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NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Science of Song, the annual symposium hosted by the Program for Music, Mind & Society at Vanderbilt, will take place on Monday, Sept. 12, at the Blair School of Music from 2 - 8 p.m. The program welcomes students, faculty and staff to attend the event. Please register (it’s free!) by Tuesday, Sept. 6, at this link:  https://is.gd/MMSregistration.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community engaged Research Core invites proposals for activities that promote on-going, mutually beneficial, health-oriented research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers. Both academic and community partners are expected to contribute to the development of the proposal. Applicants may propose a community-engaged research project or a capacity building project that enable the partners to pursue an identified research agenda.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Tennessee Sickle Cell Disease Network seeks to engage sickle cell disease community stakeholders in Patient Centered Outcomes Research as an essential mechanism for advancing care and meaningful research for this rare disease population. Initial engagement phases and findings of a statewide research and engagement program will be discussed.

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Photo by Matt Schorr Diana Lopez, organizer and coordinator of the Workers' Dignity "Just Hospitality" campaign, and Jack Willey from operations took a moment to describe their organization and its ongoing efforts to improve conditions for low-wage workers in Nashville.  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Tennesseean recently published an op-ed regarding the need for louder voices in medical research by the Rev. Neely Williams. In it, she highlights the need to start building bridges anchored in trust with the medical community.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Community Research Partners will hold a meeting titled "Air Quality Findings and Potentially Related Health Impacts in the Cayce Homes Community" on Friday, Aug, 5, at the Lentz Public Health Center Board Room (2500 Charlotte Ave.).

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Elisa Friedman, director of planning and community engagement for the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, was recently appointed to the Healthy Nashville Leadership Council by Metro Nashville Mayor Megan Barry.

Photo by Matt Schorr Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the University of Miami and Meharry Medical College gather for the launch of the Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health.  

Image provided by Pixabay   NASHVILLE, Tenn. Clinical trials are essential for scientific discovery and for improving human health. Yet many studies are stopped prematurely because they fail to recruit enough study participants.