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    Open Letter from TNAAP - 2 year(s) ago

    The Honorable Governor Lee, Lt. Gov. McNally, and Speaker Sexton: As Tennessee healthcare professionals, we remain devastated by the horrific events at the Covenant School this Monday in Nashville where 3 children and 3 adults were killed. This latest school shooting, the 39th this year, will forever change the lives of the children, families, community members and all of those impacted by this…

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    by Bill Snyder Four Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members have been elected this year to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the organization has announced. Four others from VUMC have received ASCI Council Young Physician Scientist Awards this year, and two have received ASCI Emerging Generation Awards. Founded in 1908, the…

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    • RT @KimrynRathmell: American Society for Clinical Investigation @the_asci honors 10 Vanderbilt physicians https://t.co/3NhS2Ja7LI via @vumc…

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    by Bill Snyder Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have found that the change in a single letter of the genetic code promotes, in a mouse model, the development of inflammation, high blood pressure and resulting kidney damage. Their findings, featured Oct. 14 on the cover of Circulation Research, suggest that targeting inflammatory cytokines, signaling…

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    • Great highlight for Meena Madhur @CVimmunology, Xue Zhong @xzhong12, & @VUMC_MedPSTP alum Matt Alexander @VascRes on their work with inflammation and #hypertension! https://t.co/DIOJP3A6we

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    Patrick Hu, MD PhD, associate professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, has been named assistant dean for Physician-Researcher Training and director of the Office for Medical Student Research.

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    • Well-deserved honor for @patrickhu of @VUMC_Cancer @VUMCHemOnc Hu named to direct Office for Medical Student Research https://t.co/8lYRQ0J2SV via @vumchealth

    • A win for ⁦@VUmedicine⁩ with ⁦@patrickhu⁩ getting students plugged into the amazing research opportunities at ⁦@VUMChealth⁩! https://t.co/Fxk24VtvN8

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    Clinical trials that focus on specific types of neuroendocrine neoplasms — heterogeneous tumors that can occur anywhere in the body — will be more likely to enhance drug development for these tumors, Vanderbilt physicians assert.

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    • Great work by ⁦@nanudasmd⁩ on clinical trail design and drug development for patients with neuroendocrine tumors! ⁦@VUMC_Cancer⁩.⁦@VUMCHemOnc⁩ ⁦@benhopark⁩ Shifts in neuroendocrine cancer clinical trial design https://t.co/p0K1psA7ku