In a study led by Danxia Yu, PhD (Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism), it was found that new weight loss drugs and bariatric surgery improve body composition in patients with obesity by inducing a moderate loss of fat-free mass along with a substantial reduction in fat.
Eight Department of Medicine faculty are among the 27 new members elected to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine's Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine.
This year, several Department of Medicine faculty were appointed to new positions that will help advance the department and medical center missions.
Dr. Towler will come to VUMC from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, and will begin his new role at VUMC in February 2026.
Three Department of Medicine faculty are among the recent cohort of Vanderbilt University Innovation Catalyst Fund award recipients. They are: Scott McCall, MD, PhD (Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine), Sahar Takkouche, MD (Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism), Chase Webber, MD (General Internal Medicine and Public Health).
The new Multimodal AI for Type 1 Diabetes (MAI-T1D) project — funded by the National Institutes of Health — will use the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) alongside a wide range of health data with the goal of accelerating discoveries to better treat and prevent T1D. The project is a collaboration between scientists from VUMC, including Marcella Brissova, PhD (Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism).
This award recognizes meritorious contributions to endocrinology research and is one of the Endocrine Society’s prestigious 2026 Laureate Awards.
Among those advocating on Capitol Hill were three Department of Medicine faculty, Drs. Alvin Powers (Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism), Patrick Hu (Hematology and Oncology) and Hyun Song (Cardiovascular Medicine).
Gitanjali Srivastava, MD, Professor of Medicine (Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism), is clinical leader of a new, two-year, $1 million grant from Eli Lilly and Company that will seek to understand and address gaps in obesity care.
