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Non-Discrimination Statement

The McMahon Lab follows Vanderbilt University’s Non-Discrimination Policy. The policy reads as follows:

“Vanderbilt University does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, military service, or genetic information in its administration of educational policies, programs, or activities; admissions policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other University-administered programs; or employment. In addition, the University does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of their gender expression consistent with the University’s nondiscrimination policy.”

Land Acknowledgement

Vanderbilt students Tamee Livermont (MPH‘20) and McKalee Steen (BA‘20) created the following land acknowledgement, which was passed by the Vanderbilt Student Government in Fall 2019:

“We collectively acknowledge that Vanderbilt University occupies the ancestral hunting and traditional Lands of the Cherokee, Shawnee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek peoples. Today, these people have nation boundaries in Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Mississippi, after the Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to the forced removal of southern tribes west of the Mississippi River. In particular, the University resides on Land ceded on November 8, 1795 in the Treaty of Hopewell. We recognize, support, and advocate for the Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and for those forcibly removed from their Homelands. By offering this Land Acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and will work to hold Vanderbilt University more accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.”

MARC Program

The McMahon lab participates in the National Institutes of Health-funded Maximizing Access to Research Careers undergraduate program (MARC at Vanderbilt). The overarching goal of the Vanderbilt MARC Scholars program is to increase the number of individuals in biomedical research from under-represented groups in the biomedical sciences by preparing undergraduate students for successful application to and graduation from Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. biomedical training programs, aligning fully with Vanderbilt’s mission of inclusive excellence across all disciplines.

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