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The Protest Psychosis & the Future of Equity & Diversity Efforts in American Psychiatry by Author Jonathan M. Metzl
Nov. 30, 2023—Author Information Jonathan M. Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and Director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms (forthcoming 2024), Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland (2019), The Protest Psychosis:...
Sophomore Sharmila Adapa awarded prestigious Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship
Nov. 27, 2023—Sharmila Adapa, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Science, will travel to Sweden in December as one of only 10 students globally to receive a 2023 Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship. Adapa, who is double majoring in medicine, health and society and economics and plans to attend medical school, says a summer experience interning...
Cameron Deal and Gilbert Gonzales, Ph.D. conduct a study on Sexual minority youth are more likely to experience homelessness
Nov. 27, 2023—Sexual minority youth are more likely to experience homelessness, according to a study published online Nov. 20 in Pediatrics. Study conducted by Cameron Deal and Gilbert Gonzales, Ph.D., from the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab. Click the link HERE to read the study!
Jonathan Metzl, on France 24 to speak about the psychological aspects concerning hostages.
Nov. 27, 2023—Click the link here to watch the video.
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.
HIRING: Senior Lecture
Jun. 6, 2023—Vanderbilt University, Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, is looking to hire a Senior Lecture. To apply, CLICK HERE https://apply.interfolio.com/126460
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
Professor Laura Stark and MHS students interviewed authors of two recent books for their collaborative final projects in the courses “Prison Medicine” and “American Medicine & the World.”
Apr. 24, 2023—Professor Laura Stark and MHS students interviewed authors of two recent books for their collaborative final projects in the courses “Prison Medicine” and “American Medicine & the World.” Check out the following links below: Visperas, Cristina Mejia. Skin Theory: Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory. New York: NYU Press, 2022. https://newbooksnetwork.com/skin-theory Tuchman, Arleen....