The mission of the Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center for Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health is to provide a diverse group of researchers with the infrastructure and resources to develop collaborative research teams that use precision medicine approaches to eliminate disparities in health outcomes, specifically among African Americans and Latinos. Our objectives encompass scientific, educational, and advocacy areas. We fill the cross-training gap between human genomics research and disparities research; generate awareness of immediately addressable disparities and propose practical solutions; and are a resource nationally for disparities knowledge. The combined resources and expertise of our partners yields extraordinary services and new resources that propels precision medicine and health disparities research.
For more information about the Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health, visit their website below.
Director, Community Engagement Core & Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Community Outreach & Engagement
Burden of employment loss and absenteeism in adults and caregivers of children with sickle cell disease.
Rachel D'Amico Gordon, Rina Li Welkie, Nives Quaye, Jane S Hankins, Adetola A Kassim, Alexis A Thompson, Marsha Treadwell, Chyongchiou J Lin, Robert M Cronin
Considerations from employed African-American and white prostate cancer survivors on prostate cancer treatment and survivorship: a qualitative analysis.
Otis L Owens, Emily V Dressler, Andrew Mayfield, Karen M Winkfield, L Spencer Krane, Melyssa Foust, Joanne C Sandberg
Thrombosis risk with haemoglobin C trait and haemoglobin C disease: A systematic review.
Jeremy W Jacobs, Deva Sharma, Laura D Stephens, Cristina A Figueroa Villalba, Henry M Rinder, Jennifer S Woo, Allison P Wheeler, Dana Gerberi, Ruchika Goel, Christopher A Tormey, Garrett S Booth, Evan M Bloch, Brian D Adkins
Navigating Hair Loss in Medical School: Experiences of 2 Young Black Women.
Jewell Dinkins, Chidubem A V Okeke, Angel S Byrd, Cheri Frey
Climbing the mountain of adversity and removing barriers along the path.
Antentor Hinton, Haysetta D Shuler, Sandra A Murray, Jamaine Davis, Steven Damo
To advance science we need to address 'otherness'.
Jane L Delgado, Rueben C Warren