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Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Senior Vice President for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence for Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, always knew she wanted to be a physician. "Health equity was built into everything I did, even if I didn’t know it or recognize it at the time," Wilkins said. "I have always learned and believed that people are the same — everyone deserves to be healthy, and everyone should have the best opportunities to take care of themselves and their families." Click below to learn more about health equity initiatives. https://momentum.vicc.org/2021/09/everyone-deserves-to-be-healthy/ |
Vanderbilt was the lead site for an NIH-funded, phase 2, multicenter influenza vaccine study in pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients that may lead to a change in the current flu vaccine recommendations in this vulnerable population. Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH and colleagues recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, that two doses of high-dose trivalent flu vaccine resulted in higher amounts of influenza-specific antibodies than two doses of standard dose quadrivalent vaccine. https://news.vumc.org/2023/03/02/high-dose-flu-vaccine-beneficial-for-pediatric-stem-cell-transplant-patients/ |
Intraoperative Identification and Stimulation of the Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
This clinical trial evaluates different nerve patterns to the throat muscles (stylopharyngeus and pharyngeal constrictor) and what they look like in different patients by measuring and photographing them in the neck during surgery when the nerves are dissected (separated into pieces) as part of regular surgical care. Researchers think that some of the muscles in the neck might be useful for treating a condition called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This happens when muscles of the throat relax at night and the airway becomes blocked. Blockage of airflow leads to drops in oxygen levels and can disturb sleep by forcing a persons brain to wake to restore airway muscles so they can breathe. This trial may help researchers provide a new way to treat OSA that may be better than the current standard ones.
Head/Neck
N/A
Ceremsak, John
NCT05754216
VICC-EDHAN23196
Intraoperative Identification and Stimulation of the Ansa Cervicalis Nerve Plexus
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
N/A
Kent, David
NCT05650710
VICCHN2291
Cancer Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (CaPSLL): Preventing Clinical Deterioration in Outpatients
Multiple Cancer Types
Head/Neck,
Lung
N/A
Weinger, Matthew
VICCMD1998
Impact of DHT on Swallowing Physiology in HNCa Patients
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
N/A
Topf, Michael
VICCHN2102
Intraoral 3D Scanning of Head and Neck Resection Beds: a Feasibility Study.
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
N/A
Topf, Michael
VICCHN2259
Virtual 3D Scanning and Intraoperative Communication System and Video Library for Head and Neck Surgical Specimens.
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
N/A
Topf, Michael
VICCHN2272
A Phase I/Ib Study Evaluating Single-Agent Inavolisib and Inavolisib Plus Atezolizumab in PIK3CA-Mutated Cancers
Multiple Cancer Types
Head/Neck,
Phase I
I
Choe, Jennifer
VICCHNP22118
Descriptive Study of Pain Syndrome in Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
N/A
Kohutek, Zachary
VICC-VDHAN23178
Virtual 3D Intraoperative Communication System for Orthopedic Oncology: A Feasibility Study
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
N/A
Topf, Michael
VICC-VDHAN23197