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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....
Congratulations to Gilbert Gonzales, assistant professor of medicine, health, and society on being named one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 under 40 Leaders in Health for 2023.
Apr. 18, 2023—Congratulations to Gilbert Gonzales, assistant professor of medicine, health, and society on being named one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 under 40 Leaders in Health for 2023. “The winners are doing amazing things that both better and diversify the healthcare marketplace,” said NMQF President and CEO, Gary Puckrein. “They serve as positive role...
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 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 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.