January, 2018
Feb 14: Gun Violence Prevention: A Community Conversation
Jan. 25, 2018—Wednesday, February 14, 12:00-1:30PM, Light Hall Room 208, Vanderbilt Medical School Firearms have become increasingly prevalent in daily life over the past decade, as states like Tennessee loosen regulations governing most aspects of gun sales, purchases, and public carry privileges. This expansion raises a number of questions that an expert panel of academics, politicians, and activists...
Feb 13: Screening of Whose Streets?
Jan. 24, 2018—Tuesday, February 13th, 7pm, BCC Auditorium Dinner at 6:30pm Screening begins at 7pm After the screening, audience members will have the opportunity to engage with a panel of interested community members who have expertise on issues of race, policing, and guns.
MHS Director Jonathan Metzl featured in the Vanderbilt Magazine
Jan. 23, 2018— Dr. Metzl holds the Frederick B. Rentschler II Chair in Sociology. The feature article is titled “A Saner Path to Gun Policy.” The Frederick B. Rentschler II Chair was created in 2010 from the growth in funds supporting the Nelson O. Tyrone Jr. Chair in American History, established in 1995 by Frederick B. Rentschler...
MHS Professor Derek Griffith accepted into the American Association of Health Behavior Fellows Class of 2017 in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of health behavior research.
Jan. 18, 2018—MHS Professor Derek Griffith accepted into the American Association of Health Behavior Fellows Class of 2017 in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of health behavior research. Fellow status is a special membership category that represents the organization’s most prestigious membership group. Dr. Griffith is the first Black man to earn Fellow Status...
MHS Director Jonathan Metzl featured in “The Crossroads of People & Medicine” article by Nashville Medical News
Jan. 17, 2018—By MELANIE KILGORE-HILL Jonathan Metzl Takes a Path Less Traveled “You can do whatever you want in life, after medical school.” That was the running joke at home for Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. One of four boys born to a pediatrician father and psychoanalyst mother,...
MHS Professor Laura Stark quoted on gaps in medical research regulations by Kaiser Health News/The Washington Post
Jan. 10, 2018— Click below to read the entire article, titled “Unregulated Herpes Experiments Expose ‘Black Hole’ Of Accountability.” Read full article Laura Stark” Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
MHS Director Jonathan Metzl’s edited special section in JAMA Psychiatry published online.
Jan. 3, 2018—The section deals with the topic of structural competency and psychiatry. Read More Jonathan Metzl Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile