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Specialized Team Working to Leverage Health AI
New center focuses on advancing optimal uses for artificial intelligence in health care.

Pediatricians Urge Preparedness for Mass Casualties
What pediatricians should know to be more effective in assisting children through crisis.

Ingredients for Making Your Business Idea Investor-Ready
Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization helps researchers with business ideas identify potential investors.
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Innovation in Esophageal Disease Diagnosis: Mucosal Integrity Testing
A novel endoscopic tool diagnoses GERD and EoE and establishes targets for adequate therapy response.

Fewer Side Effects With New Sickle Cell Treatment
VUMC houses one of the nation’s top transplant centers for patients with the blood disorder.

Nurse Practitioners Add Value to Event Emergency Teams
Integrating nurse practitioners into mass-gathering medical teams offers a real-time solution to overcrowding.