MHS is an innovative multidisciplinary center that studies the social and societal dimensions of health and illness. Our scholarship, teaching, and wide-ranging collaborative projects explore medicine and science in a wide array of cultural contexts, while at the same time fostering productive dialogue across disciplinary boundaries.

Mental Illness, Race, and Incarceration

October 16, 2018

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Anita Hill

“No Longer Silent: Underrepresented Narratives in Sexual Violence”

October 28th, 2018

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Spring 2018 Center for Medicine, Health and Society newsletter

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Vanderbilt University's Center for Medicine, Health, and Society is accepting applications for the MA in the Social Foundations of Health

Deadline January 15, 2019

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Fall 2018 Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Sept. 25: Master’s Info Session
Oct. 2: MHS Colloquium with Dr. Lauren Gaydosh “A Biosocial Approach to the Study of Health : Adolescent Striving and Accelerated Aging”
Oct. 16: Advising Pizza Party
Oct. 16: Mental Illness, Race, and Incarceration Panel featuring Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall, VUPD Captain Leshuan Oliver, Dr. Jonathan Metzl, and Dr. Derek
Oct. 26: Series of events with Dr. Christine Labuski!
Oct. 28: Anita Hill, “No Longer Silent: Underrepresented Narratives in Sexual Violence”
Oct. 30: MHS Colloquium with Dr. Kym Weed

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Director: Jonathan M. Metzl, MD, PhD
Assistant Director: JuLeigh Petty, PhD