Public Health
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Politics of Health Conference is Oct. 3-4 at Vanderbilt
The Politics of Health Conference Oct. 3-4 at Vanderbilt is a free event that will speak to the scale, urgency and intimacy of health as a critical American economic and political issue. Read MoreSep 9, 2013
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VU to map gaps in physician coverage across nation
Vanderbilt researchers have been selected to receive a national grant as part of a push to gauge the coming impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Read MoreJul 19, 2012
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Mixed results define 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card
Heart disease is still the leading cause of death for men in Tennessee and cancer deaths continue to move further away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy People 2020 goal, according to the 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card. Read MoreJun 12, 2012
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Chronic diseases in Africa topic of VUSM dean’s lecture Sept. 27
Dr. Michelle Holmes (photo courtesy of Harvard School of Public Health) Michelle Holmes, an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the H arvard School of Public Health, will talk about “The Next Health Frontier: Chronic Diseases in Africa” at noon Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Light… Read MoreSep 24, 2011
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Investigator’s work leads to simpler latent TB therapy
New research on tuberculosis offers an important development in preventing the centuries-old disease. Read MoreJul 29, 2011