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Happy New Year from the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance! |
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| 2022 was an eventful year, and we are incredibly thankful to our faculty, staff, students and community partners for their dedication and support.
In 2023, we are looking forward to building more bridges, catalyzing strategic partnerships and connecting communities to promote health equity!
Make sure to stay subscribed to this newsletter to stay up to date on upcoming events, future programs, and the latest research from the MVA.
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January is National Blood Donor Month, and the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance encourages you to give blood to help save lives.
According to the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Blood Establishment Registration database, there are 53 community blood centers and 90 hospital based blood centers in the U.S. Independent, community blood centers collect approximately 60% of the nation’s blood supply, and the American Red Cross collects approximately 40%.
For blood bank locations and more information about the blood donation process, please visit the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) website by clicking here.
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Dr. Calandra Whitted Joins the MVA as Sr. Social Scientist
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Dr. Karen Winkfield, executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, is excited to welcome Calandra Whitted, DrPH, to the MVA team!
Dr. Whitted joins the MVA as a Senior Social Scientist, primarily focusing on the coordination of community-based health equity research, engagement, and outreach within the Meharry-Vanderbilt-Tennessee State University Cancer Partnership (MVTCP).
Prior to joining the MVA, Dr. Whitted most recently served as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the driving force behind advancing genomics research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Whitted received her Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) from Meharry Medical College, and her Doctor of Public Health degree from Florida A&M University.
To find out more about Dr. Whitted's background and her return to the Meharry community, click here.
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Registration is now open for our third annual Virtual REDCap Day! Learn about exciting upcoming features in REDCap and unique ways others are using REDCap to do great work. This year's event will include plenary sessions followed by pragmatic deep-dive tutorials in selected areas of REDCap functionality such as:
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- MyCap
- Clinical Data Interoperability Services (CDIS)
- Data exchange between Epic and REDCap
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All VU, VUMC and Meharry REDCap users are welcome to attend no matter their REDCap usage or experience level. There is something for all user levels including a REDCap 101 session for new users and much more! To view the agenda, click HERE .
Date: February 1-3, 2023
Time: 8:00am – 11:00am CST each day
Location: Zoom
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Open to all Meharry Medical College, Vanderbilt University, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members, the Faculty Affiliate Program offers a centralized platform to connect faculty members to the information and tools that facilitate collaborative research and engagement in leadership activities.
Apply to join.
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| COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRAINING SESSIONS
Researchers in the Divisions of Epidemiology at VUMC and MMC are conducting a new NIH-funded study and would like to invite you to participate!
Adults between the ages of 40 and 70 who live in the southeast U.S. are needed for a new study. Compensation is provided.
The living environment in the southeast U.S. differs from other parts of the country due to climate, industry, and other factors. The goals of the Southern Environmental Health Study are to better understand how the environment we live in and the experiences in our lives may affect our health. By partnering with scientists and healthcare providers across the southeast U.S., we plan to recruit 50,000 study participants. Join today to help us improve the health of your community.
For more information or to participate, please visit https://www.SEHStudy.org/info or call 855-710-9489.
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MVTCP is providing a series of video blogs intended to provide information and perspectives on the science of community-engaged research. Their motto? It’s all about the work and not the worker. Click HERE to see his videos.
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