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VUMC Research Contributed to First COVID-19 Pill

The Tennessee Tribune 07 Oct 2021
“While we wait to review the detailed studies and results, we are very pleased but not surprised that molnupiravir has performed so well in humans,” said Denison, an internationally known authority on coronavirus biology who holds the Edward Claiborne Stahlman Chair in Pediatric Physiology and Cell Metabolism at VUMC.
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VUMC helps develop first COVID-19 pill

The Nashville Ledger 07 Oct 2021
The drug, known as molnupiravir, was first shown to be efficacious against coronaviruses including the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, by investigators in the lab of Mark Denison, M.D., at VUMC and their colleagues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ... VUMC awarded $31.7M for Alzheimer’s research ... $1.58T is spent annually in the U.S.
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AstraZeneca Seeks Emergency Approval for COVID-19 Antibodies Isolated at VUMC

Mega Doctor News 06 Oct 2021
The original antibodies that were the basis for the engineered long-acting antibodies that make up AZD7442 were isolated last year at VUMC ... In October the company announced it was advancing into phase 3 clinical trials an investigational therapy consisting of two long-acting antibodies discovered at VUMC and optimized by AstraZeneca ... ....
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VUMC research contributed to first COVID-19 pill now under review

Mega Doctor News 05 Oct 2021
“While we wait to review the detailed studies and results, we are very pleased but not surprised that molnupiravir has performed so well in humans,” said Denison, an internationally known authority on coronavirus biology who holds the Edward Claiborne Stahlman Chair in Pediatric Physiology and Cell Metabolism at VUMC.
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Kristy Sinkfield Brings Divergent Viewpoints Together to Accomplish Changes Large and Small At VUMC

The Tennessee Tribune 27 Sep 2021
Sinkfield and the team she leads serve as internal consultants for long-term strategic planning across all levels of VUMC ... “I want VUMC to be successful in addressing the challenges of racism,” she said ... She worked at VUMC in information management in the late 80s, went on to roles ...
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“Ultra-potent” antibody against COVID-19 variants isolated at VUMC

Technology Org 27 Sep 2021
With the help of VUMC’s core genomics laboratory, Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics (VANTAGE), the Vanderbilt Flow Cytometry Shared Resource, and Vanderbilt University’s Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education (ACCRE), Georgiev put Setliff’s idea to the test. It worked ... There is no time to lose ... Source. Vanderbilt University.
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COVID-19 Antibody ‘Cocktail’ Discovered at VUMC Protects Chronically Ill

Mega Doctor News 23 Aug 2021
It’s deeply gratifying to see the antibodies we isolated under challenging circumstances, in the middle of the international lockdown last spring, protecting the most vulnerable amongst us,” said James Crowe Jr., MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center who led the VUMC research effort.
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Brookdale Promotes COVID-19 Safety With New Series of Videos With VUMC Infectious Diseases Expert (Brookdale Senior Living Inc)

Public Technologies 16 Aug 2021
). Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Brookdale Senior Living has worked hard to help keep residents and associates as safe as possible and to provide information people need to know to reduce their personal risk as much as possible. As part of this informational program, Brookdale has produced a series of video clips with a leading expert, Dr ... Dr.
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VUMC Expands Programming in Effort to Help Pregnant and Postpartum Women, Infants in Opioid Crisis

Mega Doctor News 12 Aug 2021
- Advertisement -. Mega Doctor News. by Vanderbilt University Medical Center ... For many years VUMC has had clinical programs dedicated to pregnant women with opioid use disorder and their infants, including the Vanderbilt Maternal Addiction Recovery Program (VMARP) and Team Hope, a VUMC program to optimize care for opioid-exposed newborns ... ....
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VUMC’s Wilkins lands major national award

The Nashville Ledger 29 Jul 2021
Consuelo Wilkins, M.D., MSCI, is the 2021 recipient of the Marion Spencer Fay Award from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia ... The award, which includes a $10,000 honorarium, will be presented to Wilkins during a ceremony at Drexel University College of Medicine Nov. 4. Wilkins also will deliver the annual Marion Spencer Fay Lecture.
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VUMC joins national effort to improve disease prediction in diverse populations

Johnson City Press 17 Jun 2021
VUMC researchers will co-lead two of the consortium’s six PRS centers ... Maggie Ng, PhD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Genetic Medicine at VUMC, will co-lead another center with Josep Mercader, PhD, and Alisa Manning, PhD, at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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VUMC team discovers new genetic disease

Technology Org 05 Jun 2021
“The discovery of this novel disease that we named familial autonomic ganglionopathy highlights the incredible collaborative environment at VUMC,” said the report’s corresponding author, Cyndya Shibao, MD, MSCI, associate professor of Medicine at VUMC ... VUMC is a world leader in ...
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VUMC to lead national study to treat severe COVID complications

Technology Org 10 May 2021
VICTR and the Vanderbilt Coordinating Center (VCC), which Collins co-directs and which provides support for clinical trials at VUMC, will jointly oversee the ACTIV-4d RAAS trial in the role of clinical and data coordinating center ... RAAS Clinical Coordinating Center at VUMC.
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Bridgestone Firestone investigates accident to injured employee taken to VUMC

Daily News Journal 31 Mar 2021
Bridgestone Americas is investigating an accident Saturday that required an injured worker at the La Vergne tire factor to be transported to VUMC ....
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Fletcher Lance Leaving VUMC to Lead the Hardenbergh Group

Harrison Daily 05 Feb 2021
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