Natural language commands vital to making EHRs seamless, "delightful"

Yaa Kumah-Crystal, MD, MPH, MS, self-describes as an early adopter of technology who is seizing on the fast embrace of natural language recognition systems -- i.e. Siri and Alexa -- to usher in an era of medicine where the tech is just as responsive. View...

Megan Rasmussen named Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

She will receive a $1,000 cash prize and will be mentored by the winner of the 2019 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School geneticist Christine Seidman, MD. Rasmussen is a doctoral candidate in the lab of Vivian Gama, PhD, assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology. View...

Alzheimer's is more common in women than in men; these Vanderbilt researchers may have discovered why

The abnormal accumulation of proteins in the brain is a biological marker for Alzheimer's disease, but the ways in which these proteins spread may help explain why the prevalence of Alzheimer's is higher in women than in men. View...

Credo Award Winner Gail Cherry remembers what it's like being a patient and brings that sensitivity to her care for others

"I have a lot of compassion for patients, especially those waiting for and undergoing transplants, and for all patients. I have been in their shoes. I know what it's like to be stuck in a hospital bed, worried and frustrated." View...