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2022-2023 Annual Report
Jul. 31, 2023—Click the image below to read our annual report!
MHS Ice Cream Social !! Come Join us
Jul. 10, 2023—Come join the students and faculty of Medicine, Health, and Society at our Ice Cream Social. Open to current MHS students and faculty, anyone interested in learning more about MHS, and everyone who likes ice cream!
Aimi Hamraie named 2023 Faculty Fellow!
Jun. 7, 2023—Click here for more information.
HIRING: Senior Lecturer
Jun. 6, 2023—Vanderbilt University, Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, is looking to hire a Senior Lecture. To apply, CLICK HERE https://apply.interfolio.com/126460
Faculty Members, Tara McKay and Panka Bencsik, named Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Fellows
Jun. 5, 2023—MHS Faculty Members, Tara McKay and Panka Bencsik, named Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Fellows. See the full list HERE
Professor Laura Stark and MHS students interviewed authors of two recent books for their collaborative final projects in the courses “Prison Medicine” and “American Medicine & the World.”
Apr. 24, 2023—Professor Laura Stark and MHS students interviewed authors of two recent books for their collaborative final projects in the courses “Prison Medicine” and “American Medicine & the World.” Check out the following links below: Visperas, Cristina Mejia. Skin Theory: Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory. New York: NYU Press, 2022. https://newbooksnetwork.com/skin-theory Tuchman, Arleen....
Congratulations to Gilbert Gonzales, assistant professor of medicine, health, and society on being named one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 under 40 Leaders in Health for 2023.
Apr. 18, 2023—Congratulations to Gilbert Gonzales, assistant professor of medicine, health, and society on being named one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 under 40 Leaders in Health for 2023. “The winners are doing amazing things that both better and diversify the healthcare marketplace,” said NMQF President and CEO, Gary Puckrein. “They serve as positive role...
Welcome Professor, Julie Ward!
Apr. 10, 2023—Julie Ward, incoming assistant professor of Medicine, Health, and Society, comes to us from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where her PhD will be awarded this summer. She also holds an MA and BNN from the University of Washington School of Nursing, and a graduate certificate from Johns Hopkins’ program in Injury...
Prof. Ken MacLeish Presenting at International Studies Association
Mar. 9, 2023—On March 17, Prof. Ken MacLeish will present his work on US military pollution and the health effects of war-zone waste disposal at the meeting of the International Studies Association in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Prof. Ken MacLeish Panelist for The Iraq War: A 20-Year Retrospective Symposium
Mar. 9, 2023—On March 10, Prof. Ken MacLeish will discuss his research on veteran experience and war-related health as one of the invited panelists for The Iraq War: A 20-Year Retrospective Symposium, hosted by Columbus State University and the National Infantry Museum at the US Army’s Fort Benning.