health disparities

February 22, 2021

Rounds: “Simply Unfinished:” Our path to vaccination

By Doug Campbell
August 6, 2020

Appendix cancer survival in young patients varies by race: study

The first study of appendiceal cancer patterns and survival by race/ethnicity among patients younger than 50 in the U.S. showed survival disparities.

By Leigh MacMillan
March 19, 2020

Race, hormones and diabetes risk

Variation in the levels of hormones called natriuretic peptides may contribute to racial differences in susceptibility to diabetes, suggesting that this hormone system may be a target for reducing risk of the disease.

By VUMC News and Communications
Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH, left, worked with Angelica Deaton, a community health worker, to engage Hispanic/Latina women in mammography screening services.
September 25, 2019

Effort seeks to enhance cancer screening for Hispanic/Latina women

Providing access to a culturally appropriate community health worker during breast cancer screenings may impact elements of patient care and satisfaction among Hispanic/Latina women, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report in American Journal of Roentgenology.

By Kelsey Herbers
March 15, 2018

Research explores barriers to kidney disease screening

New research by Vanderbilt nephrologists highlights potential barriers that may prevent black Americans from being screened for kidney disease.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 30, 2017

Disparities in influenza outcomes

Neighborhood determinants – represented by census tract data – contribute to the risk of influenza hospitalization and could be used to guide interventions such as vaccinations to high-risk areas.

By Leigh MacMillan
June 29, 2017

Genetics of lung cancer survival

Vanderbilt investigators have conducted a first-of-its-kind genome-wide association study of lung cancer survival in African-Americans.
By Sanjay Mishra
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
May 25, 2016

NIH awards $11.6 million grant to Vanderbilt, Miami and Meharry for new center to study precision medicine and health disparities

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the University of Miami and Meharry Medical College were recently awarded a five-year, $11.6 million grant to launch a new center that will enable research using precision medicine to eradicate health disparities, specifically those among African-Americans and Latinos.
By Matt Schorr
April 28, 2016

Investigators explore African ancestry, Alzheimer’s risk

Higher genomic levels of African ancestry are associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a consortium of investigators reported recently in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 4, 2015

Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance lecture focuses on health disparities research

Melody Goodman, Ph.D., M.S., assistant professor of Public Health Sciences in the Department of Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, visited the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance recently to present a lecture titled “Increasing Community Capacity to Partner in Health Disparities Research.”
By Matt Schorr
August 6, 2014

Low selenium and lung cancer

Vanderbilt researchers have found that selenium deficiency may contribute to the racial disparity in lung cancer incidence.
By Yan Su
May 29, 2014

Exploring Wilms tumor race disparity

Unique molecular "fingerprints" could explain the disparity in Wilms tumor incidence and point to novel, race-specific therapeutic targets.
By Leigh MacMillan
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