Daily Archives: July 17, 2019

Natural language commands vital to making EHRs seamless, “delightful”

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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. Continue reading →

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

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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. Continue reading →

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Megan Rasmussen named Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

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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, assi… Continue reading →

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Registration open for four-part series “Women in Health Care: the Pursuit of Wellness”

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VUMC nurses and lactation specialist participating in community education event, Aug. 3

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Vanderbilt Eye Institute trunk show is tomorrow

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

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“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.” Continue reading →

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Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core mini-grant application deadline is Sept. 13

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Epithelial IDO1 Modulates AHR and Notch Signaling to Increase Differentiation of Secretory Cells and Alter Mucus-Associated Microbiota

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Inflammation, injury, and infection upregulate expression of the tryptophan metabolizing enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) in the intestinal epithelium. We studied the effects of cell-specific IDO1 expression in the epithelium at baseline and… Continue reading →

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