Will the Doctor See You Now? The Health System’s Changing Landscape

Jul 03, 2023 at 08:48 pm by Staff

  By Julie Appleby and Michelle Andrews, KFF Health News    Lucia Agajanian, a 25-year-old freelance film producer in Chicago, doesn’t h.... Read More

Misinformation Obscures Standards Guiding Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

Jul 03, 2023 at 08:38 pm by Staff

  By Helen Santoro, KFF Health News Almost three weeks after Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, signed a bill making it a felony for doctors to pro.... Read More

Vanderbilt investigators land Keck Foundation grant for groundbreaking genetic research

Jul 03, 2023 at 06:45 pm by Staff

    by Herschel Pollard Vanderbilt University scientists Charles Sanders, PhD, and Roy Zent, MD, PhD, have received a $1.2 million award from the W. M. Keck.... Read More

Sarrah Spohnholtz named director of Nurse Safety and Well-being

Jul 03, 2023 at 06:39 pm by Staff

  by Matt Batcheldor Sarrah Spohnholtz, MSN, RN, has been named director of Nurse Safety and Well-being at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. In the newly created r.... Read More

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former ‘godfather of grants’ John Hoover Hash

Jul 03, 2023 at 06:37 pm by Staff

  by Bill Snyder   John Hoover Hash, PhD, who as associate dean for Biomedical Sciences and director of Sponsored Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.... Read More

Selenium signal found in colorectal cancer: study

Jul 03, 2023 at 06:35 pm by Staff

  by Bill Snyder An antioxidant transporter of the trace mineral selenium that protects against inflammatory bowel disease has the opposite effect in colorectal cance.... Read More

Study identifies key regulator of melanoma development

Jul 03, 2023 at 06:33 pm by Staff

    by Tom Wilemon   Vanderbilt investigators have revealed the mechanisms by which the chemokine receptor CXCR2, is associated with melanoma tumor formatio.... Read More

Joseph Magliocca named director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center

Jul 03, 2023 at 06:31 pm by Staff

  by Matt Batcheldor Joseph Magliocca, MD, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center and surgical director of the Pediatric Liver Transplant Program..... Read More

Mamie Williams to co-chair national ANA advisory committee

Jul 03, 2023 at 06:29 pm by Staff

  by Matt Batcheldor Mamie Williams, PhD, MPH, MSN, APRN, senior director of Nursing Diversity and Inclusion at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named co-.... Read More

Paul Harris named Vice President for Research Informatics

Jul 03, 2023 at 06:27 pm by Staff

  by Mia Garchitorena Paul Harris, PhD, professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and director of the Office of Clinical Research Informatics in the Vanderbilt.... Read More