Valerie Renard awarded NIH research fellowship

Congratulations to Valerie Renard, NP, principal investigator in the Department of Medicine and third-year PhD candidate at Vanderbilt University. Her application for a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) has been funded by the NIH -- the first of this type at Carilion! This highly competitive award supports emerging scientists whose health research projects are designed to improve patient outcomes and advance healthcare delivery. Valerie's work explores how non-medical factors like socioeconomic conditions influence recovery after sepsis and what health systems can do to minimize patients' risk of hospital readmission. We're proud of you, Valerie!