Researchers at VUMC and the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System have demonstrated that “turning up the heat” on fat may help people lose weight and reduce their risk of obesity-related cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

Ryan Ceddia VUMC Heart/Vascular
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David Calkins, PhD and colleagues recently reported the discovery of a novel population of #astrocytes in the mouse retina, the light-sensitive layer of tissue in the eye that receives images and transmits them to the brain.

Vanderbilt Eye GLIA
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We kicked off the Annual Meeting this morning with a Pediatric Providers Science panel discussion featuring Drs. Catherine Hunter, Brad Lindell, MD, Jennifer C. Muñoz Pareja, moderated by Dr. Jeffrey Upperman.

Years of research by VUMC investigators to determine how precancerous cells in the stomach transition to #gastriccancer and to develop strategies to prevent this transition have received federal funding to test two potential treatments.

Goldenring Lab

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.Vanderbilt Health will provide oncology care at Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) Cancer Center starting July 1.

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s medical oncologists, radiation oncologists + advanced practice nurses will be CRMC’s exclusive providers of cancer services.
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A detailed look at the exocrine pancreas shows cellular changes in T1D and T2D, depending on age and BMI. Largest study of its kind out now from Vanderbilt Diabetes Center in ADA Professional Publications.

#diabetesresearch

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We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Harry Marshall to VUMC Radiology!

Dr. Marshall comes to us from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, where he has served as an Assistant Professor of Radiology since 2020.

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As we wind down #ASCO2024 , Laura Goff will be leading a session on refining treatment in advanced #hepatobiliary #cancers .

See the full session details below.

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My main takeaway from the #ASCO24 fireside chat: Clinicians and scientists must work together in bigger, bolder ways TODAY to make real change and faster progress for people with cancer TOMORROW. #Every1HasARole #CancerMoonshot

It was an immense honor and pleasure to listen to Jennifer Pietenpol’s lecture - Jeliazko Arabadjiev

Vanderbilt University Medical Center European Commission ASCO

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#oncodaily #oncology #cancer #research #ASCO24 #ASCO2024

Slow fetal heart rate may be the first signal of potentially fatal long #QTsyndrome . Fetal cardiologists and maternal-fetal-medicine specialists VUMCpedscards are researching the condition to prevent unnecessary stillbirths.

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#ASCO24 —Let’s be impatient for our patients.

We have a bottleneck of good science waiting to move into the clinic. If we are to #EndCancerAsWeKnowIt , clinical studies must be more accessible, nimble, inclusive, and designed to answer questions in the populations that need them.

Huge congrats to Dr. Jennifer Pietenpol for winning the Science of Oncology Award at ASCO! Her groundbreaking work on subtyping triple negative breast cancer is paving the way for novel therapies. A true leader, scientist, and mentor. #ASCO #BreastCancer Vanderbilt University Medical Center

SO proud of our resident Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt Health Alexandria Lenyo aspiring #medicaloncologist for presenting our poster on molecular aberrations of ovarian #crcsm mets. 👏 Honored to mentor her! Kristen Ciombor Deepa Magge #crcsm #cancer #cancer research #mentorship

Enjoying watching the CRC abstracts in the Aerie Crown with my friend ⁦Michael overman⁩ still time to join us and catch ⁦Kristen Ciombor⁩ #ASCO2024 ⁦ASCO⁩ ⁦Vanderbilt University Medical Center⁩ ⁦MD Anderson Cancer Center⁩

Excellent discussion from Kristen Ciombor! 👏👏Great summary of the unanswered questions that remain #immunotherapy #colorectal #cancer ASCO #ASCO24 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

⁦Kristen Ciombor⁩ has always been able to synthesize the data and give clear and insightful guidance…such a leader! ⁦Vanderbilt University Medical Center⁩ ⁦Vanderbilt Hem / Onc⁩ ⁦Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center⁩ ⁦ASCO⁩ #ASCO2024

Congratulations to Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, Executive Vice President for Research, and chief scientific & strategy officer for VUMC, for receiving the #ASCO2024 Science of Oncology Award.

She is among a select group recognized with special awards by ASCO and Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation.

Thanks for representing! RT Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center What a great day at #ASCO24 ! Among many great talks, today we heard from our Vanderbilt-Ingram colleagues Dr. Cathy Eng and Sonya Reid, MD MPH about their clinical observations in Gastrointestinal and Breast Cancers. Vanderbilt Health Vanderbilt Hem / Onc

Kristin Poole O’Grady, PhD (Kristin O'Grady, PhD), assistant professor of Vanderbilt Radiology, has received research support totaling more than $2.4 million for her investigations of progressive #multiplesclerosis (MS) using advanced imaging.

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