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Professor Derek Griffith raises awareness about men’s health equity and structurally based risks for COVID-19.
Sep. 16, 2020—Professor Derek Griffith raises awareness about men’s health equity and structurally based risks for COVID-19. COVID-19 death reports do not often provide a full explanation of patterns, such as a person’s race, where they lived and with whom, socioeconomic status, age, sex, or gender. According to Dr. Derek Griffith, this information may be more accurate...
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...
Dr. Jonathan Metzl finds the COVID-19 pandemic shapes opportunities for radical change to the U.S. health care system.
Jun. 9, 2020— Dr. Jonathan Metzl finds the COVID-19 pandemic shapes opportunities for radical change to the U.S. health care system. Dr. Metzl’s research is oulined in his Viewpoint article “Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Need for a Structurally Competent Health Care System”, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on...
MHS faculty Tara McKay’s research uncovers community insights to help fight COVID-19.
Jun. 8, 2020—MHS faculty Tara McKay’s research uncovers community insights to help fight COVID-19. Read the full article here. Tara McKay Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS Profile
Together with an interdisciplinary team of scientists, Professor Gaydosh and colleagues published a review article in Science on the social determinants of health and survival.
May. 28, 2020—Together with an interdisciplinary team of scientists, Professor Gaydosh and colleagues published a review article in Science on the social determinants of health and survival. Read the article here. To learn more about how social inequality impacts health and longevity, watch the video here. Lauren Gaydosh Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society View...
Professor Gonzales, Professor McKay, and MHS students are conducting an online survey and online focus groups to better understand how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ college students.
May. 21, 2020— Professor Gonzales, Professor McKay, and MHS students are conducting an online survey and online focus groups to better understand how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ college students. As news stories surface drawing attention to the vulnerability of low-income, international, and first-generation college students during the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Professor Lauren Gaydosh’s research on indicators of despair was featured in an article titled “In Search of a Solution to Suicide” in Vanderbilt Medicine Magazine.
May. 19, 2020— Professor Lauren Gaydosh’s research on indicators of despair, that may precede deaths from suicide, drug overdose, and alcohol-related liver disease, was featured in an article titled “In Search of a Solution to Suicide” in Vanderbilt Medicine Magazine. Gaydosh’s research utilized the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, which tracked the mental and...
A special issue on the politics of psychiatric knowledge and its globalization, edited by Professors Dominique Behague and Kenneth MacLeish, has just been published in Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
Apr. 30, 2020—A special issue on the politics of psychiatric knowledge and its globalization, edited by Professors Dominique Béhague and Kenneth MacLeish, has just been published in Medical Anthropology Quarterly. The collection brings together a group of scholars working in Japan, Italy, Argentina, Kosovo, with First Nations communities in Canada, and in various settings in which U.S.’s...
Prof. Ken MacLeish’s essay “Care and the Nonhuman Politics of Veteran Drunk Driving” was recently published in Cultural Anthropology.
Feb. 25, 2020—Prof. Ken MacLeish’s essay “Care and the Nonhuman Politics of Veteran Drunk Driving” was recently published in Cultural Anthropology. The essay explores the topics of drunk driving and military mental health. Read the article here Kenneth MacLeish Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
Prof. Ken MacLeish’s article “Field Notes on the Politics of Veteran Care” was recently published in Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology.
Feb. 4, 2020—Prof. Ken MacLeish’s article “Field Notes on the Politics of Veteran Care” was recently published in Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology. The article explores how anthropologists balance empathetic engagement with military communities, critical understandings of military institutions, and labels and categories frequently applied to veterans and servicemembers that come laden with stereotype. Read the article here...