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New Study Suggests Physician Workforce Will Be Smaller but Younger
A study from the director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D., and colleagues projects that the workforce is younger than previously estimated, with a greater proportion of doctors in their 20s and 30s and fewer who are 65 and older. Read the full study.

January 15 Application Deadline for Vanderbilt´s  Doctoral Program in Epidemiology
Read more about the program.

2009 Tennessee Women’s Health Report Card summarizes trends in critical health indicators for  women in Tennessee.  Download the Report Card or view recent media coverage.

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