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Register today for the 16th Annual HIV Symposium: Cost to Cure

Steve Raffanti, MD, MPH The HIV Journal Club meets the second Wednesday (except October) of every other month.

Vanderbilt University’s The Center for Medicine, Health & Society (MHS) hosted “The Politics of Health,” a two-day conference on current debates in medicine, which took place on our campus, in our country, and around the world. The conference, held October 3 and 4, 2013, on the Vanderbilt campus featured discussion and debate about the politics of health among national opinion leaders, local stakeholders, and the Vanderbilt community. The event was free and open to the public. 

Dinner and a Movie at the Belcourt for Haiti -

The Cochrane Library recently published findings from this project. Learn more about the new protocol: Livestock development programmes for communities in low- and middle-income countries. View project photos taken in Mozambique

The Vanderbilt Ph.D. Program in Epidemiology presents a Doctoral Dissertation Defense entitled:

Through a new documentary short film, Apple is highlighting the innovative work of Lwala Community Alliance. We couldn’t be more proud of our team in Lwala, Kenya. 

Researchers are targeting a possible new weapon in the fight against malaria, science that could also be applied in the fight against other devastating mosquito-borne illnesses, according to a Vanderbilt study published in PLOS ONE. 

Facing many structural and economic realities, Brian Barnett learned to appreciate the culture of waiting and the extreme patience required to do clinical research during his Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship year in Lilongwe, Malawi.

Top row - left to right: Ben McCormick, Shanik Fernando, Magdalena Dorvil, Trisha Pasricha, Rosie Korman, Monica

Julián Hillyer knows how to set mosquito hearts racing.

A recent addition to interdisciplinary electives illustrates how Vanderbilt educators are working to bring future health care providers together to prepare for work in an increasingly global and multicultural world.

Vanderbilt University’s expanded commitment to research and sustainable development in Guatemala is reflected in this spring’s opening of a Guatemala City field station that is home to 13 projects. 

The Vanderbilt Vaccine Center and Fundación INFANT are partnering to offer an international field experience involving clinical research training and thorough insight on the healthcare system in Buenos Aires, Argentina.