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Dr. Jonathan Metzl and Dr. Helena Hansen’s paper titled “Structural competency: Theorizing a new medical engagement with stigma and inequality” has been reviewed by the Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School’s recently launched Race, Research and Policy Portal.
Dec. 17, 2020—Dr. Jonathan Metzl and Dr. Helena Hansen’s paper titled “Structural competency: Theorizing a new medical engagement with stigma and inequality” has been reviewed by the Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School’s recently launched Race, Research and Policy Portal. Read the full review here. View MHS Profile.
Writer-in-Residence Odie Lindsey was interviewed for the article “Tearing Down the False Monuments of the South” at Electric Literature.
Sep. 23, 2020— Writer-in-Residence Odie Lindsey was interviewed for the article “Tearing Down the False Monuments of the South” at Electric Literature. Read the full interview here. Odie Lindsey Writer-in-Residence of Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS Profile
Professor Aimi Hamraie will deliver a virtual public lecture on “Critical Access Studies” at the Harvard Graduate School of Design on November 12, 2020.
Aug. 31, 2020— Professor Aimi Hamraie will deliver a virtual public lecture on “Critical Access Studies” at the Harvard Graduate School of Design on November 12, 2020. Learn more here. Aimi Hamraie Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
Professor Hamraie is quoted in a New York Times article on disability access during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug. 26, 2020— Professor Hamraie is quoted in a New York Times article on disability access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the article here. Aimi Hamraie Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
MHS writer-in-residence Odie Lindsey’s new novel, Some Go Home, was included in the New York Times Book Review.
Aug. 18, 2020— MHS writer-in-residence Odie Lindsey’s new novel, Some Go Home, was included in the New York Times Book Review. Read the full review here. Odie Lindsey Writer-in-Residence of Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS Profile
MHS senior, Peyton Boyd, was featured in an article highlighting the Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab, which focuses on the scientific study of how music affects the brain and behavior.
Aug. 18, 2020— Peyton Boyd worked on a project where adult participants tapped along to various stimuli to see how well they do when the rhythm of the stimuli had been disrupted, aiming to extend this research to other groups, such as children with ASD. The Music Cognition Lab trains Vanderbilt University and VUMC students and faculty,...
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...