News Announcements

The following story originally appeared in the June 14, 2017, edition of the VUMC Reporter.    About 10 percent of patients with colorectal cancer express a mutated form of the signaling molecule BRAF, which may be targeted for treatment by selective BRAF inhibitors. PET (positron emission tomography) imaging using a standard glucose probe is not able to predict response to BRAF inhibitors.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center radiologist Lucy Spalluto, M.D., in partnership with Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center Chief Executive Officer Katina Beard, was recently awarded a $9,968 Community-Engaged Research Grant through the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CERC).

The following story originally appeared in the June 8, 2017, edition of the VUMC Reporter.    Last week, Vanderbilt’s Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences hosted the inaugural RadX Innovation Challenge Pitch Event.

Vanderbilt Radiology resident Drs. LeAnn Shannon, Meaghan Magarik, Karthik Sundaram and John McKay will present research at the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) 2017 Annual Meeting this week in Hollywood, Florida. The 65th AUR Annual Meeting will bring together more than 1,000 radiology faculty, trainees and administrators from across the country for a weeklong conference on leading change and bringing value.

Bryan Hartley, M.D., Instructor in Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences, sponsored and mentored a group of mechanical engineering students for their senior design project presented last week at Design Day 2017.