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Erin Von Klein Honored by American Academy of Pediatrics
Oct. 8, 2024—Current Vanderbilt MPH student Erin Von Klein, M.D., was recently honored by the American Academy of Pediatrics with the 2024 Marshall Klaus Perinatal Research Award in Health Services Research for her project, “Employment Decision-Making Among Caregivers of Low Birthweight Infants.” Erin worked with mentors Gilbert Gonzales, Ph.D., Joseph Zickafoose, M.D., M.S., and Stephen Patrick, M.D.,...
Susannah Rose Explores the Concerns and Hopes Surrounding Health-related AI Chatbots
Oct. 4, 2024—The public’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for health care information continues to grow amid a welter of questions about their accuracy, safety and reliability and excitement over their potential to improve access to care. A team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center will address the concerns and hopes surrounding health-related AI chatbots with the...
Hartert states, “This study demonstrates just how important the environment in which you grow up in is in determining your risk for developing diseases.”
Oct. 3, 2024—Children who were raised in areas negatively affected by a government housing policy from the 1930s known as ‘redlining’ are still paying a price in the form of higher risk of developing asthma, according to a study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. ‘Redlining’ once determined who was eligible to receive...
Self and Audet are Helping Move Genomics into the Clinic
Oct. 2, 2024—The genomic revolution is upon us. The question is, how can the explosion of new knowledge be used — now — to prevent and treat disease and improve health? Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center believe the answer may involve a “learning” network that, by assessing the impact of genomic data and clinical informatics on...
Spalluto and Lewis Recognized for Extending Veterans’ Lung Cancer Screening
Sep. 30, 2024—Two physician-scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Scholars (VAQS) Fellowship program for implementing and evaluating innovative lung cancer screening programs for veterans. Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH, professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and Jennifer Lewis, MD, MS, MPH, assistant professor of Medicine, are the recipients...
Dr. Schaffner Discusses the Spike in Whooping Cough Cases in the U.S.
Sep. 27, 2024—The number of whooping cough cases have more than quadrupled in the U.S. since last year, according to data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. Infectious diseases experts attribute the surge in cases of whooping cough — also known as pertussis — to a dip in vaccination rates that began...
Peek Into an MPH Practicum: A Q&A with a Health Policy Track Student
Sep. 25, 2024—By Kyra Letsinger Since as early as the ninth grade, second-year Master of Public Health (MPH) student Ishan Basu Ray has been working toward a career in health care. While peers spent summers relaxing, Basu Ray researched and shadowed in labs at some of his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana’s most renowned academic institutions, including...
Susannah Rose discusses the mission of ADVANCE AI at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sep. 20, 2024—Vanderbilt University Medical Center was recently named a leading health system in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), according to Becker’s Healthcare. According to a list compiled by Becker’s Healthcare and the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Center for Health Innovation at the University of California San Diego, VUMC was cited as one of 11 health systems...
Peek Into an MPH Practicum: A Q&A with an Epidemiology Track Student
Sep. 18, 2024—By Kyra Letsinger From a young age, second-year Master of Public Health (MPH) student Kaylee Ebner had a passion for health and science. It wasn’t until high school, however, that she came to find her dream career path in the most unlikely of places. In her junior year Intro to Healthcare class, she watched the...
Dr. Poehling Contributes to Advisory Committee Recommendation on Immunization Practices
Sep. 18, 2024—What is already known about this topic? Adults aged 19–64 years with risk conditions for pneumococcal disease and those aged ≥65 years are recommended to receive either 15- or 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) (PCV15 or PCV20, respectively). What is added by this report? On June 27, 2024, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended...
Katz says, Most children receive too many antibiotics for ear infections
Sep. 11, 2024—Most providers are still prescribing 10-day courses of antibiotics for acute otitis media despite recommendations calling for shorter durations of treatment, according to study findings. As Healio has previously reported, research has shown that shorter durations of antibiotics are better for some pediatric infections like acute otitis media (AOM), but this messaging has been slow to reach pediatricians. Acute...
RSV vaccine in older people cuts risk of hospitalization, says Grijalva, Self, and Zhu
Sep. 9, 2024—The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can be particularly dangerous for older people with chronic medical conditions. Each year in the United States, RSV infections in older adults result in up to 160,000 hospitalizations and as many as 10,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which in June 2023 recommended RSV...
Carolyn Audet, to Lead Implementation Science Center
Sep. 6, 2024—Two leaders in implementation science and quality improvement at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been named co-directors of the Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research (CCQIR), which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Carolyn Audet, PhD, and Amanda Mixon, MD, MSPH, recently succeeded founding CCQIR director Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, professor of Medicine and Health Policy, and...
Peek Into an MPH Practicum: A Q&A with a Global Health Track Student
Sep. 4, 2024—By Kyra Letsinger Before coming to Vanderbilt, second-year Master of Public Health (MPH) student Joshua Atura received his bachelor’s degree in development education from the University for Development in his hometown of Tamale, Ghana, and his master’s in development studies from the University of Ghana, Legon. While working on his master’s thesis on determinants of...
MPH Graduate Eiman Jahangir Heads to Space with Blue Origin Space Launch
Aug. 29, 2024—Eiman Jahangir’s lifelong dream to fly into space is scheduled to become a reality on Thursday, Aug. 29. Jahangir, MD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine and Radiology and director of Cardio-Oncology, is scheduled to lift off on the Blue Origin rocket New Shepard from a launch site in West Texas, Blue Origin announced. The launch...