Monthly Archives: March 2013

Professor Ken MacLeish’s book signing and celebration, Making War at Fort Hood (Princeton, 2013)

Posted on March 13, 2013

Professor Laura Stark’s site visit to Meharry Medical College with students enrolled in course 290: Making the Modern Hospital

Posted on March 12, 2013

Director Jonathan Metzl appears with Ira Glass on the Melissa-Harris Perry Show

Posted on March 10, 2013

Director Jonathan Metzl and Bridgeport Connecticut Mayor Bill Finch join the Melissa-Harris Perry panel to discuss guns, race, and mental health

Posted on March 9, 2013

The Politics of Heath Conference – Home page

Posted on March 2, 2013

Vanderbilt University’s Center for Medicine, Health & Society hosts “The Politics of Health,” a two-day that conference explores political exigencies of health in the US and around the world. The conference, invites participants and attendees with a range of priorities, … Read more →

Co-sponsored with NYU: Race, Gun Control, and Mental Illness

Posted on March 1, 2013

MHS Director Jonathan Metzl, in conjunction with the NYU Institute for Public Knowledge, will hold a public forum on race, gun control, and mental illness entitled “Triggering the Debate.” The conversation will invite policy makers, advocates, psychiatrists, and members of the … Read more →

MHS Professor Derek Griffith to give Keynote Lecture at the 15th Annual Fisk Research Symposium

Posted on March 1, 2013

Date: April 4th, 2013 Time: 1:00 p.m. Place: Appleton Room of the historical Jubilee Hall, Fisk University Below are links to this year’s symposium and flyer. 15th Annual Fisk Research Symposium More information