Our Division’s Dr. Wester is honored with the JOHN L. TARPLEY AWARD
For Commitment to Care of Underserved Communities.

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Infectious diseases researcher H. Keipp Talbot, MD, MPH, of VUMC ID Division has been appointed chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Insights @ VUMC VUMC Department of Medicine

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Our division’s Dr. Scott Smith is awarded a $3.5 million grant from the NIAID to study tick borne illnesses and alpha-gal syndrome. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Insights @ VUMC VUMC Research VUMC Department of Medicine

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🦠 The CDC issued a health alert for the #MeningococcalDisease caused by Neisseria meningitis serogroup Y. Most cases have a clinical presentation other than #meningitis . We asked William Schaffner, MD, of VUMC Infectious Diseases, what to know.

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John Koethe, MD, MSCI, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at VUMC, has been appointed director and principal investigator of the Tennessee Center for AIDS Research (CFAR).

VUMC Infectious Diseases Tennessee Center for AIDS Research

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New in Journal of Women's Health (Mary Ann Liebert Inc): study co-authored by lead biostatistician Cathy Jenkins, principal biostatistician Aihua Bian, and professor Bryan Shepherd w/Jamison Norwood & others @vumc_id Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Vanderbilt School of Medicine #HIV liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jw…

Read our most recent work here on atypical pneumonia testing among BMT and SOT! Thank you for the collaboration #MarwanAzar Maricar Malinis and the opportunity to show our work TransplantID Journal

VUMC Infectious Diseases VUMC Department of Medicine Yale Medicine Yale ID Fellows

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Not every island is a paradise 🏝️😱 Read this review from Tim Cover Lab to learn how H. pylori strains containing the cag pathogenicity island are associated with increased gastric cancer risk.

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#SymptomFreePee does NOT result in bacteremia (a good lesson for cardiac surgeons too 😉)!
Vanderbilt Health VUMC Infectious Diseases

Congratulations to Peter Rebeiro (left; PhD @johnshopkinsepi; MHS jhubiostat) on his promotion to associate professor of medicine (@VUMC_ID) & biostatistics, with tenure. His many roles include directing the PhD program VUMC Epidemiology & conducting/supervising HIV/HCV/opioid research.

A new study led by VUMC researchers has identified key immune cell populations that predict how well pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients will respond to the influenza vaccine.

VUMC Infectious Diseases Blood Advances

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Join us next week for a special #WorldTBDay ID Grand Rounds! (VUMC Infectious Diseases) We'll be hearing from guest speakers Thomas Hawn (@CERID_UW) and Thomas Scriba (@TomScriba, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative) on 'TB Immunopathogensis & Clinical Applications'. Thurs 3/21 12pm @ C-2303 MCN. Message for Zoom info.

New in Laryngoscope: a study of iSGS (idiopathic subglottic stenosis patients) co-authored by assistant professor Quanhu 'Tiger' Sheng and statistical genetic analyst Marisol Ramirez-Solano w/colleagues in VUMC Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery & VUMC Infectious Diseases onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/la…

Co-authored by senior biostatistician and @vanderbiltu graduate Cassie Hennessy & colleagues VUMC Learning Healthcare System Platform Vanderbilt Psychiatry VUMCLung VUMC Department of Medicine VUMC Infectious Diseases & more. #LearningHealthSystem #aftercare #RandomizedClinicalTrial

Love to see the smiling faces of our RePORT-Brazil investigators at #CROI2024 ! Congrats on your poster presentations 🎉 Felipe Ridolfi (@fiocruz), Gustavo Amorim (@vandy_biostat), and Maria Arriaga (@VUMC_ID)

Excited to have this story published in #AAC ASM! We investigated an outbreak due to carbapenem-resistant bacteria and found that 2/5 patients treated with cefiderocol developed resistant Klebsiella isolates in just a few weeks! 😱 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aa… 🧵VUMC Infectious Diseases

sucrelab.org/bold - so excited about this new center - and proud of Dr. Jennifer Sucre, the new Director of this center bring all lung researchers together!!!

Jen Srygley Sucre Vanderbilt University Medical Center VUMC Pediatrics VUMC Infectious Diseases VUMC Pediatricsres

Congrats to VUMC Infectious Diseases Jeff Freiberg, MD, PhD Tom Talbot and Romney Humphries on this great article on VIM isolates in a burn unit! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aa…

Excited to share some great collaborative effort led by Fionna Feller VUMC Infectious Diseases

👉🏽 clinical outcomes of #covid in transplant recipients on #Bela

TransplantID Journal

Maricar Malinis Jennifer E. Marvin Yale ID Fellows Elizabeth Cohen UVA Nephrology Infectious Diseases Community of Practice - AST

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Outstanding #MGH #Pediatrics Grand Rounds by legendary
Kathryn Edwards, MD of VUMC Infectious Diseases
on Prevention of #RSV Infections in children
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