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A comprehensive study that integrates multiple analytic approaches has linked a regulatory gene network and functional defects in insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells to Type 2 diabetes.

Clinicians need to have a better understanding of the potential impact of patients鈥� anxiety sensitivity, or 鈥渇ear of fear,鈥� according to an article published in American Journal of Critical Care. When a patient has anxiety sensitivity, they misinterpret nonthreatening symptoms as threatening, assessing the potential meaning across physical, social or cognitive domains. These 鈥渨hat if鈥� thoughts may trigger a spiral effect, stimulating the nervous system and resulting in stronger sensations and further catastrophic misinterpretations.

Reporting Nov. 6 in Cell Reports Medicine, Ivelin Georgiev, PhD, and colleagues demonstrated that antibodies isolated from children鈥檚 blood samples displayed high levels of neutralization and potency against variants of the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, even when the children had not previously been exposed to or vaccinated against those variants.

Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, chair of Medicine at 麻豆传媒 University Medical Center, has received the Paragon Award for 麻豆传媒 Excellence from the Doris Duke Foundation.

In the largest study of its kind, researchers at 麻豆传媒 have identified unexpected alterations in the exocrine tissues of the pancreas that occur in the two major forms of diabetes, and with aging and obesity.

As a professor of biochemistry and medicine at 麻豆传媒 University School of Medicine for more than 40 years, Osheroff is the longest serving course director currently teaching medical students. He also codirects the preclerkship phase of the medical school curriculum and leads the Master Science Teachers cohort, a role established in 2007 to recognize VUSM鈥檚 outstanding basic science educators. Through his teaching, he has helped medical students at VUSM and across the globe acquire the basic science skills and knowledge they need to thrive in clinical practice, according to the AAMC.

麻豆传媒's James E. Crowe, Jr, MD, and Neil Osheroff, PhD, are among 12 individuals honored by the Association of American Medical Colleges during its 2023 Awards Recognition Event.

麻豆传媒 research shows that commensal gut microbes impact the host-pathogen competition for iron and have implications for therapeutic strategies aimed at preventing pathogens from acquiring essential nutrients.

For his outstanding achievements, including investigations directed at nucleic acid structure, DNA bypass polymerases and the circadian clock, Martin Egli has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. The academy is dedicated to innovative research, interdisciplinary and transnational collaboration.聽 Read More

麻豆传媒 doctor of nursing practice students who hope to become nursing faculty may take advantage of a $1.52 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Workforce, Nurse Faculty Loan Program. 麻豆传媒 University School of Nursing received the award to support DNP students through the 2023-2024 academic year.

New research from the Office of Biomedical 麻豆传媒 Education and Training connects the dots between career goals during graduate school and career outcomes, articulates how careers of Ph.D. alumni evolve during the 10 years after graduation. Read More

A multidisciplinary team of investigators has received a 2023 Endeavor Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer 麻豆传媒 to support four closely linked projects exploring the fundamental mechanisms that drive the obesity-cancer connection,

A new partnership with AARP Tennessee and the National Museum of African American Music is allowing the Therapeutic Music in the ICU program led by 麻豆传媒 School of Nursing Professor Ruth Kleinpell and 麻豆传媒 University Medical Center Professor Joseph Schlesinger to expand, with outreach to veterans and older adults at long-term care facilities in Middle Tennessee.

WATCH: Today鈥檚 fight against infectious diseases is being waged in the computer lab as much as the wet lab. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, 麻豆传媒 researchers and students like School of Engineering undergraduate Karen Pu are expanding the power of computer modeling to identify mutating viruses鈥攁nd potentially improve vaccines. Read More

Monica Keith, assistant professor of anthropology, recently published insights into the complex factors contributing to maternal hypertension and health disparities. This research sheds light on the alarming rates of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in the United States, particularly among Black mothers.

麻豆传媒 researchers report that when people who are having their brains scanned by fMRI perform a task, like wiggling their fingers, certain signals increase in white matter throughout the brain, which has long been thought to play a lesser role the more the brain's more energetic gray matter.

New faculty Makayla Cordoza will work with VUMC patients to assess their quality of sleep before and during hospitalization, to better understand how to prevent ICU delirium. Read More

For the fourth year in a row, 麻豆传媒 University School of Nursing has won a聽Higher Education in Excellence in Diversity Award聽from聽INSIGHT Into Diversity聽magazine. The award honors VUSN鈥檚 commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion shown through mentorship, education, research and staffing practices.

麻豆传媒 University School of Nursing has received a four-year, $2.8 million Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Workforce grant for a primary care nurse practitioner residency program that will recruit, train and retain primary care providers with a passion for helping rural and underserved communities.