Flexner Dean’s Lecture
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Flexner Dean’s Lecture: ‘Organization and System-based Approaches to Promote Well-being’ Jan. 13
Tait Shanafelt, Jeanie and Stewart Richie Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, will discuss "Organization and System-based Approaches to Promote Well-being" at noon on Monday, Jan. 13, in Light Hall, Room 208. The talk is part of the Flexner Deans' Lecture Series. Read MoreDec 12, 2019
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Flexner Deans’ Lecture Nov. 11 to discuss caring for urban homeless populations
James J. O’Connell, president of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, will discuss "Medicine in the Streets: Three Decades Caring for Boston's Rough Sleepers" beginning at noon on Monday, Nov. 11, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read MoreOct 25, 2019
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‘The Role of Character in Medical Education’ Oct. 14
James Arthur, director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, will discuss "The Role of Character in Medical Education" beginning at noon Monday, Oct. 14, in Light Hall, Room 208, as part of the Flexner Dean's Lecture Series. Read MoreSep 30, 2019
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Dr. David Satcher to discuss ‘Highs and Lows of Public Health Practice’ Sept. 18
Dr. David Satcher, founding director and senior adviser of The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse University School of Medicine, will give the 10th annual David Satcher Lecture, part of the Flexner Dean's Lecture Series at Vanderbilt, on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Satcher will discuss "Revisiting the Highs and Lows of Public Health Practice." Read MoreSep 11, 2019
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Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series featuring Dr. Edward M. Hundert
Edward M. Hundert is the Dean for Medical Education and the Daniel D. Federman, M.D. Professor in Residence of Global Health and Social Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. Read MoreJun 3, 2019
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RSVP for Flexner Deans’ Lecture: ‘Mental Illness, Mass Shooting, and the Politics of American Firearms’
Jonathan M. Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society will discuss “Mental Illness, Mass Shooting, and the Politics of American Firearms”. Read MoreApr 4, 2019
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Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series featuring Jessica Burris and Pedro Teixeira
VUSM Student Lecturers on Friday, March 22, 2019 Read MoreMar 15, 2019
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Flexner Deans’ Lecture: Dr. Mamta Swaroop Feb. 25
Mamta Swaroop, associate professor of surgery at Feinberg School of Medicine, will discuss "TRUE COMMUNITIES: An Evolution of Empowerment" as part of the Flexner Deans' Lecture Series. Read MoreFeb 8, 2019
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Flexner Deans’ Lecture: Dr. Drew Gaffney Jan. 14
Drew Gaffney, professor of medicine, emeritus, at Vanderbilt University, will discus “A Medical Journal through Space and Time” on Monday, Jan. 14, as part of the Flexner Deans' Lecture Series. Read MoreJan 2, 2019
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Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series: Laura Rothstein Nov. 30
Laura Rothstein, professor of law and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of Louisville's Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, will discuss "Emerging Issues for Health Care Professional Programs for Individuals with Disabilities: Southeastern Community College Revisited" on Friday, Nov. 30. The Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series talk will begin at noon in Light Hall, Room 208. Read MoreNov 20, 2018
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Flexner Deans’ Lecture: Dr. Rana Awdish discusses best-selling memoir Dec. 10
Dr. Rana Awdish is the author of In Shock, a critically acclaimed, best-selling memoir based on her own critical illness. Read MoreNov 16, 2018
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Flexner Deans Lecture: ‘The Power to Heal’
David Barton Smith, is an Emeritus Professor at Temple and Research Professor at Drexel’s Health Management and Policy Department. His most recent book, The Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare and the Struggle to Transform America’s Health System, Vanderbilt University Press, received the Goldberg Prize for the year’s best book in the area of medicine. Read MoreOct 2, 2018
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Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series: ‘Health Inequities in our Backyard and Strategies to Address Them’
Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, is the Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance and Associate Professor of Medicine at both Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Meharry Medical College. Read MoreSep 6, 2018
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Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series: ‘Violence Seen through a Public Health Lens’
As a trauma surgeon and health services researcher, Dr. Rogers’ clinical and research interests focus on the health care needs of underserved populations. He builds interdisciplinary teams to address health disparities and the societal factors that affect individuals and communities affected by violence Read MoreAug 29, 2018
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First 2018-19 Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series event on Aug. 13
Dr. William Stead, chief strategy officer for VUMC, will deliver, 'The Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library – Past and Future – Changing What Clinicians Need To Know and How They Learn.' Read MoreAug 8, 2018
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Upcoming Flexner Deans’ Lectures: Churchill June 15, Chibale June 18
Larry R. Churchill, Vanderbilt professor of medical ethics, emeritus, will discuss "What Moral Knowledge is Essential to Doctoring?" beginning at noon Friday, June 15, in Light Hall, Room 208. Kelly Chibale, professor of organic chemistry at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, will discuss "Diversity in Academia from a Personal African Perspective" at noon Monday, June 18, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read MoreMay 30, 2018
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Norrby to deliver Flexner Dean’s Lecture March 12
Erling Norrby, MD, PhD, a world authority on viruses, will present his lecture, "A Foray into Nobel Prizes: The Action Potential, Cholesterol and Maturing Molecular Biology," Monday, March 12 at noon in 208 Light Hall. His lecture is part of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series. Read MoreMar 8, 2018
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School of Medicine presents three upcoming Flexner Dean’s Lectures
The School of Medicine invites the Vanderbilt community to three upcoming lectures. Read MoreFeb 22, 2018
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Lipstein to give AOA Ed Hollaran Lecture April 11
The Vanderbilt School of Medicine Flexner Deans Lecture Series and Alpha Omega Alpha will present the 2016 AOA Ed Hollaran Lectureship at noon on Monday, April 11, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read MoreApr 6, 2016
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Science, compassion can prevent violence: Sandy Hook father
What do you do when your only child is murdered in a brutal, sensationalized act of violence? Read MoreNov 19, 2015