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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.
Behague gives talk on COVID-19 and solidarity in Brazil
Jan. 31, 2022—Behague gives talk on COVID-19 and solidarity in Brazil at the Conference: “Recovery, reconfiguration, and repair: Mobilising the social sciences and humanities for a post-pandemic world” (Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, 11-12 November 2021) Online. Read more here.
Professor Behague publishes new article with colleague Francisco Ortega in the journal “Global Public Health”
Jan. 26, 2022—Professor Behague publishes new article with colleague Francisco Ortega in the journal “Global Public Health” entitled “Contested leadership and the governance of COVID-19 in Brazil: The role of local government and community activism” Read it here.
A study co-led by Professor Dominique Béhague found that Brazilian citizens without traditional public health expertise have stepped up and worked together in poor neighborhoods known as favelas to make significant strides in their community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oct. 27, 2021— A study co-led by Vanderbilt University’s Dominique Béhague found that Brazilian citizens without traditional public health expertise have stepped up and worked together in poor neighborhoods known as favelas to make significant strides in their community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See details of the study here Read the study here Dominique Béhague...
Professor Laura Stark and three graduate students published an essay on “compliance culture” in Contemporary Sociology.
Jul. 7, 2021— Professor Laura Stark and graduate students Rachel Gross, Emily O’Brian, and Jesse Pullen published an essay on “compliance culture” in Contemporary Sociology, “What is Compliance?”. Stark, Laura, Rachel Gross, Emily O’Brian, and Jesse Pullen. “What Is Compliance? How Audits Change Ethics and Organizational Fields.” Contemporary Sociology 50, no. 4 (July 1, 2021): 273–77. https://doi.org/10.1177/00943061211021083a....
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...