Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH, professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Public Health) and research health scientist at VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, has been named the director of a new Health Systems Research Center of Innovation (COIN) for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sweeping data integration and clinical trial simulations are needed to help decide which targets to prioritize in researching new tuberculosis treatment regimens. Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH, the Addison B. Scoville, Jr. Professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is one of four co-principal investigators for the five-year multicenter project.
In late June, Jennifer Gaddy, PhD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was named one of seven 2024 grant recipients of the Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and one of three 2024 Discovery Research Grant recipients by the March of Dimes.
Tracy Frech, MD, MSCI, has been named to direct the division of Rheumatology and Immunology in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and will assume the new role Sept. 1.
The therapy, haploidentical bone marrow transplant with thiotepa and posttransplant cyclophosphamide, is as safe and more affordable than the recently FDA-approved myeloablative gene therapy and gene editing treatments.
Department of Medicine clinicians see patients in 19 counties across Middle Tennessee as well as the surrounding region. There were 86,096 outpatient visits for fiscal year 2024, an increase of more than 25,000 visits over fiscal year 2023.
Jane Freedman, MD, professor of Medicine and interim chair of the Department of Medicine, delivered the annual State of the Department address on June 20, highlighting those who form the department and celebrating major achievements in the past year.
Cathy Eng, MD (Hematology and Oncology), is corresponding author of a paper published last week in The Lancet that provides an overview on treatment advances, clinical trials, incidence trends and ongoing challenges related to colorectal cancer, the third most diagnosed cancer in the world.
Alvin Powers, MD (Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism), last week received the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) 2024 Albert Renold Award at the ADA's 84th Scientific Session in Orlando.
The award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the training and mentorship of diabetes research scientists.
Preoxygenation is the administration of supplemental oxygen prior to the start of a procedure to increase the content of oxygen in the lung and decrease the risk of hypoxemia
Annet Kirabo, DvM, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinical Pharmacology), is among 13 highly accomplished and recently tenured Vanderbilt University faculty who have been selected for the 2024 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows.
