Successful Day on the Hill with TNAAP advocating for kids in Tennessee! Had lots of meaningful conversations and even saw the Smart Heart Act (SB 2175), a lifesaving bill to increase AED access in schools, pass the Senate Health committee!

The rain didn’t slow us down for our 2024 Day on the Hill! We met with 20 lawmakers from across the state to show our support for legislation around vaccines, AED’s in youth athletics, and team-based care. #VoteKids

PHRC results day! 🌱🌎 1/13 Today student teams at 151 health professional schools publish their PHRC reports outlining the best (and worst) practices in planetary health education. 🧵👇Discover the most comprehensive assessment of planetary health education in healthcare.

Was a privilege to work on our third annual Planetary Health Report Card with a wonderful group of peers Lena Kaitlin McKernan. Very grateful to all of the faculty for their incredible support and encouragement Curtis Baysinger Eva Rawlings Parker, MD, DTMH

NEW— Second-most used herbicide in the U.S. linked to birth defect in national JAMA Network Open study by Sunaya Krishnapura Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy. 44 countries, including the European Union, have banned or are phasing out atrazine due to health concerns. news.vumc.org/2024/05/06/sec…

Important new work builds on previous scientific literature about the association of atrazine (a grass and weed killer used commonly in the US) to birth defects & other negative health effects.

Our study found that higher county-levels of atrazine use, the second-most used herbicide in the US, were associated with increased incidence of the birth defect gastroschisis. So grateful to have been a part of the team for this study and for the mentorship of Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH

Atrazine, the second-most used herbicide in the US, has been banned in several countries due to health concerns. This national study found higher county-levels of atrazine use were associated with increased incidence of the birth defect gastroschisis. ja.ma/4dl8n30