Tuesday, October 27, 2009

More wonderful links!

Rachel Walden, a biomedical librarian at Vanderbilt, has written about us on her amazing blog, Women's Health News. We are so happy to be mentioned and are so glad that she enjoyed Diana Whitten's lecture. Check her blog out for all kinds of cool links and interesting articles.

Monday, October 26, 2009

We're famous!

The fabulous Diana Whitten came in to NashVegas last night, and we had a wonderful small group discussion at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Howard Jones (Dr. Jones is the chair of ob/gyn at Vanderbilt).
Today Diana showed clips of her film, Vessel, and talked about some of the issues surrounding abortion internationally.
She also mentioned us in her blog! Check it out, give her donations, and watch the clips.

I'm about to go take her to the airport, but today has made me very excited for the rest of the week!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Pathology Training Session

One of the wonderful resources that Vanderbilt is able to offer is the Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment (CELA), which uses simulations to teach medical students.

As you know, women's health week culminates in a service project on Saturday where under the supervision of attendings and residents, we provide free well woman exams and medical care to uninsured women in Nashville. We train the students in CELA during the week to prepare for Saturday.

We have just booked Dr. Kelley Joggerst, a fourth year pathology resident, to provide a pathology workshop to the students who sign up.

Many thanks to Dr. Joyce Johnson and Dr. Kelley Joggerst for making this possible!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Speakers Update!

Due to scheduling difficulties, we are rescheduling Rebekah Gee for the spring!

We are thrilled to announce we have our final speaker - Beth Huff, Assistant Professor of Obstentrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center speaking on “Reducing Deaths from Cervical Cancer in Tennessee”

This topic is particularly pertinent because of our service project on Saturday, where we provide free pap smears and well woman exams to women in Nashville at Shade Tree Clinic.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Women's Health Week at the White House

Nashville in the Rose Garden! Myself with Dr. Wayne J. Riley, the president of Meharry Medical College and Dr. Joe Stubbs, the president of the American College of Physicians.

I have another picture like this.

I was lucky enough to represent Tennessee at the White House Rose Garden event that President Obama hosted last Monday.

Here is the statement I submitted to the White House - the prompt was "80 words on why you fight for health care reform."
I help organize a service project that recruits doctors and medical students to join together for one day to provide free pap smears, Gardasil, and contraceptive counseling to uninsured women in Nashville. When researching followup care options for these women, I realized there were no options, no places for us to refer these women to continue care. I felt helpless to address the need - Tennessee has a heartbreakingly high infant mortality rate due to the lack of available resources for our women. There has to be a better way.
Learn more about Doctors for America.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Diana Whitten!

Monday, October 26th, Diana Whitten, director of The Vessel, will be coming to speak and show clips of her film. The Vessel is a film about Women on the Waves, a ship that travels around the world and provides safe medical abortions to women in countries where abortion is illegal.
We are so excited to have her and to hear her story of the film, her research, and Women on the Waves.
Check out more info and/or donate to The Vessel here!

Monday, September 21, 2009

Women's Health News

A great blog published by a medical librarian at Vanderbilt on Women's Health issues!