October, 2011
New center director explores connections between humanities and medicine …
Oct. 20, 2011—Jonathan Metzl by Jim Patterson | Posted on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 — 8:14 AM New center director explores connections between humanities and medicine Jonathan Metzl (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Jonathan Metzl was born into medicine but is drawn to the humanities. He’s still insisting on having it both ways. The new director of Vanderbilt’s Center for...
Oct 26, 3 p.m. – Valerie Bonham, J.D.: “Ethically Impossible”
Oct. 20, 2011—Free and open to the public Location: 208 Light Hall Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 3:00 p.m. Reception following in the North Lobby “Ethically Impossible” Sexually Transmitted Disease Research in Guatemala from 1946 to 1953 Valerie H. Bonham, J.D., Executive Director Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues Following the revelation last fall that the...
Oct. 31 – Spring registration begins. For more info…
Oct. 20, 2011—MHS Majors: It’s almost time to register for classes for Spring 2012! This year, MHS will be hosting three advising pizza parties to help our majors in their academic planning. Please plan to stop by for a free lunch during one of the times listed below. PIZZA PARTIES Wednesday, October 26th from 12:30-2:00pm Friday, October...
Alondra Nelson: “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination” Nov. 8
Oct. 12, 2011—Watch Alondra Nelson discuss her new book “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination” Nov. 8, 4:15pm Furman 114 Followed by reception 5:30pm, Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Auditorium Between its founding in 1966 and its formal end in 1980, the Black Panther Party blazed a distinctive trail...
Watch “The Future of MHS” presented by Jonathan Metzl on Sept 21, 2011
Oct. 12, 2011—Watch Jonathan Metzl, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Medicine, Health and Society speaking on ”The Future of the Medicine, Health and Society” (recorded Sept. 21, 2011).
The Politics of Health panel, October 14, 2011
Oct. 11, 2011—