The Center for Medicine, Health and Society offers an innovative and forward-looking way of linking the humanities and social sciences to a major academic medical center. CMHS programs are horizontally integrated across Vanderbilt’s nine schools and colleges, and vertically integrated, from freshman seminars to postdoctoral training and continuing medical education. In this trans-institutional and interdisciplinary model, research, teaching, and community outreach and service are interconnected.

 

The primary objectives of the Center are to:

 

● Cultivate dialogue among research and teaching faculty who are committed to and excited about exploring links between the humanities, social sciences, and academic medicine. 
 

● Develop innovative curricular programs at the undergraduate and graduate level that examine health
and health care in their social and cultural contexts.
 

      ● Expand student involvement in research and service.