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Professor Aimi Hamraie spoke to WNYC’s The Takeaway about why cities are still inaccessible thirty years after the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Jul. 29, 2020— Professor Aimi Hamraie spoke to WNYC’s The Takeaway about why cities are still inaccessible thirty years after the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Read the full transcript here. Aimi Hamraie Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
Professor Aimi Hamraie was featured in a History Channel article discussing the 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Jul. 28, 2020— Professor Aimi Hamraie was featured in a History Channel article discussing the 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Read the article here. Aimi Hamraie Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
MHS faculty present a suite of new course content on COVID-19, including new and existing courses.
Jul. 22, 2020— The MHS faculty presents a suite of new course content on COVID-19 for the fall 2020 semester. This includes new and existing MHS courses. View the COVID-related courses here.
MHS Writer-in-Residence Odie Lindsey celebrates the publication of his novel, Some Go Home (W.W. Norton).
Jul. 21, 2020— MHS Writer-in-Residence Odie Lindsey celebrates the publication of his novel, Some Go Home (W.W. Norton). The story follows a young veteran in Mississippi who confronts both her personal war trauma, and the legacy of Civil Rights-era violence in her hometown. Learn more about the novel here. Odie Lindsey Writer-in-Residence of Medicine, Health, and...
Professor Aimi Hamraie’s work with the Nashville Mutual Aid collective is highlighted in a recent Huffington Post article, “Behind America’s Mutual Aid Boom Lies a Long History of Government Neglect.”
Jul. 2, 2020— Professor Aimi Hamraie’s work with the Nashville Mutual Aid collective is highlighted in a recent Huffington Post article, “Behind America’s Mutual Aid Boom Lies a Long History of Government Neglect.” Read the article here. Aimi Hamraie Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
Professors McKay and Gaydosh receive the 2020 Discovery Grant for the Vanderbilt Social Networks and Policy Study Saliva DNA Collection.
Jun. 30, 2020— Professors Tara McKay and Lauren Gaydosh receive the 2020 Discovery Grant for the Vanderbilt Social Networks and Policy Study Saliva DNA Collection. This program will fund the collection of buccal cells suitable for the extraction of DNA from participants in the Vanderbilt University Social Networks and Policy Study (VU-SNAPS). VUSNAPS is an NIA-funded panel...
Writer-in-Residence Caroline Randall Williams’ article, “You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument”, was published in The New York Times.
Jun. 29, 2020—Writer-in-Residence Caroline Randall Williams’ article, “You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument”, was published in The New York Times. Read the full article here. Caroline Randall Williams Writer-in-Residence, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS Profile
Professor Laura Stark publishes in The New Republic, “The Hidden Racism of Vaccine Testing.”
Jun. 29, 2020—Professor Laura Stark publishes in The New Republic, “The Hidden Racism of Vaccine Testing.” Read the article here. Laura Stark Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society and History View MHS profile
Dr. Jonathan Metzl’s “Dying of Whiteness” was honored with the RFK Book Award.
Jun. 24, 2020— Dr. Jonathan Metzl’s “Dying of Whiteness” was honored with the 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. The award was announced during a nationally televised ceremony. Read the full story here. Jonathan Metzl Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
Professor Aimi Hamraie’s book, Building Access, is available to read online for free via the University of Minnesota’s Reading for Racial Justice project.
Jun. 15, 2020— Professor Aimi Hamraie’s book, Building Access, is available to read online for free via the University of Minnesota’s Reading for Racial Justice project. Read the book here. Aimi Hamraie Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile