Dan Roden honored with Oscar B. Hunter Career Award in Therapeutics

Dan Roden, MD, Senior Vice President for Personalized Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, received the Oscar B. Hunter Career Award in Therapeutics last week at the virtual annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. View...

Tears of joy, tears of sorrow -- College sweethearts, a COVID unit wedding, and a love story that ended too soon

Stacey Bruff and Sherri Randolph were married in a ceremony held in VUMC's COVID unit. The unit staff pulled together to get flowers, desserts and candles. The bride wore PPE and the groom had a new shirt for the occasion. It was a joyful day and a beautiful wedding. But not all love stories have happy endings. View...

Preterm births in Tennessee decreased during pandemic

Statewide stay-at-home orders put in place as Tennessee fought to control the spread of coronavirus last March were associated with a 14% lower rate of preterm birth, according to a research letter published in "JAMA Pediatrics." View...

Pioneers of Hope: profiles of Children's Hospital researchers

From "Hope" magazine: At Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, our work extends beyond patient exam rooms. We are also searching for discoveries to offer better treatments, provide quality care and train the next generation of clinicians. The profiles here represent only a sampling of the tireless work performed daily to make Children's Hospital a place of unwavering hope. View...

VUMC sources quoted by Wall Street Journal, CNN, Voice of America, more

A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...