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Welcome Professor, Julie Ward!
Apr. 10, 2023—Julie Ward, incoming assistant professor of Medicine, Health, and Society, comes to us from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where her PhD will be awarded this summer. She also holds an MA and BNN from the University of Washington School of Nursing, and a graduate certificate from Johns Hopkins’ program in Injury...
Prof. Ken MacLeish Panelist for The Iraq War: A 20-Year Retrospective Symposium
Mar. 9, 2023—On March 10, Prof. Ken MacLeish will discuss his research on veteran experience and war-related health as one of the invited panelists for The Iraq War: A 20-Year Retrospective Symposium, hosted by Columbus State University and the National Infantry Museum at the US Army’s Fort Benning.
Prof. Ken MacLeish Presenting at International Studies Association
Mar. 9, 2023—On March 17, Prof. Ken MacLeish will present his work on US military pollution and the health effects of war-zone waste disposal at the meeting of the International Studies Association in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
MHS MA student Ciaja Harbison ties longstanding Vanderbilt women’s basketball record
Jan. 30, 2023—MHS graduate student Ciaja Harbison tied the record for single-game scores previously set by Chantelle Anderson in 2001 in the basketball game against Texas A&M on January 29. Harbison scored a total of 41 points in Sunday’s game, leading Vanderbilt women’s team to a win (87-79) and their first SEC win this season! She currently...
Two MHS students receive Mitacs Globalink Research Award
Jan. 12, 2023—Elisa Park and Nitya Kari, two of our awesome LGBTQ+ Policy Lab undergraduate RAs, who have each been awarded the competitive Mitacs Globalink Research Award! This award will fund Elisa and Nitya to spend the summer at Simon Fraser University with Dr. Travis Salway’s team! Elisa and Nitya will be working with Dr. Salway’s newly...
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 Tara McKay presented work co-created with MHS undergraduate Serena Musungu and graduate student Nana Addo Padi-Adjirackor on COVID-19 cases and deaths in Africa at The Graduate School’s Global Health Showcase on November 16, 2022
Jan. 10, 2023—Professor Tara McKay presented work co-created with MHS undergraduate Serena Musungu and graduate student Nana Addo Padi-Adjirackor on COVID-19 cases and deaths in Africa at The Graduate School’s Global Health Showcase on November 16, 2022.
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 Laura Stark and students in “American Medicine & the World” interview the author of Democracy’s Data (2022) for an episode on the New Books Network
Dec. 13, 2022—Professor Laura Stark and students in “American Medicine & the World” interview the author of Democracy’s Data (2022) for an episode on the New Books Network. Listen here.