Center for Medicine Health & Society

December 19, 2016

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds study of health, economic effects of LGBT-related laws

A trans-institutional team of Vanderbilt social scientists and medical professionals will look at how laws affecting LGBT individuals and families affect their health and the economy.

By VUMC News and Communications

February 17, 2016

How are big health issues being handled in the U.S. South? Leaders to discuss Affordable Care Act, gun control, income differences, more

The complex and often under-addressed political issues facing health and health care in the United States will be tackled March 17-18 during a major interdisciplinary conference at Vanderbilt University, “The Politics of Health in the U.S. South.” The conference is free and open to the public.

By VUMC News and Communications

May 8, 2015

Vanderbilt University honors 28 as emeriti faculty

Twenty-eight retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony May 8, when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 1, 2013

Zeppos reflects on first five years as chancellor

The One Vanderbilt transformation continues as Nicholas S. Zeppos marks five years as chancellor. Read the story and watch video of Zeppos discussing the opportunities and challenges facing Vanderbilt today.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 4, 2011

What our medical past can tell us about our genomic future

By VUMC News and Communications

October 27, 2005

VU’s Center for Medicine, Health and Society hosts TennCare roundtable

Recent changes to TennCare, a program launched in 1994 to expand Medicaid coverage to uninsured and uninsurable Tennesseans, will be discussed Nov. 1 during a public forum at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By VUMC News and Communications