Department of Internal Medicine presents Medical Grand Rounds
Matt Schorr
March 1, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. On Wednesday, March 2, the Department of Internal Medicine will present Medical Grand Rounds, with Jason B. Martin, M.D. as the featured speaker. Martin, an Assistant Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine with the Department of Internal Medicine, will discuss “Sedation and Analgesia in Critically Ill Patients: An Update and Review." The lecture will be held at the S.S. Kresge Learning Resource Center in Lecture Hall 1 from 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Brown to speak at RWJF National Scholars' Current Issues Lecture Series
Matt Schorr
February 29, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Kennard D. Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE will speak Wednesday, March 2, at the RWJF National Scholars' Current Issues Lecture Series on "Diversity in the Healthcare Arena." The lecture is schedule from noon until 1 p.m. at Meharry Medical College's Cal Turner Family Center for Student Education, in the ballroom. It is free and open to the public.
Brown is Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
VUMC to lead pilot program for Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program
Matt Schorr
February 25, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Federal officials with the White House and National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will lead the Direct Volunteers Pilot Studies under the first grant to be awarded in the federal Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program.
Framework for developing a measure of trust that includes dimensions more common among racial and ethnic minorities
Matt Schorr
February 24, 2016
Download Trust Framework March 2015 Wilkins et al.pdf
Dr. Wilkins appears on NBC15 News to discuss Alzheimer's Disease among African-Americans
Matt Schorr
February 22, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance Executive Director Dr. Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI recently appeared on NBC15 News in Madison, Wis., to promote community-based efforts to address Alzheimer's Disease in the African-American community.
"African Americans are two to three times more likely than whites to have Alzheimer's Disease, and often they are diagnosed later," she said.
The full interview is below: