Medicine Health And Society
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CLASS OF 2024: Call to nature helps Danait Issac build community and cultural bonds
WATCH: See how Danait Issac is sharing her love of her Eritrean heritage and the great outdoors to empower and connect Vanderbilt students. Read MoreFeb 23, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Double ’Dore Cameron Robinson moves from football field to mission field
WATCH: Find out how former Commodore football player Cam Robinson is combining a passion for healing, a love of people, and his Divinity School education to change lives. Read MoreJan 11, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Childhood experiences inspire Vivek Kumar in health care management
WATCH: Watch as medicine, health and society major Vivek Kumar is inspired by family experiences to fuel his future dreams. Read MoreJan 5, 2024
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Stark discusses history’s lessons for AI regulation in ‘New England Journal of Medicine’
The future for AI regulation is currently being charted in the United States and will have significant effects on the health sciences, writes Vanderbilt researcher Laura Stark in a new article published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Sophomore Sharmila Adapa awarded prestigious Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship
Adapa, an Ingram Scholar in the College of Arts and Science, will travel to Sweden in December as one of only 10 students globally to receive a 2023 Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship. Read MoreNov 27, 2023
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Simpson Deans’ Lecture: Dr. Jonathan Metzl is Oct. 3
As a part of the Deans’ Lecture Series, the School of Medicine will host an Elizabeth Simpson Lecture featuring Vanderbilt's Dr. Jonathan Metzl. Metzl is a world-renowned physician, educator, expert, author and leader in sociology and psychiatry. He will speak on the interplay of race, psychiatric diagnoses, historical medicine and present-day controversies. Read MoreSep 27, 2023
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Class of 2023: VandyBoys blueprint helps bullpen ace Thomas Schultz excel in a double major
Class of 2023: Read how Thomas Schultz, VandyBoys pitcher and double major in human and organizational development and medicine, health and society thrives with humility on and off the field. Read MoreMay 2, 2023
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WATCH: Class of 2023 students make an impact around the globe
Meet some members of the Class of 2023 who bring a unique global perspective to the Vanderbilt community. Read MoreApr 28, 2023
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Class of 2023: Life-shaping experience inspires Nigeria native Vanessa Ajeh to pursue neonatal medicine
Class of 2023: The day Vanessa Ajeh was born in a Nigerian hospital, both she and her mother almost died due to the hospital’s lack of advanced medical resources and training for its staff. That terrifying start to her life is the touchstone propelling Ajeh, a medicine, health and society and Spanish double major, to be a changemaker in her community and pursue a future career in neonatal medicine. Read MoreApr 26, 2023
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WATCH: Class of 2023 students collaborate, form connections
Meet some members of the Class of 2023 whose inspired collaborations—within Vanderbilt, across the Nashville community and beyond—are making the world better. Read MoreApr 14, 2023
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Class of 2023: Violin phenom Kingston Ho takes on melody and medicine
Class of 2023: Kingston Ho doesn’t just play beautiful music—he’s studying how his brain and body make those melodies happen. Read why the award-winning violinist with multiple prestigious international competitions under his belt chose to double major in violin performance at the Blair School of Music and in medicine, health and society in the College of Arts and Science. Read MoreApr 7, 2023
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Class of 2023: Sanjana Padala fosters connection and community
Class of 2023: Sanjana Padala, a medicine, health and society major from Little Rock, Arkansas, has a heart for helping those who might feel unheard. Whether volunteering at Veterans Affairs hospitals, tutoring fellow students in physics, creating cultural connections through Asian American clubs, or dreaming of a future working in health care and helping to support mental and physical health equity, Padala’s calming and optimistic nature fosters connection. Read MoreApr 4, 2023
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Vanderbilt professors to host panel on gun violence and Asian Americans Feb. 1
Vanderbilt professors Ben Tran and Johnathan Metzl will host a panel discussion on gun violence and Asian Americans on Wednesday, Feb. 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Sarratt 189. The event is open to the Vanderbilt University community. Read MoreJan 30, 2023
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Hot Topics in MHS: ‘The Viral Underclass–Pandemic Inequality from HIV/AIDS to COVID-19’ Nov. 15
The Department of Medicine, Health and Society will host a panel discussion, “The Viral Underclass: Pandemic Inequality from HIV/AIDS to COVID-19,” on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. in Furman Hall, Room 114. Read MoreNov 11, 2022
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A Path Forward: Amid an unprecedented mental health crisis, Vanderbilt research provides new insights, possible solutions
Psychologists and psychiatrists have sometimes struggled to keep up with the multiplying mental health challenges posed by the pandemic and other recent events, but through studies and interventions, Vanderbilt faculty members are providing new insights into the crisis—as well as the best evidence-based solutions for overcoming it. Read MoreNov 7, 2022
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Matthew Ramsey, emeritus history professor and founding director of Center for Medicine, Health and Society, has died
Matthew Ramsey, professor of history and medicine, health and society, emeritus, who taught at Vanderbilt for more than three decades and was the founding director of the Center for Medicine, Health and Society, died Sept. 2. Read MoreSep 22, 2022
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‘Doctors Write the Pandemic–and Critics Respond’ panel is Sept. 20
Alex Jahangir, professor of orthopaedic surgery and chair of Nashville’s COVID-19 Task Force, and Wes Ely, Grant W. Liddle Professor and professor of medicine, will discuss their pandemic-related books on Tuesday, Sept. 20, as part of a panel hosted by the Department of Medicine, Health and Society’s “Hot Topics” series. Read MoreSep 16, 2022
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Rock-climbing student duo pursues scientific, business and Olympic dreams
Vanderbilt Climbing Club teammates Michael Finn-Henry and Olivia Busk are taking collaboration and innovation to new heights with a breakthrough medical device—and a possible trip to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Read MoreApr 25, 2022
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Class of 2022: Lauren Cerda finds cultural bridge between language and health
Class of 2022: Discussing a diagnosis with a doctor can be scary and confusing even under the best of circumstances. But when a language barrier is involved, the likelihood of a misunderstanding is far greater. Medicine, health and society and Spanish double major Lauren Cerda hopes someday to alleviate that problem as a translator and bilingual physician. Read MoreApr 12, 2022
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Class of 2022: Shea Clarke weaves together shared passions for history and fashion
Class of 2022: A passion for learning about Africa and the support of her Jamaican seamstress grandmother inspired Shea Clarke to weave together shared passions into a creative business. Read MoreApr 7, 2022