Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to implement a team-based, primary care approach to controlling high blood pressure or hypertension. Nearly half of adults in the United States have high blood pressure (48.1%), defined as a systolic blood pressure greater than 130 mmHg or a diastolic blood pressure greater than 80 mmHg, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only about one in four of these individuals has their blood pressure under control (22.5%). Alarmingly, about 34 million adults who meet clinical guidelines for hypertension either lack a prescription or…
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A pilot program started by Ghina Absi, assistant professor in the practice of civil and environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University, is helping to spark high school students’ interest in engineering and STEM as well as show them the impact they can have on their communities. The program is a joint venture with the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (SSMV), which is a partnership with Vanderbilt and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS). Juniors from various Nashville high schools came together once a week for three hours from Aug. 29 to Sept. 19 to learn about civil engineering and the roles of…