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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Tennessee Newsletter for 2026-01-18 ( 3 items )  
Dolly Parton honors milestone birthday by giving back to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 16 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Dolly Parton honors milestone birthday by giving back to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt * In celebration of her milestone 80th birthday on Jan. 19, global superstar Dolly Parton has released a powerful new rendition of her classic hit "Light of a Clear Blue Morning," featuring Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Queen Latifah and Reba McEntire, on the 50th anniversary of writing the song. The single and music video,  more PR

Study finds so-called super agers tend to have at least two key genetic advantages (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 16 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Study finds so-called super agers tend to have at least two key genetic advantages * The gene variant posing the greatest genetic risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is called APOE-e4. A different variant of the same gene, APOE-e2, is thought to confer protection against AD. A comparatively large study reported Jan. 16 in Alzheimer's & Dementia, The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, led by researchers at Vanderbilt  more PR

The Sister Jean bounce: An oral history of the Ramblers' 2018 March Madness run (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release: * * * The Sister Jean bounce: An oral history of the Ramblers' 2018 March Madness run * It was the college basketball story the world needed when the 11th-seeded Loyola Ramblers made it to the Final Four during 2018's March Madness alongside their then-98-year-old team chaplain, Sister Jean. The following is an account of the Ramblers' NCAA Tournament run that catapulted Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM, to a national-and international (as she lik more PR