Medicine Health And Society
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Vanderbilt scholars curate new insights about social contexts of health and well-being in recent journals
A precision medicine approach to health disparities, the social contexts of caregiving, the global psyche and Indigenous perspectives on science are the topics of recent journal issues edited by Vanderbilt University faculty that touch on health and well-being. Read MoreJun 15, 2020
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McKay, Gonzales are featured speakers for May 15 webinar on LGBTQ health in the age of coronavirus
Vanderbilt faculty members Tara McKay and Gilbert Gonzales will be the featured speakers for a webinar at 1 p.m. today focused on LGBTQ health in the age of coronavirus. Read MoreMay 15, 2020
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A Bus Ride to Smile About: Dara Johnson, BA’20
From Rosa Parks to the Freedom Riders, buses have been a potent symbol of change in Dara Johnson’s hometown, and she’s working to become the next person to deliver transformation through transportation—in the form of a mobile dental clinic. Read MoreApr 30, 2020
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Medicine, Health and Society Virtual Coffee Hour: ‘Politics in a Pandemic’ April 16
The Center for Medicine, Health and Society’s virtual coffee hour series continues Thursday, April 16, at noon CST (1 p.m. EST). This week’s topic is “Doing Politics in a Pandemic.” Read MoreApr 15, 2020
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Transgender Americans experience significant economic, health challenges: Study
Transgender adults experience considerably greater economic hardship and worse health than cisgender adults, according to the first study to document the socioeconomic struggles of this population in the United States. Read MoreApr 13, 2020
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Nutrition professor shares four tips for healthy eating while sheltering at home
Jamie Pope, registered dietitian nutritionist and assistant professor of practice in Medicine, Health and Society, offers four tips for maintaining proper nutrition while balancing the stress of self-quarantine. Read MoreApr 10, 2020
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Virtual Gatherings: Zoom coffee hours help MHS students and faculty stay connected, consider current events
Medicine, Health and Society's virtual Thursday coffee hours leverages the center’s academic focus on the social aspects of illness and health to help students process the impact of COVID-19 on the wider world—and to blow off steam with a short dance break, too. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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‘Dialogic praxis’ enhances psychotherapeutic success for youth
For young patients, therapy works best when they are encouraged to become co-experts in the search for answers, according to findings from a study in Brazil co-authored by Dominique Béhague. Read MoreJan 16, 2020