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Now Hiring: Full-Time Senior Lecturer
Oct. 21, 2025—Senior Lecturer: The Department of Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS) at Vanderbilt University invites applications for the position of Senior Lecturer to develop and teach critical undergraduate and graduate courses focused on Health and Social Media, Healthism, and/or the effects of Health Influencers. This is a full-time position, not on the tenure track, for a...
Now Hiring: Part-Time Lecturer
Oct. 21, 2025—Lecturer: The Department of Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS) at Vanderbilt University seeks a part-time instructor to teach an undergraduate course offered twice annually on the social dimensions of health and nutrition. This course will introduce the fundamentals of nutrition while critically examining the broader contexts that shape what and how we eat, including food politics, social...
Laura Stark discusses history’s lessons for AI regulation in ‘New England Journal of Medicine’
Dec. 14, 2023—The future for AI regulation is currently being charted in the United States and will have significant effects on the health sciences, writes Vanderbilt researcher Laura Stark in a new article published in The New England Journal of Medicine. See the full article HERE
2022-23 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.
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