study using multiancestry biobanks has identified novel genetic locations associated with primary open-angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma and the leading cause of irreversible blindness globally.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 21, 2024

Renovated Urology clinic in TVC features expanded services

Vanderbilt Urology’s newly renovated TVC clinic features a slightly larger and much more efficient space, nitrous oxide in the procedure rooms, a new high definition C-Arm X-ray machine and a urodynamics unit, thereby expanding the range of procedures that can be performed in clinic without having to go to the operating room.
By Craig Boerner