Faculty candidates needed to lead School of Medicine’s Foundations of Health...
The Office of Health Equity (OHE) is seeking an innovative educator experienced in health equity to be Course Director/Co-Director of Foundations of Health Equity – II (FHEII). This individual will be...
View ArticleVUMC in the news, July 11, 2023
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, continues to be one of the most in-demand sources about infectious disease in the news. Among the news outlets he has spoken to recently: The...
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Grant renewal strengthens patient-centered outcomes research training program
by Bill Snyder The federal government has renewed its support of a learning healthcare system (LHS) T32 training program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that prepares investigators to...
View ArticleVUMC in the news, July 18, 2023
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, continues to be one of the most in-demand sources about infectious disease in the news. Among the news outlets he has spoken to recently: USA...
View ArticleVUMC receives $51 million in NIH grants to improve efficiency of conducting...
by Bill Snyder Researchers in the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) have been awarded two five-year federal grants totaling $51 million to harness new and existing...
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VUMC receives state grant to evaluate innovative models of nursing care that...
A multidisciplinary team is studying ways to mitigate nursing staff shortages and improve care for underserved groups following hospital discharge. (photo by Erin O. Smith) by Matt Batcheldor...
View ArticleVUMC in the news: Sept. 12, 2023
Last week’s deaths of Jimmy Buffett and Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell led to reporters speaking to VUMC sources to understand more about the diseases each had. Alan Boyd, MD, professor of...
View ArticleExpanded data collection provides a more complete patient story and helps...
All patients have their own unique story to tell, and knowing the details can help Vanderbilt Health advance health equity. That is why the improved approach for collecting patient race and ethnicity...
View ArticleOffice of Health Equity’s Innovation Award winners announced
VUMC’s Office of Health Equity (OHE) has selected four projects for the 2023-2024 Health Equity Innovation Awards. “One of the unique pieces of the HEIAs is being able to convene individuals across the...
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How to overcome mistrust of medical science
Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD by Bill Snyder The public’s mistrust of medical science, including vaccination, is being driven in part by a top-down research enterprise that does not give human subjects...
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Department of Radiology to host third annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...
by Jackson Hicks The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is set to host its third annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Week Oct. 23-27,...
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VUMC initiative to address social drivers of health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a three-year, $1.6 million federal grant to incorporate social drivers of health into adult primary care with the aim of improving outcomes for...
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VUMC to help engage more study participants in research decisions
by Bill Snyder Human research will be more equitable, inclusive and stronger if the people who are participants in studies also help plan and guide the direction of those studies. Since 2017, this...
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Levi Watkins Jr. MD Lecture honors contributors to diversity, equity and...
John Sergent, MD, MACP, MACR, and Kianna Jackson, MD, were the featured speakers at the 22nd annual Levi Watkins Jr. MD Lecture. (photo by Erin O. Smith) by Kathy Whitney The 22nd annual Levi Watkins...
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Etoi Garrison named Director of Equitable Clinical Outcomes
Etoi Garrison Etoi Garrison, MD, PhD, has been appointed the Director of Equitable Clinical Outcomes for the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Office of Health Equity. In this role, she will direct...
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Erves joins VUMC as director of Community Engaged Research
Jennifer Cunningham Erves, PhD, MPH, MAEd, MS, CHES by Kathy Whitney Jennifer Cunningham Erves, PhD, MPH, MAEd, MS, CHES, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as associate professor of...
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Rohini Chakravarthy and Jill Berkman join Office of Health Equity
Rohini Chakravarthy, MD, MBA Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine alumni have joined VUMC’s Office of Health Equity. Rohini Chakravarthy, MD, MBA, is a primary care physician whose career...
View ArticleStudy examines social factors and cardiovascular disease risk
A study reported in PLOS ONE examined whether including social determinants of health improves accuracy in predicting who will develop cardiovascular disease (CVD). Matthew Morris, PhD, Hamidreza...
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VUMC to launch Program for Health Equity Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s new Program for Health Equity Research (PHER), which will kick off next year, aims to become the nation’s leader in health equity research that’s inclusive,...
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Health equity champion Arie Nettles retires
Arie Nettles, PhD, plans to continue using her voice to effect change. (photo by Erin O. Smith) Arie Nettles, PhD, professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Retired, at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at...
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