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Tara McKay honored at the Fall Faculty Assembly with the Chancellors Award
Aug. 27, 2024—Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society Tara McKay was selected as a recipient of the Chancellors Award for Research on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the 2024 Fall Faculty Assembly. McKay was honored for her work on an article published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine titled “Association of Affirming Care with Chronic Disease...
Alum Finn Shelp-Peck publishes paper written while in the M.A. program
Jun. 20, 2024—Finn Shelp-Peck (M.A. ’23) published “The necessity of including gender-affirming care in student health insurance plans” this week in The Journal of American College Health. Shelp-Peck wrote the paper while in the MHS M.A. in the Social Foundations of Health program. You can read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2362330
Kirsty Clark selected as 2024 Advocate of the Year from the Office of LGBTQI Life
May. 1, 2024—Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society Kirsty Clark has been selected as Advocate of the Year for 2024 from the Office of LGBTQI Life. “The Advocate of the Year Award is given to someone who lives their commitment to justice and is a posture for service. This person centers intentionality, uses their position in...
Julie Ward and team awarded funding to support ERPO research
Apr. 24, 2024—MHS professor Dr. Julie Ward and her team at the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have been awarded funding from the National Collaboration on Gun Violence Research to support their study on the local variation in extreme risk protection order (ERPOs) implementation across 67 Florida counties....
Professor Gilbert Gonzales awarded the 2023 Chancellor’s Cup
Mar. 28, 2024—Medicine, Health, and Society professor Gilber Gonzales was awarded the 2023 Chancellor’s Cup for his contribution to undergraduate relationships between students and faculty outside of the classroom. Gonzales’s research considers the ways public policy impacts members of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as examining the impacts of health care reforms on vulnerable populations. Professor Gonzales...
Lucie Kalousová joins the editorial board of the British Journal of Sociology
Mar. 22, 2024—Professor Kalousová has recently joined the editorial board of the British Journal of Sociology – a leading international sociological journal published on behalf of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She will contribute to the leadership of the journal with her expertise in health disparities.
Tara McKay publishes article on the impact of Covid on African countries
Mar. 20, 2024—Assistant Professor Dr. Tara McKay of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society published “The Missing Millions: Uncovering the Burden of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths in the African Region” this week in Population and Development Review. McKay and her colleagues at Vanderbilt and American University evaluated current data and research in order to gain a...
Julie Ward publishes analysis of police shootings in the United States
Mar. 14, 2024—Assistant Professor Julie Ward’s, RN, PhD, MN, study on fatal and non-fatal police shootings in the United States from 2015-2020 was published in the April edition of the American Journal of Public Health. This multiyear study was a joint effort with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and sought to compare fatal and nonfatal shootings by...
Vandy In Health: A roundtable with MHS Alumni on Navigating Careers in Health
Mar. 1, 2024—Vandy In Health: A Roundtable with MHS Alumni on Navigating Careers in Health Thursday, March 21st Buttrick 344 12:15-1:15
Dominique P. Béhague Examines the Role of Mental Health Care in Social Justice
Feb. 28, 2024—A new study led by Dominique P. Béhague of Vanderbilt University and Kings College London, along with her Brazilian colleagues, delves into the role of socially sensitive therapy in addressing mental health concerns. Read full article HERE. Mad In America article HERE.