Melinda Aldrich elected to genetics society board of directors
Dr. Aldrich uses population-based cohorts and biobanks to investigate lung cancer; her research informed guidelines for lung cancer screening.
VUMC physician-scientists recognized for extending veterans’ lung cancer screening
Jennifer Lewis, MD, MPH, and Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH, are the recipients of the 2024 VAQS Team Award for work they began in 2017.
Drug Allergy Clinic marks 10th year of diagnosis and treatment of drug allergies
The clinic, led by Drs. Elizabeth Phillips and Cosby Stone, has seen groundbreaking discoveries in personalized care and diagnosis for allergy, especially delayed drug allergy, and has advanced discoveries in the optimal process to test patients for drug allergies.
Dooley’s TB research receives MERIT Award from the NIH
Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH, Addison B. Scoville Jr. Professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, has received a MERIT Award (Method to Extend Research in Time Award) from the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). One of 15 MERIT awards that will be issued by the NIAID this year, this new grant serves to expand an ongoing international TB prevention trial to include pregnant women, children and people receiving certain drugs for HIV infection.
Peptide discovery could advance treatment of high blood pressure
VUMC researchers found that peptides modified by highly reactive compounds called isolevuglandins activated T cells and promoted hypertension in mice. Their first-ever isolation of such peptides is a step toward potentially intervening in this pathologic process.
American College of Cardiology lauds VUMC’s care for heart attack patients
The award program “recognizes hospitals participating in the registry who have demonstrated sustained, top-level performance in quality of care and adherence to guideline recommendations.”
Mixon appointed CCQIR co-director
Amanda Mixon, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Public Health), has been appointed co-director of the Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research where she will direct the Vanderbilt Implementation and Quality Improvement Core
Dr. Jahangir shares experience on Blue Origin flight to space
Eiman Jahangir, MD (Cardiovascular Medicine), was part of a six-person crew on the Blue Origin launch of the 11-minute suborbital space flight on Aug 29. He experienced weightlessness for several minutes and got views of planet Earth that only about 700 people have ever witnessed.
Vanderbilt and OHSU join forces to train addiction research scholars
VUMC and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) have been awarded funding from the NIH to establish a K12 program to train scholars in addiction research. The Vanderbilt Oregon Collaborative Scholar Training in Addiction Research (COSTAR) program will draw on both institutions’ expertise in addiction.
VUMC participating in clinical trial of novel heart failure treatment
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of roughly 60 study sites worldwide participating in RESPONDER-HF, a randomized clinical trial of an atrial shunt to treat heart failure patients.
Patients with a form of heart failure called HFpEF may breathe normally at rest but quickly become breathless with physical activity. The study will test an atrial shunt to relieve high pressure in the heart.