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NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance's efforts with Community Health Workers was recently spotlighted in an article by the Nashville Post.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Linda Cundiff, RN, MSN has spent her career working to improve the health of underserved populations. As the Chief Operating Officer of Health Care Without Walls (HCWW), she works within an innovative model of free health care and support for homeless women and children in the Greater Boston area.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Flexner Discovery Lecture Series was launched by Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in 2011. Since then, it has featured the most eminent scientists from around the world, speaking on the highest impact research and policy issues in science and medicine.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Caleb Miles had just finished a midterm renal exam when he learned about the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Region X Conference. He and a friend had just finished eating at a restaurant, and on the drive home that friend suggested he enroll. “I was nervous,” Miles recalled. “I’d never done it before, and there’s this kneejerk reaction to not do it.” His friend, however, encouraged him to present.  

Photo by Matt Schorr National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Office of Rare Diseases Research Director Petra Kaufmann, MD, MSc speaks to community advocates and researchers gathered at the Advancing CEnR 2017 Conference.    

Photo by Matt Schorr Pictured from left to right are Community Health Worker Evon Ishak, Siloam Health Community Outreach Director Amy Richardson, MPH and Community Health Worker Hannah Rai.  

Photo by Matt Schorr Mary Bufwack, PhD (center) received the Clifton K. Meador Community Health Leadership Award on October 19, 2017. She is pictured with members of the Safety Net Consortium of Middle Tennessee.  

Study Recruitment Faculty members at HBCUs are invited to engage in a Conversation Café: a creative, interactive and user-friendly method of data collection. The topic of this Conversation Café is about the barriers and facilitators to research productivity. The Conversation Café is part of a research study entitled OHD PRIDE. This study was granted a waiver of consent and is funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.  Lunch will be served.

Photo Submitted Meharry and Vanderbilt students prepare to face off in the second MVSA soccer exhibition.  

Photo by Matt Schorr VUMC Executive Chief Nursing Officer Marilyn A. Dubree, MSN, RN, NE-BC (right) presents Audrey Hall, BSN (left) with the VUMC Hidden Figures award.