Lori Coburn, MD, associate professor of Medicine, and colleagues in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Vanderbilt Health are seeking to identify noninvasive blood markers of Crohn’s disease activity.

Ela Knapik, MD, (Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology) is among six Vanderbilt faculty members who have been elected honorary fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for their contributions to advancing scientific knowledge and its applications.

Reducing dietary salt consumption is not a simple matter, however, cautioned the paper’s corresponding author, Deepak Gupta, MD, MSCI, associate professor of Medicine and director of the Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC). Leonie Dupuis, MD, a third-year resident physician in internal medicine at Vanderbilt Health, is first author of the paper.

Emily Morrow, PhD, MS, CCC-SLP, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, was recognized by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science.

Yash Pershad, an MD/PhD student in the lab of Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, is the first author of the paper, published this month in JAMA Cardiology.

Department of Medicine faculty Vineet Agrawal, MD, PhD and Aniket Rali, MD, were part of the team who performed the groundbreaking procedure this month.

The Department of Medicine is excited to share the results of the 2026 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match, which were made public on Friday, March 20, during the highly anticipated Match Day celebrations. 

Kropski is a physician-scientist whose research has helped advance the understanding and potential treatment of interstitial lung disease.

A new study led by Vanderbilt Health researchers including Epidemiology Drs. Xingyi Guo and Wanqing Wen, demonstrates that demographic factors also influence colorectal adenoma recurrence.