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Professor Tara McKay published a new study on the importance of having access to affirming care improves care outcomes for LGBTQ older adults.
Jan. 10, 2023—Professor Tara McKay published a new study on the importance of having access to affirming care improves care outcomes for LGBTQ older adults. This study is now available in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine. Read it here.
Professor Phillis Isabella Sheppard, MHS affiliate faculty, published book Tilling Sacred Grounds: Interiority, Black Women, and Religious Experience
Jan. 4, 2023—Professor Phillis Isabella Sheppard, MHS affiliate faculty, published book Tilling Sacred Grounds: Interiority, Black Women, and Religious Experience (Rowman and Littlefield/Lexington).
Professor Laura Stark publishes article “The Bureaucratic Ethic and Spirit of Biocapitalism” in Invisible Labour in Modern Science (Bangham, Chacko & Kaplan eds)
Dec. 13, 2022—Professor Laura Stark publishes article “The Bureaucratic Ethic and Spirit of Biocapitalism” in Invisible Labour in Modern Science (Bangham, Chacko & Kaplan eds) Read more here.
Professor Aimi Hamraie and collaborator Kelsie Acton published an account of their Remote Access Archive project on the Social Science Research Council’s Just Tech platform
Jun. 29, 2022—Professor Aimi Hamraie and collaborator Kelsie Acton published an account of their Remote Access Archive project on the Social Science Research Council’s Just Tech platform. The project documents ways that disabled people have used remote participation technologies, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further research is funded by the National Science Foundation for the 2022-2023...
Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab founders conduct first research on health effects of legal same-sex marriage
Jun. 22, 2022—Christopher Carpenter, LGBTQ+ Policy Lab Director, E. Bronson Ingram Chair, and professor of economics, and Gilbert Gonzales, lab associate director and assistant professor of medicine, health, and society.Read more here.
In Science magazine, Prof Laura Stark publishes review of Puglionesi’s In Whose Ruins: Power, Possession & Landscapes of American Empire (Scribner)
May. 31, 2022—In Science magazine, Prof Laura Stark publishes review of Puglionesi’s In Whose Ruins: Power, Possession & Landscapes of American Empire (Scribner). Read it here.
Professor Aimi Hamraie was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for their project Disability Culture and Technology.
May. 3, 2022—Professor Aimi Hamraie was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for their project Disability Culture and Technology. The grant will support the creation of a public archive documenting the ways that disabled people have used technology for remote participation, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more here.
Prof Laura Stark lectures on the legacies of medicine, anthropology & the ethics of history at the American Association for the History of Medicine, April 22, 2022.
Apr. 29, 2022—Prof Laura Stark lectures on the legacies of medicine, anthropology & the ethics of history at the American Association for the History of Medicine, April 22, 2022.
Professor Martha Jones gave a presentation to the Tennessee Department of Health, Occupational Health Advisory Committee Meeting for the Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program
Feb. 8, 2022—On January 27, 2022, Professor Martha Jones gave a presentation to the Tennessee Department of Health, Occupational Health Advisory Committee Meeting for the Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program. Her presentation was on injury and illness incidence rates using workers’ compensation data, with a focus on the full-time-equivalent employee denominator calculation.
Professor Behague presents her work as part of the “Biosocial Birth Cohort Research Network” funded by the Wellcome Trust and coordinated by Professor Sahra Gibbon (UCL).
Jan. 31, 2022—Professor Behague presents her work as part of the “Biosocial Birth Cohort Research Network” funded by the Wellcome Trust and coordinated by Professor Sahra Gibbon (UCL). To see the talk – “Biosocial theory and the politics of developmental disruption: Reflections on interdisciplinary practice in the 1982 Pelotas birth cohort study” — click here.