Innovating Change

Written by Alexa Levitt, Vanderbilt Class of 2020 The Initiative for Autism, Innovation and the Workforce (AIW) recently expanded its team by adding two undergraduate students. My name is Alexa Levitt and I am student ambassador at the Wond’ry. I discovered AIW on my very first day, and was intrigued by the center’s mission, which looks beyond…

Posted by anderc8 on March 7, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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Registration Now Open – Symposium on HPV Infection and Associated Cancers

The HPV ACTIVE Trans-Institutional Program will sponsor a symposium on HPV infection and associated cancers. Details on the event, which will be held Friday, March 2, 2018, can be found below. What: Symposium on HPV Infection and Associated Cancers When: Friday, March 2, 2018 (8 a.m. – 12 p.m.) Where: VICC Conference Center (Room PRB…

Posted by anderc8 on February 7, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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Meet the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab Faculty: Professor Cindy Kam

Written by Stephanie Wang, Vanderbilt Class of 2021 As a way to introduce you to faculty from the LGBT Policy Lab, first-year student Stephanie Wang will interview a different faculty member approximately each month and write a brief faculty profile. Stephanie reached out to the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab prior to her arrival on campus…

Posted by anderc8 on February 5, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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Wrapping up Cervical Cancer Month with some insight into the importance of screening

Written by Howard W. Jones III, M.D., and Ronald D. Alvarez, M.D., of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology At the beginning of the 20th century, cervical cancer was the leading cause of death in women due to cancer in the U.S., primarily due to the fact that there was no effective screening strategy. The…

Posted by anderc8 on January 23, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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Meet the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab Faculty: Professor Jesse Ehrenfeld

Written by Stephanie Wang, Vanderbilt Class of 2021 As a way to introduce you to faculty from the LGBT Policy Lab, first-year student Stephanie Wang will interview a different faculty member approximately each month and write a brief faculty profile. Stephanie reached out to the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab prior to her arrival on campus…

Posted by anderc8 on January 17, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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Introducing Data Science Visions

Written by Associate Professor Andreas Berlind Zeros and ones have become the new precious commodity in the current information age. It’s difficult to exaggerate the impact of data on government, business, society and academia. Organizations collect massive amounts of data and use it to inform all aspects of operations and decision making. For example, every…

Posted by anderc8 on January 3, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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Meet the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab Faculty: Assistant Professor Tara McKay

Written by Stephanie Wang, Vanderbilt Class of 2021 As a way to introduce you to faculty from the LGBT Policy Lab, first-year student Stephanie Wang will interview a different faculty member approximately each month and write a brief faculty profile. Stephanie reached out to the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab prior to her arrival on campus…

Posted by anderc8 on December 5, 2017 in TIPs 2017

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Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab Members Present Research, Highlight Lab Activities at National Conference

Written by Kitt Carpenter, Professor of Economics Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab Director Kitt Carpenter and Policy Lab Member Gilbert Gonzales presented research at the Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in Chicago on Nov. 3, 2017. APPAM is the premiere research association for public policy studies in the United States,…

Posted by anderc8 on November 9, 2017 in News, TIPs 2017

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Meet the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab Faculty: Professor Gilbert Gonzales

Written by Stephanie Wang, Vanderbilt Class of 2021 As a way to introduce you to faculty from the LGBT Policy Lab, first-year student Stephanie Wang will interview a different faculty member approximately each month and write a brief faculty profile. Stephanie reached out to the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab prior to her arrival on campus…

Posted by anderc8 on November 2, 2017 in News, TIPs 2017

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Epidemiology of HPV-Associated Cancers: Changing Trends and Future Burden

Written by Krystle A. Lang Kuhs, PhD, MPH A rapid increase in the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer, a type of head and neck cancer, has been reported in many parts of the developed world. This rise has been attributed to an increase in the subset of OPCs caused by oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. HPV,…

Posted by anderc8 on November 1, 2017 in News, TIPs 2017

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