May 7, 2024

VUMC honored for health care equality efforts 

VUMC is the only organization in Tennessee to repeatedly be recognized for its commitment to adopting adult LGBTQ-inclusive patient, visitation and employment policies. 

By Doug Campbell
January 19, 2024

Health equity champion Arie Nettles retires

Arie Nettles, PhD, professor of Clinical Pediatrics, spent her career ensuring the well-being of pediatric and adolescent patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism and cleft craniofacial disorders. She hopes to continue to effect change.

By Jessica Pasley
Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, far left, John Sergent, MD, MACP, MACR, center, and Kimberly Vinson, MD, far right, with award winners Barrington Hwang, MD, left, Stacey Riddick, Adriana Bialostozky, MD, Sarah Reed and Candace Grisham. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
October 27, 2023

Levi Watkins Jr. MD Lecture honors contributors to diversity, equity and inclusion

The Levi Watkins Jr. MD Lecture honored the first African American to graduate from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and recognized the contributions of several Vanderbilt faculty, trainees and students who have made contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion.

By Kathy Whitney
October 25, 2023

VUMC to help engage more study participants in research decisions

The All of Us Engagement Core at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is helping make human research more equitable, inclusive and stronger to accelerate the prevention and treatment of illness through genomic and precision medicine.

By Bill Snyder
August 9, 2023

VUMC receives $51 million in NIH grants to improve efficiency of conducting clinical trials across the US

Vanderbilt researchers have been awarded two five-year federal grants totaling $51 million to harness new and existing approaches for boosting recruitment and removing roadblocks to the efficiency of conducting clinical trials throughout the country.

By Bill Snyder
July 5, 2023

Shana Alford named director of Evaluation and Equity

Public health researcher Shana Alford has joined VUMC as director of Evaluation and Equity.
This position, which spans the Office of Health Equity and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, was created as part of VUMC’s Racial Equity Plan.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 21, 2023

Vanderbilt launches $17 million program to advance diversity of research faculty

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University are launching a $17 million multiyear transformative program with support from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the biomedical research community.
By Holly Fletcher
May 10, 2023

New ‘PoRT’ scale rebalances burden of initiating trust in science

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led team has developed a scale to measure trustworthiness in biomedical research among minority populations.
By Holly Fletcher
February 16, 2023

Wilkins appointed to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee for Unequal Treatment Revisited

Vanderbilt's Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, has been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) committee for Unequal Treatment Revisited.
By Danny Bonvissuto
October 27, 2022

Watkins Lecture highlights diversity, equity, inclusion efforts

The 21st annual Levi Watkins Jr. MD Lecture recognized the contributions of several Vanderbilt faculty, trainees and students who have made contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion.
By Kathy Whitney
October 3, 2022

Minority patients less likely to have amyloid plaques necessary for Alzheimer’s treatments

Fewer Black, Hispanic and Asian patients meet biomarker qualifications for landmark treatments that may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by targeting amyloid plaques, according to new findings published in JAMA Neurology.
By Holly Fletcher
September 26, 2022

DEI Climate Survey deadline extended to Oct. 4

The deadline for the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Climate Survey has been extended until Tuesday, Oct. 4.
By VUMC News and Communications
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