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1 week ago | 
news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder
Two faculty members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”They are Heidi Hamm, PhD, the Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Professor of Cardiovascular Research and former chair of the Department of Pharmacology, and Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH, the Ernest W.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder
Bryan Harris, MD, MPH, MMHC, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine, has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Medicine, effective July 1.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder
Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD, a pioneer in immune and cancer cell metabolism research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been elected an honorary member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder
Stem cells isolated from the urine of healthy donors stimulated regeneration of acutely injured kidney tissue in a preclinical study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. If confirmed by further research, these findings, reported March 29 in the journal Molecular Therapy, may lead to an effective response to acute kidney injury (AKI), which affects 50% of adults and 25% of children in hospital intensive care units.
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3 weeks ago | 
williamsonherald.com | Bill Snyder
Terrence Allen “TA” Smith, MD, MMHC, a former Vanderbilt faculty member in gastroenterology and a former U.S. Army flight surgeon who served in Iraq, died on April 7 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. He was 68. Smith was a resident of Brentwood. “TA was a role model for all of us,” said Richard Peek, MD, the Mina Cobb Wallace Professor of Immunology, professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
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1 month ago | 
news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder
Three of the many people who empower the highly impactful and internationally recognized research enterprise at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine were honored April 4 during the 21st annual Research Staff Awards ceremony at the Kimpton Aertson Hotel in Nashville.
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1 month ago | 
news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder
Terrence Allen “TA” Smith, MD, MMHC, a former Vanderbilt faculty member in gastroenterology and a former U.S. Army flight surgeon who served in Iraq, died on April 7 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. He was 68. “TA was a role model for all of us,” said Richard Peek, MD, the Mina Cobb Wallace Professor of Immunology, professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
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1 month ago | 
news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder
A research consortium co-led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and supported in part by the National Institutes of Health has identified three previously unknown genes that cause severe congenital diarrheal disorders in infants. The findings, published April 4 in The New England Journal of Medicine, represent a significant advance toward development of more effective, targeted therapies for congenital diarrhea and enteropathies (CODEs).
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1 month ago | 
news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder
Prominent Tennessee banker, businessman and philanthropist James W. “Jim” Ayers, after whom a new, 15-story patient care tower under construction at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is named, died April 1 in Nashville. He was 81. Mr. Ayers and his wife, Janet, have been a major philanthropic force in all of Tennessee.
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1 month ago | 
news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder
A multicenter study led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has identified multiple new genes associated with benign tumors (fibroids) of the uterus, the leading indication for hysterectomy in the country. Their report, published in the journal Nature Communications, is another step toward development of targeted therapies aimed at reducing the incidence and medical burden of this common condition, which costs the U.S. health care system billions of dollars annually.
