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May 11th: MHS Graduation Reception
Apr. 21, 2022— Wednesday, May 11th, 3:00-5:00pm, Calhoun Hall Portico MHS is hosting a Graduation Reception honoring the MHS Class of 2022. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be provided. Music by Lynn Taylor and the Barflies (recently featured in Rolling Stone). Open to the entire MHS community. Friends and families are welcome!
April 6th: MHS Advising Pizza & Ice Cream Party
Feb. 23, 2022—MHS Advising Pizza & Ice Cream Party Wednesday, April 6th, 12:30-2:30pm, Calhoun Portico All MHS students are invited to attend our semi-annual Registration Advising event under the Calhoun Portico (outside). 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...
Dr. Jonathan Metzl and co-author Rita Charon published their book titled, “On the Poetics and Politics of Health”.
Nov. 16, 2021— Dr. Jonathan Metzl and co-author Rita Charon published their book titled, “On the Poetics and Politics of Health”. Combining first-person narration, scholarly reflections, and advocacy, this volume features conversations with physician-scholars Rita Charon and Jonathan M. Metzl and provides a holistic view of the human interactions and structural forces that define healthcare today....
Senior Victoria King received a mini-grant from the Vanderbilt Community Lab for the Intersectional Study of Black Women and Girls in Society’s for her Honor’s Thesis research on perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccine affect vaccination uptake among Black women in the US.
Nov. 16, 2021— MHS senior Victoria King received a mini-grant from the Vanderbilt Community Lab for the Intersectional Study of Black Women and Girls in Society’s for her Honor’s Thesis research on perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccine affect vaccination uptake among Black women in the US. Congratulations, Victoria! Victoria King Undergraduate senior and MHS honors...
Assistant Professor Tara McKay and post-doctoral trainee Matthew Facciani have been awarded a Rapid Advancement Micro-grant Program (RAMP) award to study social networks, misinformation, and vaccine hesitancy in the US.
Nov. 15, 2021— Assistant Professor Tara McKay and post-doctoral trainee Matthew Facciani have been awarded a Rapid Advancement Micro-grant Program (RAMP) award to study social networks, misinformation, and vaccine hesitancy in the US. Tara McKay Assistant Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
Dr. Jonathan Metzl wrote an article for the Boston Review, titled “The Supreme Court Is Poised to Put Politics Ahead of Gun-Violence Prevention”.
Oct. 27, 2021— Dr. Jonathan Metzl wrote an article for the Boston Review, titled “The Supreme Court Is Poised to Put Politics Ahead of Gun-Violence Prevention”. New York State Rifle & Pistol v. Bruen may give the right—and its politics of racial resentment—a major win, but at the cost of gun control laws known to prevent shootings. A...
A study co-led by Professor Dominique Béhague found that Brazilian citizens without traditional public health expertise have stepped up and worked together in poor neighborhoods known as favelas to make significant strides in their community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oct. 27, 2021— A study co-led by Vanderbilt University’s Dominique Béhague found that Brazilian citizens without traditional public health expertise have stepped up and worked together in poor neighborhoods known as favelas to make significant strides in their community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See details of the study here Read the study here Dominique Béhague...
October 19th: MHS Spring 2022 Registration Advising Event
Oct. 13, 2021—MHS Spring 2022 Registration Advising Event Tuesday, October 19th, 12:00-2:00pm, Calhoun Portico All MHS students are invited to attend our semi-annual Registration Advising event under the Calhoun Portico (outside). 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...
MHS/GHSM Virtual Coffee Hour Series for Students
Oct. 13, 2021—MHS/GHSM Virtual Coffee Hour Series for Students Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 3:30–4:15pm CST | Zoom Link: https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/5827906154 Please join us for a joint MHS/Vanderbilt and GHSM/Kings College London coffee hour for students! Each month, we will gather for an informal virtual coffee hour to get to know one another and to speak about a...
Pandemic America: Where the &$@! Are We Heading?
Oct. 7, 2021—Webinar: Tues., Nov. 2, 2:30-3:30pm CST (3:30-4:30pm EST) Pandemics, elections, national reckonings with racism and inequity, fires as far as the eye can see, and a host of other shpilkes-inducing stressors should bring us together in common cause. But instead, to quote Chris Hayes, we’re either “going through a slow-motion nervous breakdown or it’s basically always...