The findings, authored by Department of Medicine Drs. Tina Hartert, Dawn Newcomb and colleagues, suggest a possible way to identify susceptibility to - and prevent the development of - asthma and other severe respiratory problems later in life.
Two early-career faculty members in the Department of Medicine's Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Drs. Scott McCall and Kevin Seitz, have been awarded prestigious fellowships by the Francis Family Foundation.
The recent study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine by Robert Lentz, MD (Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine), and colleagues.
He will receive the John W. Walsh PAR Award for Excellence, which honors individuals who embody compassion for patients, innovative spirit and outstanding leadership skills.
Translational research brings discoveries from the laboratory and preclinical studies to clinical trials and studies in humans.
Surgeons and teams with Vanderbilt Lung Transplant performed 99 lung transplants in 2024, the most ever in one year.
The study, co-authored by Department of Medicine's Jonathan Kropski, MD, and a team of VUMC researchers, was published today in Nature Genetics.
The grant will help establish the Vanderbilt-coordinated Virus Characterization Center and support a Vanderbilt University Medical Center research team venturing to broadly characterize the role of viruses in human health and disease.
Department of Medicine Drs. Alexander Bick (Genetic Medicine) and Jonathan Kropski (Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) have been elected this year to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
