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FDA Approves First CRISPR Gene Editing Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease
Dr. Michael DeBaun, a #SickleCell Disease expert with VUMC Department of Medicine, talks to Scientific American
scientificamerican.com/article/fda-ap… #CRISPR #healthdisparities #healthequity #SickleCell
LAIR-1 agonism as a therapy for acute myeloid leukemia: buff.ly/49Ni1JV
Tae Kon Kim VUMC Department of Medicine
#Oncology
Dr. Jane Freedman MD has been a phenomenal leader since her arrival to VUMC Heart/Vascular - a committed mentor, consumate scientist, passionate clinician. The Department VUMC Department of Medicine will be in great hands!
.Jane Freedman MD, current director of our Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (@VUMC_heart), will assume the role of interim Chair of the Department of Medicine on Dec. 1.
This comes after the announcement of Kimryn Rathmell's appointment as director of National Cancer Institute.
Dan Roden, MD (Dan M Roden MD) holder of the Sam L. Clark, MD, PhD Chair, Professor VUMC Department of Medicine VUMCClinPharm DBMI at Vanderbilt University & SVP for Personalized Medicine Vanderbilt Health, is 1 of 12 Vanderbilt investigators who are among world’s highly cited researchers!
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news.vumc.org/2023/11/15/twe…
BREAKING: President Biden announced his intention to appoint internationally recognized kidney cancer expert, Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell, as the 17th Director of NCI. spr.ly/6019u2hWW
I applaud that President Biden intends to appoint Dr. Kimryn Rathmell as National Cancer Institute Director. She's spent her career driving efforts to support & improve outcomes for those with cancer, making her an ideal candidate to lead NIH’s efforts to end cancer as we know it. go.nih.gov/OZi6YlO
.Jane Freedman MD is Interim Chair of VUMC Department of Medicine following Kimryn Rathmell's appointment to National Cancer Institute.
Since 2021 arrival at VUMC Heart/Vascular, Freedman has overseen growth in NIH funding, philanthropy, clinical volume + establishment of dynamic new programs.
news.vumc.org/2023/11/17/van…
Couldn't be more proud of our fearless Chair, Dr. Kimryn Rathmell, who has been appointed Director of the National Cancer Institute! We wish you all the best in your new role as Dr. Doug R. Lowy!
Read the official press release from the The White House here: bit.ly/46mI73s
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@vumchealth's Kimryn Rathmell, renowned kidney cancer expert, to be appointed director of National Cancer Institute, National Cancer Institute, by President Biden to lead the nation’s fight against cancer.
news.vumc.org/2023/11/17/van…
Scoop: Biden has picked W. KIMRYN RATHMELL, a Vanderbilt physician, to lead the National Cancer Institute and help steer the cancer moonshot.
Kimryn Rathmell will succeed Monica Bertagnolli, who was confirmed last week as director of NIH.
washingtonpost.com/health/2023/11…
Our paper published in Aging Cell '3D reconstruction of murine mitochondria reveals changes in structure during aging linked to the MICOS complex' is now in pubmed PubMed Trending! Fantastic collaboration with Antentor Othrell Hinton, Jr PhD (A.J. Hinton)'s lab!!!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37960952/
Thanks to an incredible career development program in the VUMC Department of Medicine I have a career coach who recommended Bullet Journaling and it’s been transformative! Check out my blog post at Edge for Scholars to read about my experience. #bujo edgeforscholars.org/order-from-cha…
Congratulations to Kimryn Rathmell on receiving the Paragon Award for Research Excellence from the Doris Duke Foundation.
The award was presented to Rathmell and 24 others during a ceremony celebrating 25 years of support by the foundation for physician-scientists and clinical research.
THIS THURSDAY 10/26 at 6pm in #Nashville OncLive SOSS on #Leukemia #Lymphoma at the Conrad! Discuss #CancerResearch and #network with peers. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt Hem / Onc VUMC Department of Medicine
Register now: spr.ly/6013uePPf
Congratulations to Mingjian Shi (@vumcdbmi) and John Shelley(@VanderbiltMSTP) on their eBioMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science paper on the clinical consequences of PSA genetic variation. Also K_Schaffer Jeff Tosoian, MD, MPH.
Vanderbilt Genetics Institute Vanderbilt Hem / Onc VUMC Research VUMC Department of Medicine
doi.org/10.1016/j.ebio…
Julie B. Damp, MD, FACC, Named Next ACC Annual Scientific Session Vice Chair 🎉
💬 I am truly honored & excited to have the opportunity to work with the ACC team to provide effective and innovative education... Dr. Julie Damp
Read more: bit.ly/3tfWRTX
The Department of Medicine wishes our providers a Happy National Primary Care Week! Thank you for your commitment to providing excellent patient care today and every day at Vanderbilt Health!
ICYMI: Congratulations to Dr. Ferrell Lab, Assistant Professor of VUMC Department of Medicine, on his R56 from NIDDK: Delineating Drivers of Inflammation and Progression in Clonal Hematopoiesis. Vanderbilt Hem / Onc @VUMCHealth #EFSkudos