Major initiative launched to apply AI to health care
IBM Watson Health has announced plans to make a 10-year, $50 million investment in joint research collaborations with Brigham and Women's Hospital -- the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School -- and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to advance the science of artificial intelligence (AI) and its application to major public health issues. View...
Researchers push forward frontiers of vaccine science
Using sophisticated gene sequencing and computing techniques, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the San Diego Supercomputer Center have achieved a first-of-its-kind glimpse into how the body's immune system gears up to fight off infection. View...
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball: Sink Breast Cancer Event on Feb. 17
Come help Vanderbilt recognize breast cancer survivors and cheer on the Lady Commodores basketball team as it takes on the LSU Tigers, Sunday, Feb. 17, at 5 p.m. All tickets are only $1. View...
"99 Words of Love" (part 2) showcases Vanderbilt Valentines
How can you tell the story of a lifetime in 99 words (or fewer)? Here's how some Vanderbilt University Medical Center lovers did it. Hint: After you read the story once, go back and just read the last line of each couple's story. View...
PheWAS Core helps researchers make sense of electronic health record data
The Phenotyping and PheWAS Core, a program of the Center for Precision Medicine, offers informatics assistance for studies of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's vast repositories of electronic health record and patient genotype data. View...
Counselors guide patients in interpreting genetic tests
Certified genetic counselors are among the first faces that patients see once accepted into Vanderbilt's Undiagnosed Diseases Network where hopefully they will gain a diagnosis. View...