New webinar series designed for community-based, faith-based organizations
Matt Schorr
October 5, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Office of Minority Health Resource Center is pleased to present a new webinar series designed for community-based, faith-based and other organizations that want to learn the basics of creating successful federal grant applications. Oct. 6 at 3:30 p.m. EDT: Technical Assistance: Foundations of Grant Writing
VHAN awarded $28 million contract for Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative
Matt Schorr
September 29, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Vanderbilt University has received a contract for up to $28 million over the next four years from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to help more than 4,000 clinicians throughout the Southeast "transform” their clinical practices to improve the quality of patient care while holding down costs.
Young African American Men Who Have Sex With Men Have Their Say about What They Want in a Health Home: A Qualitative Study
Matt Schorr
September 25, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. In 2012, the Meharry Youth Health and Wellness Center received a grant from the Baptist Healing Trust to provide health services for young men who have sex with men, with a special focus on young African American men. In order to fulfill this mission, a partnership was formed with Nashville CARES and StreetWorks, Project ONO and a team of researchers to learn from young men what they would like to have in a health home. Findings from a series of focus groups will be presented.
MVSA members gather for annual Back-to-School picnic
Matt Schorr
September 24, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The importance of networking was the central theme at the Meharry-Vanderbilt Student Alliance’s annual Back-to-School Picnic on Sept. 22.
MVSA President Terry Lyles told everyone gathered at Nashville’s Centennial Park a network was defined as “a group or system of interconnected things and people.”
Housing First and Fast: Analysis of How's Nashville Campaign scheduled Sept. 11
Matt Schorr
September 8, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Community Research Partners plan to hold Housing First and Fast: Analysis of How's Nashille Campaign on Friday, Sept. 11, from 8:30 until 10 a.m. Cara Robinson, Assistant Professor in Urban Studies at Tennessee State University, will present a summary of her research and recommendations for future housing initiatives based on input from clients and frontline staff. Additional information is available below.
Tennessee State University to hold Summit on Veterans Health
Matt Schorr
August 26, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Tennessee State University will host the Summit on Veterans Health, where Holistic Health for Veterans – Physical, Mental, and Spiritual will discuss ways to improve the health and well-being of veterans. The event will be held at the Avon Williams Campus on Nov. 13 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Group Health Research Institute/Neely Williams Co-PI approved for $4.5 million for obesity study
Matt Schorr
August 21, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Neely Williams, Co-Principle Investigator (Co-PI) with Group Health Research Institute in partnership with the Mid-South CDRN, has been approved for a three-year $4.5 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study obesity. The study aims to produce results faster and more efficiently by using PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.