Robert Freundlich<\/strong>\u00a0demonstrates that\u00a0patient satisfaction survey scores<\/a> are not an appropriate metric to differentiate performance among anesthesiologists.<\/p>\n Lea Davis<\/strong> finds alcohol use disorder and problematic drinking are genetically correlated<\/a> with substance use, certain psychiatric illnesses and other neuropsychiatric traits.<\/p>\n Ryan Darby<\/strong> wins the 2020 Norman Geschwind Prize<\/a> in Behavioral Neurology from the American Academy of Neurology.<\/p>\n Jonathan Kropski<\/strong>, Jennifer Sucre<\/strong>, Erin Plosa<\/strong>, and John Benjamin<\/strong>\u00a0discover\u00a0that children have lower levels of an enzyme SARS-CoV-2\u00a0needs<\/a> to invade airway epithelial cells in the lung. Their preliminary findings suggest that blocking this enzyme potentially could prevent COVID-19 infection in older people.<\/p>\n Ashley Leech<\/strong> finds newborn opioid withdrawal<\/a> rates show evidence of stabilizing.<\/p>\n Kate Clouse<\/strong> tests an app to keep pregnant women with HIV in care<\/a> in South Africa.<\/p>\n Cosby Stone<\/strong> develops new rule for when to challenge a penicillin allergy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dupree Hatch<\/strong> studies unplanned extubations<\/a> in preterm infants.<\/p>\n Shailja Shah<\/strong> examines the role of diet<\/a> in esophageal cancer.<\/p>\n Marcus Lopez<\/strong> finds that oxidative stress during cardiac surgery<\/a> is associated with neuronal injury and postoperative delirium.<\/p>\n April 17, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n Oakleigh Folkes<\/strong> explores mechanisms of stress-induced relapse<\/a> in cocaine use disorder.<\/p>\n Mallory Hacker<\/strong> discovers underdiagnosis of spasticity<\/a> in a nursing home population.<\/p>\n Shailja Shah<\/strong> helps lead effort to establish screening guidelines for gastric cancer<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n Margaret Salisbury<\/strong> finds considerable length of time<\/a> between radiological evidence of incipient inflammatory lung disease and the development of disease.<\/p>\n Wesley Self<\/strong> launches clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine for treating hospitalized adults with COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lindsey McKernan<\/strong> speaks on panel for Grant Rounds on mindfulness and self-care for providers during pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sophie Katz<\/strong> receives Leadership in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public Health<\/a> (LEAP) Fellowship from CDC.<\/p>\n Peter Rebeiro<\/strong>\u00a0finds evidence of Nashville-area flattening curve of COVID-19 infection<\/a>.<\/p>\n Matthew Bersi<\/strong> demonstrates distinct roles<\/a> for myosin-IIA and myosin-IIB during cell division.<\/p>\n Francesca Bagnato<\/strong> receives the\u00a0Health Professional Champion Award<\/a> from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Mid-South Chapter)<\/p>\n Katherine Gifford<\/strong> receives an R01 to study subjective cognitive decline<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jennifer Sucre<\/strong>, John Benjamin<\/strong>, and Erin Plosa<\/strong> find clues to lung injury<\/a> in preterm babies.<\/p>\n Lucy Spalluto<\/strong> is named the first vice chair of Health Equity<\/a> in Radiology and Radiological Sciences.<\/p>\n Erin Plosa<\/strong>, John Benjamin<\/strong>, Jennifer Sucre<\/strong>, and Scott Haake<\/strong> publish their discovery that beta-1 integrin is essential for normal lung function<\/a> in adulthood; absence leads to chronic epithelial inflammation.<\/p>\n Naira Baregamian<\/strong> tests a device to improve identification of parathyroid glands<\/a> during surgery.<\/p>\n Wenliang Song<\/strong> finds a new contributor to atherosclerosis<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nikhil Khankari<\/strong> reports findings that high circulating HDL-C levels may increase breast cancer risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n William Beavers<\/strong> identifies and characterizes a zinc uptake system<\/a> used by an antibiotic-resistant pathogen.<\/p>\n Amy Engevik<\/strong> sheds light on gastric cancer development<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rosette Chakkalakal<\/strong> expands diabetes prevention program<\/a> through telehealth.<\/p>\n Young-Jae Nam<\/strong> studies protein dynamics<\/a> in the beating heart.<\/p>\n Andrew Wiese’s<\/strong> research is honored at annual Diabetes Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n Satya Das<\/strong> and Chenjie Zeng<\/strong> confirm 16 different Mendelian diseases<\/a> within a de-identified EHR group of 2.5 million patients.<\/p>\n Elizabeth Scoville<\/strong> is co-investigator of large new grant to create a “gut cell atlas” mapping the biology of Crohn’s disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n Max Joffe<\/strong> explores potential new class of antidepressants<\/a> to relieve symptoms more rapidly and with fewer side effects.<\/p>\n Cathy Ivory<\/strong> is named\u00a0Director of Nursing Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ricky Shinall<\/strong> finds there’s no such thing as a “low-risk” surgery<\/a> for frail patients.<\/p>\n Lea Davis<\/strong> works to create a genetic risk profile for insomnia<\/a> in autism spectrum disorder.<\/p>\n Vivian Weiss<\/strong> is named a 2020 V Scholar<\/a>.<\/p>\n Miriam Lense<\/strong> studies musical rhythm synchronization<\/a> to eventually develop interventions for autism spectrum disorder.<\/p>\n Diego Mesa<\/strong> simulates electronic health records<\/a> to allow researchers access without affecting patient privacy.<\/p>\n Cassiane Robinson-Cohen<\/strong> finds that acute kidney injury recovery time<\/a> affects future risk.<\/p>\n Danxia Yu<\/strong> discovers an association between a high-fiber diet containing yogurt and lower risk of lung cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rachelle Crescenzi<\/strong> finds a more accessible and cost-effective way<\/a> to detect lymphoma.<\/p>\n Cosby Stone<\/strong> sees success in in removing penicillin allergy labels<\/a> from\u00a0patients with low-risk allergies.<\/p>\n Matthew Schrag<\/strong> receives a Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging<\/a> from NIA.<\/p>\n Wesley Self<\/strong> leads a multicenter CDC study to evaluate the flu vaccine’s effectiveness<\/a> at preventing severe effects like admission to ICU, organ failure, and death.<\/p>\n Jonathan Chipman<\/strong> and Jea Young Min<\/strong> find lower risk than previously believed<\/a> to using metformin\u00a0in patients with both diabetes and impaired kidney function.<\/p>\n Heather Pua<\/strong> lands an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ayush Giri<\/strong>, Jacklyn Hellwege<\/strong>, and Cassianne Robinson-Cohen<\/strong> shine light on the\u00a0genetic architecture of kidney disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n You Chen<\/strong> explores care coordination’s impact<\/a> on patient outcomes.<\/p>\n Miriam Lense<\/strong> launches a pilot study on the effect of live music<\/a> on patients, family, and staff in the ICU.<\/p>\n Elaine Shelton<\/strong>\u00a0identifies clinical and genetic predictors of indomethacin response<\/a>, which will help tailor treatment of\u00a0patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants.<\/p>\n Sachin Paranjape<\/strong> shows that heat therapy<\/a> eases supine hypertension.<\/p>\n Lang Wu<\/strong> discovers potential biomarkers for prostate cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tiffany Woynaroski<\/strong> wins the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Early Career Contributions in Research Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n Justin Gregory<\/strong> makes a massive discovery<\/a> that could lead to new treatments, better health and longer life for patients with Type 1 diabetes.<\/p>\n Austin Kirschner<\/strong>‘s work provides strong preclinical support<\/a> for clinical trials of combined radiotherapy and PD-directed immunotherapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer.<\/p>\n Sarah Osmundson<\/strong> develops a clinical decision support tool<\/a> to help predict individualized opioid needs after caesarian section based on patients\u2019 clinical, demographic and behavioral characteristics.<\/p>\n Dario Englot<\/strong> explores epilepsy-related brain disturbances<\/a>.<\/p>\n Annet Kirabo<\/strong> defines a novel pathway for salt-sensitive hypertension<\/a> and suggests an important therapeutic target.<\/p>\n Robert Carson<\/strong> finds suspected contributor to Tuberous Sclerosis Complex<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aaron Aday<\/strong> finds that amputation risk<\/a> is almost four times higher for microvascular disease than those without.<\/p>\n Jordan Everson<\/strong> finds private practice physicians<\/a> are less likely than those in group practice or hospitals to use electronic health records.<\/p>\n Justin Balko<\/strong> and Doug Johnson<\/strong> identify encephalitis as a rare toxicity<\/a> of immunotherapy treatment.<\/p>\n Xiang Shu<\/strong> discovers 450 DNA methylation sites<\/a> associated with breast cancer.<\/p>\n Melinda Aldrich<\/strong> shows current lung cancer screening guidelines<\/a> miss many African Americans diagnosed with cancer, suggests lowering threshold to reduce disparity. (Reuters<\/a>, EurkeAlert!<\/a>)<\/p>\n Michael Reddish<\/strong> determines how enzyme P450 17A1<\/a>, which is involved in the production of sex hormones, binds to its substrates.<\/p>\n Nathan Bingham<\/strong> and Ashley Shoemaker<\/strong> publish new guidelines<\/a> for Prader-Willi treatment.<\/p>\n Sara Van Driest<\/strong> receives the Leon I. Goldberg Early Investigator Award<\/a> from the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.<\/p>\n Julia Phillippi<\/strong> is named academic director<\/a> of the Nurse-Midwifery Program at the School of Nursing.<\/p>\n Young-Jae Nam<\/strong> publishes findings that will provide a blueprint<\/a> for devising more efficient cardiac reprogramming and regeneration strategies.<\/p>\n Dario Englot<\/strong> demonstrates that people with temporal lobe epilepsy<\/a> show improvements in brain networks after surgery compared to healthy controls.<\/p>\n Nicholas Ferrell<\/strong> and colleagues find basement membranes are surprisingly dynamic<\/a>.<\/p>\n Daniel Moore<\/strong> discovers a progressive decline in pancreas volume<\/a> over a one-year period in children and adolescents with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes.<\/p>\n Shailja Shah<\/strong> and colleagues explore innate immune receptor’s role<\/a> in inflammation-related cancer that develops in response to H. pylori.<\/em><\/p>\n Jon Kropski<\/strong> and collaborators receive $6.1 million in grants<\/a> to study deadly idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.<\/p>\n Jonathan Soslow<\/strong> explores new biomarkers to follow disase progression and target for drug therapy in cardiomyopathy<\/a> as part of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.<\/p>\n William Beavers<\/strong> characterizes how a leading bacterial cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia overcomes host defenses<\/a>.<\/p>\nMarch 16, 2020<\/h4>\n
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