Join us for #globalhealth Grand Rounds on Mon., April 22, @ 10 am CST. Beryl Akinyi, MBChB and Helena Musau, MBChB from Kijabe Hospital in Kenya will present on the 'Vanderbilt-Kijabe Breast Cancer Research Collaboration.' REGISTER: tinyurl.com/mvrnu63f

Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. of Medicine John Koethe MD, MSCI '12, on being named director of the TN Center for AIDS Research! Learn about @TNCFAR and Dr. Koethe's commitment to improving the lives of those with HIV: bit.ly/3UgWrI2
📸: Susan Urmy #VandyMed #VandyMSCI

Congratulations to VIGH Director Muktar Aliyu, MD, DrPH, MPH, on his election to the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Board of Directors! CUGH supports 190 academic institutions and other orgs around the world engaged in addressing global health challenges.

We are thrilled to congratulate second-year Master of Public Health, Global Health Track student Anjola-Oluwa Ajayi on receiving this year's Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center Leadership Award! Learn more at bit.ly/4aNyhKO.

#VandyMed #VandyMPH #ThisisPublicHealth

Congratulations to extraordinary friend and colleague, Bill Wester! The Dr. John Tarpley Award for Commitment to Care of Underserved communities is a testament to your unwavering dedication to helping others, regardless of where they live. VUMC Global Health Vanderbilt School of Medicine

Congrats to Bill & Wei, VUMC Global Health faculty, for receiving prestigious Vanderbilt School of Medicine faculty awards! They are true role models in clinical care and research! It's wonderful working with you

Please consider supporting the next generation of #VandyMPH public health leaders! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Vanderbilt School of Medicine VUMC Global Health Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy Vanderbilt University VUMC_IMPH Vanderbilt Health

Congratulations to Dr. Martin Were, Associate Professor of DBMI at Vanderbilt University on his D43 grant from Fogarty at NIH: Vanderbilt-Mozambique Biomedical Informatics (VM-BMI) Training and Research Program. Vanderbilt Health VUMC Global Health #EFSKudos

Join us for #globalhealth Grand Rounds on Mon., April 8, @ 10 am CST. VUMC's Sean Collins, Jessica Collins, and Matt Shotwell, will discuss a COVID-19 international clinical trial platform aimed at reducing complications in hospitalized patients. REGISTER: tinyurl.com/yc7f6d67

Inspiring Vanderbilt School of Medicine #WorldHeathWeek talk by Matt Kynes & Dr. Jon Niconchuk to aspiring #GlobalHeath physicians & leaders VUMC Global Anesthesia - including my own 11 yo! VUMC Global Health AIC Kijabe Hospital Children's at VUMC #GHO VUMC Anesthesiology

Congrats to #VandyMPH Vanderbilt Health alum Kathy Neuzil!!! 🙌🙌🙌 Fogarty at NIH VUMC Global Health Vanderbilt School of Medicine Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy VUMC_IMPH Vanderbilt University Muktar Aliyu

Dr. Jessica Perkins from Peabody College will discuss developing interventions to harness perceptions and enhance the uptake of HIV-related health behaviors in the second of three ODP Early Stage Investigator Lectures on May 7, 11 a.m. ET. Register at prevention.nih.gov/news-events/od…

Our annual VUMC Global Health Global Health Symposium highlighted impactful work by over 50 Vanderbilt School of Medicine Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt Health students, staff & faculty! Congrats 🙌! Special thanks to Lwala Community Alliance Ash Roger’s for her keynote talk! Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy #VandyMPH Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH Muktar Aliyu

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We are delighted to be included in the 2024 Spring issue of Vanderbilt Medicine. In a Q&A, Muktar Aliyu, VIGH Director and professor of VUMC Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy, reflects on the impact of #globalhealth at VUMC: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt-med…

V-BRCH workshops by VUMC Global Health train Nigerian investigators in #impsci and grant writing, fostering leaders in #HIV & #NCD research. 🔍
 
Recent findings support the effectiveness of these workshops, and provide a model for future training programs: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38350133/

So very, very proud of our #VandyMPH ⁦VUMC Global Health⁩ students Tevin Mathew & Anjola Ajayi as they present their culminating experience to become MPH grads! What an absolute joy to spend the past 2 years w/ them! ⁦Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy⁩ ⁦Vanderbilt School of Medicine⁩ ⁦Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH⁩

Our paper 'Erythrocyte glycocalyx sensitivity to sodium is associated with salt sensitivity of blood pressure in women but not men' is now in pubmed PubMed Trending 👇

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38524849/

Congratulations 1st author Sepiso K Masenga, PhD VUMC Global Health MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY, SOMHS, Zambia.!

Shout out to our Vanderbilt TB Center colleagues on #TBDay ! They hosted a collaborators meeting last week to discuss ongoing TB projects and continuing efforts to #EndTB .

Double vision at ASPPH 2024 Annual Meeting! Fun to present two posters on behalf of our University of Liberia College of Health Sciences #BRIDGEU #Liberia #CampxSEL & our #IDEAL #Nigeria faculty dev programs simultaneously 🤣 USAID Innovates NIH VUMC Global Health Vanderbilt School of Medicine Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy #TIPH