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Fewer Nashville women are seeking recommended cervical cancer screenings, a new surveillance study shows. Presented virtually during the annual International Papillomavirus Conference, Deepthi Pemmaraju, MBBS, MPH, CCRP, presented new results that analyzed cancer screenings among women on one private insurance plan and those on public insurance. Among women 18-20 from 2012-19, the study found 16.7% less screenings among women on public insurance and 9.7 less among women on private insurance.

By Jake Lowary A self-described “accidental researcher,” Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH, has been named the director of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Master of Public Health program, a two-year interdisciplinary program accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators are leading a new study that examines the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, within households in Nashville. The study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aims to understand how fast the infections spread within households and the factors that may be associated with that transmission. This is one of few longitudinal studies in the country that will examine coronavirus infections among close contacts.

Women who are prescribed opioids after childbirth have an increased risk of persistent opioid use or other serious opioid-related events, including overdose, in their first year postpartum, according to a new study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers. This is true regardless of whether the woman had a vaginal delivery or a cesarean section.