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SCCS Research in the News
1/2020: Study links Medicaid expansion and recipients’ health status
9/2019: All-in-one pill helps reduce blood pressure, cholesterol
7/2019: Health disparity for blacks exists within lung screening guidelines
6/2019: Mouth microbes and colorectal cancer
8/2018: Medically underserved women in the Southeast rarely receive BRCA tests
1/2018: Rising obesity rates in South leading to rapid increase in diabetes
1/2018: Study finds higher death rates in poor neighborhoods
1/2018: Heart failure risk predicted by communities, not wealth
SCCS researchers are committed to exploring the causes of health disparities
- Dr. William Blot, Principal Investigator, SCCS
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Since 2005, SCCS researchers have published more than 100 journal articles on risk factors for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and other diseases.
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The SCCS is conducted by a collaborative team of scientists at Vanderbilt University, Meharry Medical College, and the International Epidemiology Institute.
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