November, 2017
Professor Callahan-Kapoor was named the Faculty VUceptor of the Year for her work with the Vanderbilt Visions program.
Nov. 28, 2017—Professor Callahan-Kapoor was named the Faculty VUceptor of the Year for her work with the Vanderbilt Visions program. This award recognizes a faculty VUceptor who regularly demonstrates the ideals of the Visions program: mentorship, caring, and dedication to student success. Those who nominated Professor Callahan-Kapoor wrote, “Celina is one of those wonderful individuals whose talent...
The Economization of Life
Nov. 27, 2017—MHS Professor Laura Stark and students in MHS course “History of Global Health” aired interview on the New Books Network with author Michelle Murphy about her new book, The Economization of Life. Read More Laura Stark Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS Profile
MHS Research Professor Marino Bruce leads webinar for The Center for Diabetes Translation Research
Nov. 16, 2017—The Center for Diabetes Translation Research – Solutions to Diabetes in Black Americans Core, hosted a webinar on Thursday, November 16th. This presentation featured Dr. Marino A. Bruce, Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Health and Society; Associate Director, Center for Research on Men’s Health (CRMH); and Director, Program on Faith and Health within CRMH at Vanderbilt University. Title: When...
MHS Director Jonathan Metzl’s Article I’m a Psychiatrist. Making Gun Violence About Mental Health Is a Crazy Idea. featured in Politico Magazine.
Nov. 9, 2017— First, the policy solutions don’t work. And mentioning the link is becoming a crutch for politicians who refuse to do their jobs. Read more at POLITICO Jonathan Metzl Director, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
MHS Professor Tara McKay will be presenting at the African Studies Association meeting in Chicago.
Nov. 7, 2017—Presenting with Nicole Angotti and Rachel Sullivan Robinson. “Creativity and Resilience in LGBT Organizing in Nigeria after the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.” Session Chair. “Challenging Institutions through Policy Innovation, Party Strategies, and Activism: Views from Political Science, Sociology, and Education.” Critic. “Author Meets Critic: AIDS and Masculinity in the African City.” Read more at the ASA...
VU BreakThru Blog features MHS professor Tara McKay
Nov. 7, 2017—VU BreakThru Blog features MHS professor Tara McKay. The article highlights her summer fieldwork in Mozambique. Read the blog here Tara McKay Assistant Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
MHS Professor Ken MacLeish is one of the featured speakers for a community discussion of war, art, and medicine hosted by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and Vanderbilt Community, Neighborhood, and Government Relations.
Nov. 3, 2017—MHS Professor Ken MacLeish is one of the featured speakers for a community discussion of war, art, and medicine hosted by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and Vanderbilt Community, Neighborhood, and Government Relations. The event, which begins at 11:30 on November 14 at the Frist, is open to the public and includes complimentary...
MHS Professor Ken MacLeish was a featured speaker at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Palliative Care Grand Rounds.
Nov. 3, 2017—MHS Professor Ken MacLeish was a featured speaker at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Palliative Care Grand Rounds. Ken shared some anthropological perspectives on how accepted understandings of personhood are challenged by technological intervention and reliance on medical care at the end of life or in the context of chronic and terminal illness. Ken MacLeish Assistant...
MHS Professor Ken MacLeish presented his new research on post-9/11 veterans at the University of Chicago anthropology department on October 30.
Nov. 3, 2017—MHS Professor Ken MacLeish presented his new research on post-9/11 veterans at the University of Chicago anthropology department on October 30. The talk, based on extensive ethnographic research, described the dilemmas and opportunities confronting participants in veteran treatment courts, which allow veteran offenders to forgo jail time if they participate in an intensive, year-long therapeutic...