Center for Medicine Health & Society

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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.

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.

What our medical past can tell us about our genomic future

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.