September, 2018
October 16th: Mental Illness, Race, and Incarceration: A Community Conversation
Sep. 18, 2018—Tuesday, October 16th, 2:30-4:00PM, Furman Hall, Room 114, Vanderbilt University Panelists: Daron Hall (Davidson County Sheriff) Dr. Jonathan Metzl (Director, Center for Medicine, Health, and Society) Leshuan Oliver (Captain – Campus Precinct & Community Relations, Vanderbilt University Police Department) Dr. Derek Griffith (Professor of MHS and Director, Center for Research on Men’s Health) Student Q&A...
October 16th: Advising Pizza Party
Sep. 18, 2018—MHS Advising Pizza Party 12:00-2:30pm, MHS Suite, 300 Calhoun Hall All MHS Students are invited to attend our semi-annual Registration Pizza Party in the MHS Suite. During this time, students can meet briefly with an advisor and have registration holds removed from their account. Please bring your MHS major checklist form with you to the...
October 7th: #NoFilter: Mental Health Workshops with Mimi Khúc
Sep. 17, 2018—#NoFilter: Mental Health Workshops with Mimi Khúc Sunday, October 7th, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm & 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Sarratt 325/327 On October 7th, the Asian American Student Association and the Center for Student Wellbeing will be hosting 2 mental health workshops with Mimi Khúc, who came to speak at the MHS Hacking Psychiatry...
October 2nd: MHS Colloquium with Dr. Lauren Gaydosh “A Biosocial Approach to the Study of Health: Adolescent Striving and Accelerated Aging”
Sep. 16, 2018—MHS Colloquium with Dr. Lauren Gaydosh: A Biosocial Approach to the Study of Health: Adolescent Striving and Accelerated Aging Tuesday, October 2nd, 8:10-9:00 am, MHS Suite – Calhoun 300 Please join us for an MHS Colloquium with our new professor, Dr. Lauren Gaydosh. Breakfast provided. Presented by the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society.
September 25th: MHS 4+1 M.A. Program Information Session
Sep. 12, 2018—4:00-5:00pm, MHS Suite, 300 Calhoun Hall Interested in obtaining your B.A. and M.A. in 5 years? Join us for our MHS 4+1 Information Session. The MHS M.A. in the Social Foundations of Health emphasizes interdisciplinary research and critical perspectives on health and illness. The curriculum includes classes with professors in MHS, the Graduate School, and...
Vanderbilt University’s Center for Medicine, Health, and Society is accepting applications for the MA in the Social Foundations of Health, deadline February 1, 2019
Sep. 6, 2018—Vanderbilt University’s Center for Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS) is currently accepting applications to our one-year accelerated MA program in the Social Foundations of Health. The MA in MHS emphasizes critical perspectives on health and illness, health disparities, and health justice– each approached through interdisciplinary research. Students in the MA program collaborate with faculty on...