Dr. Roden, Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Biomedical Informatics and Senior Vice President for Personalized Medicine, was awarded Vanderbilt’s most prestigious faculty honor for achievement in research.

A study led by researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, including Department of Medicine Drs. Melinda Aldrich, Jacklyn Hellwege and Eric Gamazon has discovered genetic susceptibilities that may shed light on why people of African ancestry are disproportionately affected by lung cancer.

Since its founding in 2015, VCI has served as a hub of research focused on fundamental human immune system regulation.

Recent findings published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition by Wei Zheng, MD, PhD, MPH (Epidemiology), and colleagues, suggest that efforts to promote diets high in healthy plant foods and low in animal foods could improve health outcomes.

Michelle Southard-Smith, PhD, and colleagues, recently published a paper that details how single cell sequencing was used to identify how Sox10 mutations shift enteric neuron types by altering neuronal trajectories in early development of enteric nervous system development.

According to a study published last week in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, walking fast for just 15 minutes per day may reduce the risk of death in a low-income and predominantly Black U.S. population.

The largest genetic analysis of stuttering has demonstrated a clear genetic basis for the speech disorder, highlighting neurological pathways of risk. The study, published last week in the journal Nature Genetics by Dr. Piper Below (Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology) and colleagues, used data representing more than 1 million individuals who had their DNA analyzed by the company 23andMe Inc.

A new prospective clinical trial with updated data on COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths among patients with cancer confirms the importance of vaccination and sheds light on which conditions put patients most at risk.

Ravi Shah, MD, the Gottlieb C. Friesinger II Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and professor of Medicine, has been named co-director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center (VDC).

In a study that brings together genetics, gene expression and blood biomarkers, investigators have built a framework for exploring multiorgan cross talk in human health and disease.