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NASHVILLE, Tenn. The latest Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance student intern, Kelly McHugh, is still working out the specific direction her career path will take. With two years left in her academic career, she certainly has time to determine such things. However, broadly speaking, she knows exactly where she wants to target her energies. “I want to be focused on community engagement,” she says, “to address health equity.”

Photo by Jacquelyn Favours, MPH, CHES Public Health Consultant Barbara Clinton, MSW, LAPSW; Allysceaeioun B. Spears, PhD, MPH from the Tennessee Department of Health; D’Yuanna Allen-Robb, MPH from the Metro Public Health Department; and Amy Richardson, MPH from Siloam Health.  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance Executive Director Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI and Research Specialist Senior Victoria Villalta-Gil, PhD's article "Humility, Empathy Required to Create Inclusive Research Culture" was published in the Association of American Medical College's Diversity & Inclusion section.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. For Earl Britt, joining the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA) resembles the return from a long journey. “It’s like coming back home,” the newest MVA team member said.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CERC) Community Scholars Robert Marx, MA, MS and Josh Cockroft attended their first CERC meeting on Wednesday, June 28, 2017.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow with the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core, recently penned a blog on EdgeForScholars.org titled "It’s Not a One Size Fits All Approach: Best Practices for Engaging Minorities with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Health Research." In it, she discussed methods for researchers seeking to recruit and engage African Americans with SCD.

Photo by Matt Schorr Pictured from left to right at the Nashville Health Disparities Coalition (NHDC) website rollout are NHDC Co-Chair Sam McCullough, NHDC Chair Dr. Cynthia Jackson and REACH 2020 Community Organizer Taylyn Lewis.  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. On Tuesday, June 6. 2017, the Neighborhoods Resource Center hosted the Local Forum "Making Research More Relevant to People: Results of a PCORI Methods Award" at the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center. Those gathered at the forum discussed the results of a PCORI project focused on understanding and improving patient/community engagement. Conclusion drawn by the project included

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Precision Medicine & Health Disparities Collaborative, led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Meharry Medical College and the University of Miami, is now accepting applications for Precision Medicine and Health Disparities Collaborative Pilot Project (PMHDC) Awards. Each 1-year pilot project award is for up to $50,000 direct cost. The application deadline is July 15, 2017.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. On Thursday, June 1, 2017, the Department of Internal Medicine and Nashville General Hospital at Meharry will present Medical Grand Rounds, with Gilbert Gonzales, PhD discussing "Health Care Reform: From ObamaCare to the American Health Care Act." Gonzales is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He will speak from 6 - 7 pm at the Cal Turner Family Center in Auditorium 1.