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Vermund named assistant vice chancellor for Global Health
Apr. 16, 2015—Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., has been named assistant vice chancellor for Global Health in recognition of the growing importance of globalization to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s research, teaching and patient care missions.
Newsweek recounts MPH graduate’s role in the tracing the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak
Apr. 16, 2015—Newsweek's cover story for April 24, 2015 recounts the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak, including the role of MPH graduate April Pettit, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of Medicine, and her important medical detective work.
MPH graduate named to top leadership position at the University of Maryland’s new Institute for Global Health
Apr. 13, 2015—Kathleen Neuzil, M.D., M.P.H., has been named to two key leadership positions at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's newly established Institute for Global Health. She will serve as the Deputy Director of Institute for Global health and the Director of the Center for Vaccine Development. Dr. Neuzil is one of the most influential research scientists and...
MPH grad advocates nationally for youth sports health, safety
Mar. 19, 2015—Alex Diamond, D.O., M.P.H., director of the Program for Injury Prevention in Youth Sports (PIPYS) and assistant professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, continues to be a national advocate for youth sports safety.
U.S. Ambassador addresses progress fighting AIDS
Mar. 19, 2015—U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Deborah Birx, M.D., who oversees the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), updated the Vanderbilt community on AIDS relief efforts during a visit last week.
MPH graduate named executive director of the Vanderbilt Medical Group and COO for Adult Clinical Operations at VUMC
Feb. 26, 2015—Titus Daniels, M.D., M.P.H., M.M.H.C., (MPH class of 2007) associate professor of Medicine, has been named executive director of the Vanderbilt Medical Group (VMG) and chief operating officer for Adult Clinical Operations at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
In NEJM, Vanderbilt MPH graduates find respiratory viruses to be main childhood pneumonia culprit
Feb. 26, 2015—Respiratory viruses, not bacterial infections, are the most commonly detected causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children, according to new research released Feb. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study's authors include: Derek Williams, M.D., M.P.H. (class of 2010), assistant professor of Pediatrics and member of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program and the Division of Hospital...
ABC News talks with Schaffner about potential measles exposure sites
Feb. 23, 2015—The Vanderbilt MPH Program's William Schaffner, M.D., recently spoke with ABC News about the range of potential measles exposure sites.
MPH’s Aliyu named an inaugural Chancellor Faculty Fellow
Feb. 12, 2015—Vanderbilt MPH Program faculty member, Muktar Aliyu, M.D., Dr.P.H., has been named a 2015 Chancellor Faculty Fellow. The Chancellor Faculty Fellows Program was launched in September 2014 to support outstanding faculty who have recently received tenure. Aliyu, associate professor of health policy and associate professor of medicine, teaches in the Global Health track of the Vanderbilt...
MPH student calls for a better understanding of catatonia and improved screening tools
Feb. 12, 2015—In her recent publication, current MPH student, Jo Ellen Wilson, M.D., argues that the restrictive definition of catatonia in the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) could be resulting in a lower detection of catatonia, especially in patients with no known psychiatric history.
MPH students take top prize at 2015 Vanderbilt Global Health Case Competition
Feb. 10, 2015—First-year MPH students Emily Sheldon, Shellese Shemwell, and Erin Hamilton along with Ajay Sundaram and Jieun Park of Peabody College, and Kaya Zhu of the Owen Graduate School of Management, beat out fifteen other interdisciplinary teams of Vanderbilt students to win the 2015 Vanderbilt Global Health Case Competition. They will travel to Atlanta next month to represent the...
MPH faculty to play key roles in CDC autism surveillance network
Feb. 6, 2015—Vanderbilt MPH Program faculty members Melissa McPheeters, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Richard Epstein, Ph.D., M.P.H., will take on key roles with the CDC's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network site at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. McPheeters will serve as director of epidemiology and Epstein as director of epidemiology for vulnerable populations.
MPH student Alicia Morgans, M.D., helps patients manage prostate cancer through new therapy options
Jan. 29, 2015—Vanderbilt MPH student Alicia Morgans, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine, is featured in a story about about new prostate cancer therapies available to patients.
Schaffner weighs in on how Tom Brady’s cold could affect the Super Bowl
Jan. 29, 2015—ABC News talks with Vanderbilt MPH Program faculty member William Schaffner, M.D., about how a cold might affect New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's performance at the Super Bowl this weekend.
The Wall Street Journal speaks with Schaffner about recent measles outbreak
Jan. 23, 2015—The Wall Street Journal interviewed Vanderbilt MPH faculty member William Schaffner, M.D., about the measles virus and what people can do to stay healthy.