July, 2013
MHS Professor Derek Griffith guest edits the American Journal of Men’s Health, The Health of African American Men: Implications for Research and Practice
Jul. 31, 2013—Dr. Derek Griffith, associate professor, Vanderbilt University Center for Medicine, Health, and Society and director, MHS Institute for Research on Men’s Health, guest edits a supplement to the leading men’s health journal in the US on African American men’s health, along with his colleague, Dr. Leonard Jack, director, Division of Community Health at the Centers...
Professor Derek Griffith appointed to the American Psychological Association’s New Working Group on Health Disparities in Boys and Men
Jul. 31, 2013—Dr. Derek Griffith, associate professor, Vanderbilt University Center for Medicine, Health, and Society and director, MHS Institute for Research on Men’s Health (IRMH), is appointed to the American Psychological Association’s (APA) New Working Group on Health Disparities in Boys and Men. APA is the world’s largest association of psychologists with more than 134,000 members, and...
MHS Director Jonathan Metzl and Professor Ken MacLeish Co-Author “Triggering the Debate: Faulty Associations Between Violence and Mental Illness Underlie US Gun Control Efforts”
Jul. 30, 2013—Professor Jonathan Metzl and Professor Ken MacLeish provide a critical overview of the gun control debate in the US. Read more.