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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. Lauren Gaydosh Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS Profile
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...
Professor Dominique Behague published a new article on Global Mental Health and the politics of adolescent mental and reproductive health in Brazil.
Nov. 19, 2019—Professor Dominique Behague published a new article on Global Mental Health and the politics of adolescent mental and reproductive health in Brazil. Read the article here Dominique P. Béhague Associate Professor, Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
MHS Professor Tara McKay receives 5 year, $1.9 million grant from National Institute of Aging to study LGBT social networks and health in the US South
Sep. 13, 2019—Dr. Tara McKay, in collaboration with MHS faculty Gilbert Gonzales and Lauren Gaydosh, and Professor of Economics and Director of the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab, Kitt Carpenter, has received $1.9 million over 5 years from National Institute of Aging to study the effects of social networks and policy contexts on health among older (50-70 yr) sexual and gender...
Professor Dominique Behague publishes open-access article in “Global Public Health” with an international group of colleagues on the importance of social medicine for global health
Sep. 10, 2019—Professor Dominique Behague published an open-access article in “Global Public Health” with an international group of colleagues on the importance of social medicine for global health. Read the article here Dominique P. Béhague Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile
Professor Gaydosh published an essay in the Princeton Alumni Weekly with Viviana Zelizer examining how students navigate class on the college campus.
Jan. 9, 2019—Professor Gaydosh published an essay in the Princeton Alumni Weekly with Viviana Zelizer examining how students navigate class on the college campus. Read the essay here Lauren Gaydosh Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society View MHS profile