Flu season is ramping up, and it’s important for everyone, especially health care professionals, to not only get the flu vaccine but also educate patients about what to expect.

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized nation, a trend that has been accelerating for 20 years. But nearly two out of three maternal deaths are preventable, with cardiovascular disease (CVD) being the leading cause of death, said Kathryn Lindley, MD, holder of the Samuel S. Riven, MD, Directorship in Cardiology.

Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has received the Paragon Award for Research Excellence from the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF).

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have published the largest single-site adipose tissue atlas known to date.

Karen Bloch, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and associate director for clinical affairs in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is one of two winners of the 2023 Watanakunakorn Clinician Award from the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA).

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) has earned a Merit Extension Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in recognition of more than a decade of sustained exceptional progress.

Alvin C. Powers, MD, Joe C. Davis Professor of Biologic Science and professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, has announced plans to step down effective July 1, 2024, as director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center (VDC), director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC), and chief of the Vanderbilt Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Jane Case, DNP, APRN-BC, has been named associate vice chair for Advanced Practice for the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

As cells grow and divide, their DNA needs to be accurately replicated and properly segregated to new cells. Errors during replication or segregation can alter the genome and promote cancer.

Sahar Takkouche, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism and the director of the Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center in Wilson County, has been named to the role of associate chief medical officer (ACMO) for Wilson and Sumner County regions.