Dr. Heimburger and colleagues co-author commentary on NCDs: Health Affairs Blog
September 17, 2015
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Welcome to the Vanderbilt MPH Global Health Class of 2017!
September 1, 2015
Click here to view photos of the welcome dinner for the Vanderbilt MPH Global Health Class of 2017.
VIGH Awarded New Training Grants
Global Health Opportunities During Medical School for VUSM Students
July 14, 2015
General Information Session for Medical Students
What: Learn about exciting global health opportunities during medical school
When: Tuesday, July 21 at 5 p.m.
Where: Light Hall 411
VIGH faculty receive funding from Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs)
June 24, 2015
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The Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) initiative aims to foster collaboration among schools, researchers and students at Vanderbilt. It is the centerpiece of the 2013-14 Academic Strategic Plan. The investment of $50 million will fund programs devoted to discovery and learning with an “interdisciplinary” and “multidisciplinary” approach that address society’s most pressing problems. The program launched in November of 2014.
VIGH seeks faculty member at Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
June 24, 2015
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FACULTY SEARCH: The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) seeks faculty member at Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor with a primary research focus on health challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The primary role will be in research and program development, but teaching skills are also important. The successful candidates will mentor graduate students and post-doctoral and clinical research fellows, and if appropriate, junior faculty members. Over the past 20 years, Vanderbilt has been the U.S.
Mozambican Couple Achieves Gender Equality Through Male Champion Strategy
June 5, 2015
This story was submitted and written by Zacarias Chuquela, District Community Involvement Assistant for Friends in Global Health (FGH), Vanderbilt's affiliate organization working in rural Mozambique.
Congratulations to our Vanderbilt MPH graduates!
May 11, 2015
Click here to view photos from the Vanderbilt MPH Class of 2015 graduation reception.
2015 Vanderbilt Master of Public Health, Global Health Track Graduates
May 8, 2015
The Vanderbilt Master of Public Health (MPH) Program is a two-year interdisciplinary program offered through the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. The Global Health track is designed to educate innovative and effective public health professionals in the development and management of effective global health initiatives, to contribute to sound public health policies and practices, and to engage in meaningful partnerships with communities.
2015 Graduate Certificate in Global Health Recipients
May 8, 2015
Global health has become an inextricable component of modern-day medical, public health, and nursing practices.
VIDEO: VUSN Graduate, Morgan De Kleine discusses the Graduate Certificate in Global Health
VIGH Partners with the United Methodist Church to Produce Ebola Fact Book
May 4, 2015
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Dr. Richard (‘Ran’) Nisbett, of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health and of Tubman University in Liberia has developed a lay-language educational tool for employees of the United Methodist Church in West Africa around Ebola virus and its care and prevention. Document development included extensive local field consultations.
World Health Week 2015
March 24, 2015
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The VUSM Global Health Organization Presents: World Health Week 2015 | April 6-10
MONDAY, April 6 | 12 -1 pm (411 LH) Traditional Chinese Medicine Lecture Dr. Chongbin Zhu, LAC, PhD Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Dr. Chongbin Zhu, LAC, Ph.D. is a practitioner of Traditional Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine. He is also a neuroscientist and pharmacologist and is a research faculty member at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr.
2015 Vanderbilt University Global Health Case Competition
March 19, 2015
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The case topic of the 2015 Global Health Case Competition was “Nigerian Population Growth: Addressing Extreme Poverty through Family Planning."
Aliyu receives Chancellor's Faculty Fellowship
February 12, 2015
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Muktar Aliyu, associate professor of health policy and associate professor of medicine. Aliyu studies adverse birth outcomes associated with maternal lifestyle-related factors (cigarette smoking, alcohol use, weight gain) and with infectious diseases in resource-limited settings (HIV/AIDS, malaria).
MHS hosts Workshop on Global Mental Health: February 17-20
February 5, 2015
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Contested Global Biopsychiatry: Establishing an International Partnership For Critical and Constructive Global Mental Health.
Lectures and a workshop featuring Professor Nikolas Rose and other scholars from February 17-20, 2015. Funded with support from the Vanderbilt International Office, a Research Scholars Lecture Series grant, and the REAM Foundation.