Faculty | Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research

The Center for Health Services Research currently includes over 160 faculty members. CHSR Faculty represent diverse disciplines including clinical medicine, nursing, public health, social sciences, management sciences, and the humanities. Key research foci of the Center include: clinical epidemiology and outcomes research, clinical improvement and quality research, clinical economics and decision science, health promotion and disease management, behavioral health, comparative effectiveness research, community health and health policy.

Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP, is Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He directs the Center for Health Services Research.

Name	Research Affiliations	Division/Department	Research Interests
Abdel-kader, Khaled Assistant Professor, Medicine		Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine	care planning, risk profiling, health management, quality of life, chronic kidney disease
Adgent, Margaret A. Research Assistant Professor, Health Policy	Pre3 Initiative; Epidemiology Center	Health Policy	Pediatric and perinatal epidemiology, environmental, epidemiology
Ahonkhai, Aimalohi Assistant Professor, Medicine; Diversity Liaison, Infectious Diseases	Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health	Infectious Diseases, Medicine	HIV, health-system level predictors of patient-level outcomes, implementation research, resource-limited settings, access to care, patient-centered care
Aldrich, Melinda C. Associate Professor, Medicine; Diversity Liason, Biomedical Informatics	Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; TREAT Lung Cancer Program; Epidemiology Center; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute	Genetic Medicine, Medicine	Lung cancer, epidemiology, screening, health disparities, precision medicine, risk prediction
Aliyu, Muktar Associate Director for Research, VIGH; Professor of Health Policy and Medicine	Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health	Health Policy, Medicine	epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, health policy
Ancker, Jessica Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Vice Chair for Educational Affairs, Biomedical Informatics		Biomedical Informatics	health equity, health disparities, data communication, clinical decision support, human factors
Anders, Shilo Research Associate Director of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics and Computer Science	Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center	Biomedical Informatics	human factors engineering, system design, patient safety and quality
Annapureddy, Narender Associate Professor, Medicine; Director, Rheumatology Training Program		Rheumatology and Immunology, Medicine	patient-reported outcomes, quality improvement, lupus, vasculitis, osteoporosis
Archer, Kristin Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery; Director, Research Division, Orthopaedic Surgery; Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research	Spinal Surgery and Quality Outcomes Lab; Center for Bone Biology; Center for Musculoskeletal Research	Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine	osteoporosis
Arnold, Donald H. Professor, Pediatrics; Director of Research, Pediatric Emergency Medicine	Asthma Research Center; Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation	Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics	asthma, pulsus paradoxus, pulse oximetry, predictive modeling, clinical decision support, resource utilization
Bachmann, Justin Matthew Assistant Professor, Medicine; Medical Director, Vanderbilt Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program; Medical Director, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement	Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center	Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine	cardiac rehabilitation, operations. Patient-reported outcomes
Banerjee, Arna Associate Professor, Anesthesiology; Assistant Dean for Simulation in Medical Education and Administration	Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety	Critical Care Medicine, Multispecialty Adult Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology	anesthesiology, quality improvement, healthcare simulation, education
Banerjee, Ritu Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Medical Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Director of Clinical Services, Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Associate Program Director; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program		Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics	antibiotic stewardship, rapid diagnostics, infectious diseases
Barkin, Shari Professor, Pediatrics; William K. Warren Foundation Chair in Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Obesity Research; Chief, General Pediatrics	Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute	General Pediatrics, Pediatrics	pediatric obesity, violence prevention, health behaviors, community research, dissemination
Barocas, Daniel A Associate Professor, Urology; Vice Chair, Urology	Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program	Urologic Oncology, Urology	prostate cancer, quality of life, quality of care, healthcare disparities, comparative effectiveness
Bernard, Gordon Professor, Medicine; Melinda Owen Bass Chair in Medicine; Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences; Executive Vice President for Research; Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Biomedical Ethics; Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Tennessee Center for AIDS Research	Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine	sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, clinical research, learning healthcare system
Blakely, Martin Professor, Pediatric Surgery	Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research	Pediatric Surgery
Buntin, Melinda J. Beeuwkes Professor, Health Policy; Mike Curb Chair in Health Policy; Chair, Health Policy	Center for Child Health Policy; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program	Health Policy	health economics, health care spending, Medicare, Medicaid, payment reform, insurance, state and local health policy
Cahill, Katherine Assistant Professor, Medicine	Asthma Research Center	Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine	Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease, adult-onset asthma, NSAID allergy, chronic rhinosinusitis
Carroll, Kecia Nicole Associate Professor, Pediatrics	Center for Child Health Policy; Pre3 Initiative; Asthma Research Center	General Pediatrics, Pediatrics	epidemiology, prenatal exposure, environmental toxicants, child development and health, asthma
Cavanaugh, Kerri Associate Professor, Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Effective Health Communication	Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine	diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, health communication, chronic disease self-management
Choi, Leena Professor, Biostatistics; Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, Biostatistics		Biostatistics	pharmacogenomics, clinical trial design, electronic health record algorithms, big data
Chren, Mary-Margaret Professor,Dermatology; Robert N. and Rachel Buchanan and A.H. and Lucile Lancaster Chair in Dermatology; Chair, Dermatology		Dermatology	skin cancer, quality of life
Chung, Cecilia Pilar Associate Professor, Medicine		Rheumatology and Immunology, Medicine	lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, rheumatology, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacogenetics
Collins, Sean Professor, Emergency Medicine; Executive Vice Chair, Emergency Medicine; Director, Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation	Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Center for Musculoskeletal Research	Emergency Medicine	emergency medicine, acute heart failure, cardiovascular trials
Cooper, William Professor, Pediatrics; Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Pediatrics and Health Policy; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Director, Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Pediatrics	Center for Child Health Policy; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Epidemiology Center	General Pediatrics, Pediatrics	child medication safety, Medicaid, pharmacoepidemiology, pregnancy, health disparities
Coronado, Rogelio A Research Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery	Center for Musculoskeletal Research	Orthopaedic Surgery	musculoskeletal pain, behavioral interventions, psychological factors of pain, physical rehabilitation
DeBaun, Michael R Professor, Pediatrics; J.C. Peterson Chair in Pediatrics; Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research, Pediatrics; Founding Director, Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease	Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health	Hematology and Oncology, Pediatrics	sickle cell disease, advocacy, medical home care, global health
Deppen, Stephen Associate Professor, Thoracic Surgery	TREAT Lung Cancer Program; Center for Improving the Public's Health through Informatics; Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; Epidemiology Center; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program	Thoracic Surgery	lung cancer, diagnostic test for cancer, cancer screening, quality improvement
Devane, Stephanie M Associate Professor, Nursing		Nursing	breast feeding. African American women, health care use, nurse-midwifery
Dittus, Robert Professor, Medicine; Senior Associate Dean for Population Health Sciences; Albert and Bernard Werthan Chair in Medicine; Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President, Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network; Executive Vice President for Public Health and Health Care; Director, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center;Director, Quality Scholars Program,¬†VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System	Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Institute for Community Health; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine	health disparities, quality improvement, medical decision making, cost effectiveness, care outcomes
Dmochowski, Roger Professor, Urology; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Professionalism, Surgical Sciences; Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, Surgical Sciences; Executive Medical Director, Patient Safety and Quality		Reconstructive Urology and Pelvic Medicine,Urology	female pelvic medicine, bladder disorders, genitourinary system, biosocial framework for bladder health
Dupont, William Professor, Biostatistics; Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Biostatistics; Director, Nashville Breast Cohort Study; Director of Mentoring, Biostatistics	Center for Child Health Policy; Asthma Research Center; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute	Biostatistics	breast cancer/disease, models for autonomic disease
Dusetzina, Stacie B. Associate Professor, Health Policy; Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research	Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Department of Health Policy	Health Policy	pharmaceutical policy, pharmacoepidemiology, cancer outcomes research
Elasy, Tom Professor,Medicine Director, General Internal Medicine and Public Health; Ann and Roscoe R. Robinson Chair in Clinical Research, Diabetes Center; Director, Center for Diabetes Translational Research	Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Epidemiology Center	General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine	type 2 diabetes, glycemic relapse, self-management of type 2 diabetes, risk factor modification
Ely, Wes Professor,Medicine; Grant W. Liddle Chair in Medicine; Associate Director for Research, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Quality Aging; Epidemiology Center; Memory and Alzheimer's Center; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center	Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine	critical care, delirium, dementia, ARDS, ventilation, COVID-19
Feurer, Irene Research Professor, Surgery; Director of Quantitative Services, Vanderbilt Transplant Center	Center for Quantitative Sciences	Surgery	organ transplantation outcomes, psychometrics, quality of life
France, Daniel Research Professor, Anesthesiology	Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Quality Aging; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	Anesthesiology	health systems engineering, computer modeling, hospital efficiency, patient safety
Freiberg, Matthew Scott Professor, Medicine Dorothy and Laurence Grossman Chair in Cardiology; Founding Director, V-CREATE	Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center; Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; ViTAL: Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addiction, and Lifestyle	Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine	HIV, substance use, immune function, cardiovascular disease outcomes
French, Benjamin Associate Professor, Biostatistics		Biostatistics	statistical methods, longitudinal/survival data, exposure-outcome associations, prediction accuracy
Fry, Carrie Assistant Professor, Health Policy		Health Policy	health reform, Medicaid, substance use disorder, mental health
Fuchs, Catherine Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Co-Chair, Admissions, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center	Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	child bipolar disorder, mood disorders, trauma, child delirium
Gaines, Kenneth J Professor, Clinical Neurology; Director, Tele-Neurology Program		Clinical Neurology	stroke epidemiology, intracerebral hemorrhage, clinical trials, telemedicine
Gelbard, Alexander Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Co-director, Vanderbilt Complex Airway Center		Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery	adult airway disease, laryngotracheal stenosis
Goethals, Eveline Assistant Professor, Pediatrics		Endocrinology and Diabetes, Pediatrics	type 1 diabetes, treatment adherence, adolescent motivation, executive function in children, health communication
Gonzales, Gilbert Assistant Professor, Medicine, Health and Society	Center for Child Health Policy	Medicine, Health and Society	LGBT health, health disparities, population health, healthcare reform
Gordon, Elisa J. Professor, Surgery; Director, Surgical Outcomes Research; Director, Transplant Outcomes Research		Surgery
Graves, John Associate Professor, Health Policy	Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program	Health Policy	healthcare reform, Medicaid expansion, personalized medicine
Greevy, Robert Associate Professor, Biostatistics; Director, Health Services Research Biostatistics; Director, Biostatistics Graduate Studies	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	Biostatistics	statistical methods, randomization methods, Inverse probability weighting , doubly robust estimators, sensitivity analyses
Griffin, Marie Professor Emerita, Health Policy	Epidemiology Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	Health Policy	pharmacoepidemiology, geriatrics, vaccine safety
Griffith, Kevin N. Assistant Professor, Health Policy		Health Policy	pay-per-performance, veteran's health, care access, cost-effectiveness
Grijalva, Carlos Professor, Health Policy; Co-director, DEcIDE Research Center	Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Research Center; Epidemiology Center; Center for Musculoskeletal Research; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health	Pharmacoepidemiology, Health Policy	vaccine policy, pharmacoepidemiology, infectious diseases, medication effectiveness
Grogan, Eric Associate Professor, Thoracic Surgery; Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville TN	Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; TREAT Lung Cancer Program	Thoracic Surgery	lung cancer detection, predictive modeling, small nodule localization
Guillamondegui, Oscar Professor, Surgery; Vice Chair for Surgical Quality, Safety, and Professionalism, Surgery; Medical Director, Trauma ICU; Director, Vanderbilt Multidisciplinary Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic; Chief, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care	Center for Biomedical Ethics	Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Surgery	quality improvement, hospital operations
Han, Jin Ho Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine	Center for Quality Aging;Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Memory and Alzheimer's Center	Emergency Medicine	emergency medicine, delirium, long-term cognition, heart failure, geriatric medicine
Harrell, Frank E. Professor, Biostatistics	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center; Center for Biomedical Ethics	Biostatistics	statistical methods, model validation, Bayesian methods, quantifying predictive accuracy, missing data imputation
Harris, Paul Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Director, Office of Research Informatics	Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research	Biomedical Informatics	clinical/translational informatics, REDCap, data management, participant recruitment
Hartert, Tina Professor, Medicine; Director, Center for Asthma and Environmental Sciences Research; Lulu H. Owen Chair in MedicineVice President for Translational Research	Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation; Asthma Research Center;Epidemiology Center	Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine	asthma, respiratory epidemiology, primary disease prevention, clinical trials, pulmonary medicine
Hartmann, Katherine Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Scientist Development; Lucius H. Burch Chair in Reproductive Physiology and Family Planning; Vice President for Research Integration	Epidemiology Center; Pre3 Initiative; Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center	Obstetrics and Gynecology	epidemiology, informed medical decision making, cost-outcomes, behavioral interventions, pregnancy outcomes, women's health
Hawkins, Alexander Tharrington Assistant Professor, Surgery		General Surgery, Surgery	colon/rectal surgery outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, health service research, global surgery
Heerman, William John Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Co-director, Epidemiology Track, Master of Public Health Program	Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	General Pediatrics, Pediatrics	maternal-child health outcomes, obesity, behavioral interventions, implementation science, health disparities
Hess, Erik Paul Professor, Emergency Medicine; Chair, Emergency Medicine		Emergency Medicine	emergency medicine, shared decision making, decision science, health disparities, public health
Holzman, Mike Professor, Surgery; Lester and Sarah Jayne Williams Chair in Academic Surgery		General Surgery, Surgery
Horst, Sara Nicole Associate Professor, Medicine	Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center	Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Medicine	inflammatory bowel disease patient-reported outcomes, medication adherence, clinical flow, provider experience
Hughes, Christopher Professor, Anesthesiology; Chief, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Memory and Alzheimer's Center	Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology	critical care, delirium, cognitive impairment, stoke, post-surgical outcomes
Hung, Adriana Associate Professor, Medicine		Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine	diabetes, kidney disease, rectal disease
Idrees, Kamran Associate Professor, Surgery; Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery; Director, Pancreas and GI Surgical Oncology; Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program; Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research	Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research	Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Surgery	colorectal, liver metastases, pancreatic cancer treatments, coordination of care, multidisciplinary care teams
Jackson, James C. Research Associate Professor, Medicine; Assistant Director, ICU Recovery Center at Vanderbilt	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center	Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine	delirium, cognitive functioning, patient recovery
Jaser, Sarah Associate Professor, Pediatrics	Center for Diabetes Translation Research	Endocrinology and Diabetes, Pediatrics	type 1 diabetes, psychology intervention, coping, quality of life, adherence, neurocognitive complications
Jessica Perkins Assistant Professor, Human and Organizational Development	Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health	Human and Organizational Development	community health, global health, social epidemiology, social psychology, social norms, health-related behaviors
Johnson, Kevin Professor,Biomedical Informatics Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Chair, Biomedical InformaticsInformatician-in-Chief	Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center	Biomedical Informatics	patient safety/compliance improvement, technology use for point of care, computer-based documentation systems
Keohane, Laura Assistant Professor, Health Policy	Memory and Alzheimer's Center; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center	Health Policy	Medicare, Medicaid, aging, disability, long-term care
Koyama, Tatsuki Associate Professor, Biostatistics	Center for Quantitative Sciences	Biostatistics	statistical methods, flexible clinical trial designs, data inference, Frequentist method, Bayesian methods
Kripalani, Sunil Professor, Medicine Director, Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Director, Center for Health Services Research	Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Quality Aging; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	General Internal Medicine and Public Health,Medicine	implementation science, health communication, health literacy, medication management, care transitions, social determinants of health, hospital readmission
Leech, Ashley A. Assistant Professor, Health Policy	Center for Child Health Policy; Pre3 Initiative	Health Policy	reproductive and infant health, cost and value, health policy decision making, infectious diseases
Lewis, Jennifer A. Assistant Professor, Medicine	Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program	Hematology and Oncology, Medicine	implementation science, lung cancer screening, process adaptations, provider engagement, program evaluation
Lindsell, Christopher John Professor, Biostatistics; Co-director, Health Data Science Center; Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Methods Program; Associate Director, Center for Clinical Quality and Improvement Research	Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	Biostatistics	learning health systems, pragmatic trials, implementation research, clinical processes, statistics
Malow, Beth Ann Professor, Neurology; Burry Chair in Cognitive Childhood Development; Division Chief, Sleep; Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Neurology	Vanderbilt Brain Institute; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center	Neurology	sleep, epilepsy, autism, electronic health record, self-determined goals, care-giver support, patient education
Martinez, William Assistant Professor, Medicine	Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Center for Biomedical Ethics	General Internal Medicine and Public Health,Medicine	medical error, patient safety, physician behavior, digital health, patient engagement, measure development
Matheny, Michael Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Co-Director, Center for Improving the Public's Health through Informatics; Associate Director, Advanced Fellowship in Medical Informatics, TVHS Veterans Affairs	Center for Improving the Public's Health through Informatics	Biomedical Informatics	predictive analytics, acute kidney injury, diabetes, medical product surveillance, machine learning
Mayberry, Lindsay Assistant Professor, Medicine; Director, Effective Health Communication Core	Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine	family support, health information technology, diabetes, self-management, heath communication
McCoy, Allison B. Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics	Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	Biomedical Informatics	electronic health records, clinical decision support, affordable healthcare, patient safely
Meador, Keith Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society; Director, Mental Health and Chaplaincy	Center for Biomedical Ethics	General Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	religion and health, mental health care, access to care, quality of care, socio-cultural determinants of illness
Metzl, Jonathan Center for Medicine, Health, and Society; Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology	Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Center for Biomedical Ethics	Medicine, Health and Society
Minnick, Ann Professor, Nursing Senior Associate Dean of Nursing; Julia Eleanor Chenault Professor of Nursing		Nursing	hospital quality and safety, workforce quality, adherence to clinical guidelines
Mistry, Eva A Assistant Professor, Neurology		Neurology	acute stroke, outcomes, clinical trial methodology
Mixon, Amanda S. Associate Professor, Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt Implementation and Quality Improvement Core	Center for Quality Aging; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine	care transitions, social determinants of health, hospital readmission, medication reconciliation, deprescribing
Moon, Troy Associate Professor, Pediatrics	Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health	Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics	HIV/AIDS, global health, systems delivery, research capacity building, research ethics
Moore, Paul Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine; Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Pediatrics	Asthma Research Center	Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Pediatrics	genetic variations in asthma, respiratory outcomes, development of asthma, environmental exposures, care delivery
Mulvaney, Shelagh A. Associate Professor, Nursing	Center for Research and Scholarly Development; Center for Effective Health Communication; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	Clinical Psychology, Nursing	diabetes self-management, technology-assisted behavior change, social learning mechanisms, mobile behavioral assessment systems
Munoz, Daniel Associate Professor, Medicine; Associate Executive Medical Director, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute; Interim Co-Director for Clinical Affairs, Cardiovascular Medicine	Heart and Vascular Institute; Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center	Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine	cardiovascular risk, patient outcome improvement, polypill
Murff, Harvey Associate Professor, Medicine; Director, Geriatric Medicine	Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Digestive Disease Research Center; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center	Geriatric Medicine, Medicine	colorectal cancer epidemiology, nutrition, disparities in cancer screening, patient safety
Murry, Velma M. Professor, Health Policy; Lois Audrey Betts Chair in Education and Human Development; Director, Program in Rural Health Equity Research	Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Program in Rural Health Equity Research	Health Policy	youth risk, rural African-American parents and youth, HIV prevention, rural health, health equity
Nair, Devika Instructor, Medicine		Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine	self efficacy, cognitive impairment, qualitative research, chronic kidney disease, quality of life
Novak, Laurie Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Director, DBMI Center of Excellence in Applied Artificial Intelligence	Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	Biomedical Informatics	qualitative research, technology integration, technology implementation, social construction, patient safety
Obremskey, William T. Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery; Vice Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery; Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Research; Executive Medical Director of Technology Assessment and Product Acquisition	Center for Musculoskeletal Research	Orthopaedic Trauma, Orthopaedic Surgery	musculoskeletal trauma outcomes, fiscal analysis, study design, patient-reported outcomes
Osmundson, Sarah Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology		Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pandharipande, Pratik Professor,Anesthesiology Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Anesthesiology	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center	Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology	critical care, sedation, delirium, cognitive impairment, sepsis
Patel, Mayur Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Professional Development, Surgery; Assitant Chief of Surgical Services, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System; Chief, General Surgery, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System; Director of Finance, Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center Director of Research, Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Traumatic Brain Injury Center; Vanderbilt Brain Institute; Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation	Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Surgery	traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, long-term cognitive impairment, dementia, ICU survivorship
Patrick, Stephen Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Center for Child Health Policy	Center for Child Health Policy; Pre3 Initiative	Neonatology, Pediatrics	opioid use disorder, opioid-exposed infants and mothers, opioid crisis, drug control policies
Penson, David F. Professor, Urology; Chair, Urology; Paul V. Hamilton, M.D., and Virginia E. Howd Chair in Urologic Oncology; Director, Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research	Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program	Urologic Oncology, Urology	prostate cancer treatment, comparative effectiveness, health policy, quality of care
Peterson, Josh F. Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Director, Center for Precision Medicine	Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	Biomedical Informatics	precision medicine, drug safety/efficacy improvement, genomic technologies, implementation
Peterson, Neeraja B. Associate Professor, Medicine; Associate Chair, Ambulatory Education; Medical Director, Vanderbilt Adult Primary Care; Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program		General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine	preventative medicine, cancer screening, women's health, epidemiology, health services
Phillippi, Julia C. Assistant Professor, Nursing; Director, Nurse-Midwifery Specialty	Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Research and Scholarly Development	Nursing	prenatal care access, team-based prenatal care, midwifery innovation
Poon, Sabrina J. Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine	Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation	Emergency Medicine	emergency medicine, acute care, value improvement, quality improvement
Powers, James Professor, Medicine; Associate Director, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Director, Middle Tennessee Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program	Center for Quality Aging; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center	Geriatric Medicine, Medicine	educational outcome, aging body composition, geriatric care models, interdisciplinary patient care teams
Prescott, Lauren S. Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology	Center for Women's Health at Ingram Cancer Center	Obstetrics and Gynecology	gynecological oncology
Pulley, Jill Research Associate Professor, Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research	Institute for Clinical and Translational Research	Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care,Medicine	racial health disparities, drug safety/marketing
Raman, Rameela Associate Professor, Biostatistics	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center	Biostatistics	health disparity measures, survivor/attrition bias, provider profiling, statistical education
Ray, Wayne Professor, Health Policy		Health Policy	pharmacoepidemiology, geriatrics, preventative medicine
Rebeiro, Peter F. Assistant Professor, Medicine; Director of Graduate Studies, Epidemiology and Medicine	Epidemiology Center	Epidemiology, Medicine	HIV/AIDS, epidemiology, care continuum
Reynolds, William Stuart Associate Professor, Urology; Fellowship Director, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship	Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research	Reconstructive Urology and Pelvic Medicine, Urology	functional bladder disorders, comparative effectiveness, epidemiology, biosocial framework for bladder health
Rhoten, Bethany Andrews Assistant Professor, Nursing	Center for Research and Scholarly Development	Nursing	body image, sexuality, cancer-related disfigurement, decision-making
Roberson, Mya Assistant Professor, Health Policy		Health Policy	cancer care delivery, health equity, social epidemiology
Rosas-Salazar, Christian Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Asthma Research Center	Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Pediatrics	early-life risk factors for childhood asthma, asthma health disparities, biomarkers for asthma development
Rosenbloom, Trent Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Biomedical Informatics; Director, Clinical Effectiveness Research, Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network; Director, My Health at Vanderbilt	Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Biomedical Ethics	Biomedical Informatics	health technology interaction, patient care documentation, clinical decisions, patient engaging technologies
Rothman, Russell Professor, Medicine Director, Institute for Medicine and Public Health; Ingram Chair in Integrative and Population Health; Senior Vice President for Population and Public Health; Chief, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics	Institute for Medicine and Public Health; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Musculoskeletal Research; Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine	health services health communication, quality improvement, children and adults diabetes and obesity
Roumie, Christianne Associate Professor, Medicine; Deputy Director, Nashville VA Quality Scholars, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System; Director, Master of Public Health Program	Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine	epidemiology, outcomes, hypertension, diabetes
Russ, Stephan Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine; Associate Chief of Staff		Emergency Medicine	emergency medicine, implementation science, medical decision making, informatics, quality improvement
Samuels, Lauren (Laurie) Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics		Biostatistics	observational studies, design, analysis
Schaffner, William Professor, Health Policy		Preventive Medicine, Health Policy	infectious disease, preventative medicine, immunization policy
Schildcrout, Jonathan Scott Professor, Biostatistics Vice Chair for Research, Biostatistics	Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	Biostatistics	prediction modeling, efficient study designs, longitudinal data analyses, electronic health records data, selection mechanisms
Schlundt, David G. Associate Professor, Psychology	Epidemiology Center; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center	Psychology	behavioral assessment tools, behavioral interventions, qualitative research, environmental factors on health, health disparities, lifestyle behaviors
Schnelle, John Professor, Medicine	Center for Quality Aging; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center	Geriatric Medicine,Medicine	quality of elderly life/care, nursing homes, quality improvement, quality of life, behavior therapy
Self, Wesley Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine; Vice Chair for Research, Emergency Medicine	Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation	Emergency Medicine	emergency medicine, resuscitation, pragmatic trials, epidemiology, infectious diseases
Sethi, Manish Kumar Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery		Orthopaedic Trauma, Orthopaedic Surgery	health policy, evidence-based medicine, orthopaedic surgery
Shinall, Ricky Assistant Professor, Surgery	Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program	General Surgery, Surgery	health services, palliative care consultation, biomedical ethics
Simmons, Sandra Professor, Medicine Paul V. Hamilton M.D. Chair in Geriatrics and Aging Research; Deputy Assistant Director, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Director, Center for Quality Aging	Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Center for Quality Aging;Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research;Memory and Alzheimer's Center	Geriatric Medicine, Medicine	long term care, quality of care, quality of life, staffing resources, best practices, nutrition, assessment, satisfaction and preference
Slagle, Jason Research Associate Professor, Anesthesiology	Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center	Anesthesiology	human factors engineering, decision making, patient safety
Smith, Heidi Associate Professor, Anesthesiology	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center	Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology	critical care, delirium, pediatric, clinical trials
Snyder, Brittney Postdoctoral Research Fellow,Medicine	Asthma Research Center	Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine	maternal-child health, epidemiology, environmental influences on child health outcomes, respiratory diseases
Stevenson, David Professor, Health Policy; Vice Chair for Education, Health Policy; Director of Health Policy Education, Health Policy	Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Biomedical Ethics	Health Policy	long-term care, end-of-life care, aging, Medicare
Stolldorf, Deonni Assistant Professor, Nursing	Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	Nursing	implementation science, sustainability, quality improvement, medication reconciliation, care transitions
Storrow, Alan Associate Professor,Emergency Medicine Associate Director of Research, Emergency Medicine	Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	Emergency Medicine	emergency medicine, acute heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, risk stratification, early diagnosis
Stubblefield, William-May Instructor, Emergency Medicine		Emergency Medicine	emergency medicine, venous thromboembolic disease, acute pulmonary embolism, prognostic markers, long-term functional outcomes
Tedla, Yacob G. Assistant Professor, Medicine		Medicine	cardiovascular disease, epidemiology, electronic health record, treatment guidelines, racial disparities
Tindle, Hilary Aurora Associate Professor, Medicine; William Anderson Spickard Jr., M.D. Chair in Medicine; Founding Director, ViTAL	ViTAL: The Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addiction, and Lifestyle; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center; Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Diabetes Translation Research	General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine	smoking cessation, psychological processes, behavior-driven diseases, cardiovascular disease cancer
Umeukeje, Ebele M. Assistant Professor, Medicine; Diversity Liason, Nephrology and Hypertension		Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine	patient-reported outcomes, health disparities, health communication, patient perspective, kidney disease
Van Driest, Sara Associate Professor, Pediatrics	Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Biomedical Ethics; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute	General Pediatrics, Pediatrics	pediatric personalized medicine, dosing improvement, clinical risk prediction, latent drug effect, electronic health records
Vasilevskis, Eduard Associate Professor, Medicine Chief, Section of Hospital Medicine	Center for Quality Aging; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine	deprescribing, polypharmacy, delirium, care transitions, post-acute care, quality improvement
Velez Edwards, Digna Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Division Director, Quantitative Sciences; Director, Womens Health Research	Epidemiology Center; Center for Precision Medicine; Pre3 Initiative; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute	Obstetrics and Gynecology	genetic epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, adverse pregnancy outcomes, racial disparities
Vogus, Timothy J. Professor, Business Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor of Management; Faculty Director, Leadership Development Program; Deputy Director, Frist Center for Autism and Innovation	Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	Business	health care, organization studies, organization inclusivity, diverse perspectives"
Weinger, Matthew B. Professor, Anesthesiology; Norman Ty Smith Chair in Patient Safety and Medical Simulation; Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Anesthesiology; Director, Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety	Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	Anesthesiology	patient safety, human factors engineering, healthcare simulation, medical device development, clinical decision making
Wellons, John Professor, Neurological Surgery Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery; Cal Turner Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery; Vice Chair for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Neurosurgery; Medical Director, Surgical Outcome Center for Kids; Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Surgical Sciences	Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; Surgical Outcome Center for Kids	Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery	Hydrocephalus, Chiari-related disorders, fetal surgery, endoscopically minimally invasive procedures, brachial plexus and peripheral nerve treatment
Wells, Quinn Stanton Assistant Professor, Medicine	Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute	Cardiovascular medicine, Medicine	pharmacogenomics, cardiovascular medicine, genetic variation, disease susceptibility, electronic medical record

Whitmore, Christine Research Associate Professor, Health Policy; Director of Operations, Health Policy		Health Policy	survey methodology, qualitative methods, program evaluation
Winkfield, Karen Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance; Ingram Professor of Cancer Research; Professor of Medicine	Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance	Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center	cancer research, health equity, radiation oncology
Wilkins, Consuelo Hopkins Professor, Medicine; Vice President for Health Equity; Engagement Core Director, All of Us Research Program; Associate Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science; Associate Dean for Health Equity	Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Office of Health Equity; Center for Effective Health Communication; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute; Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research	Geriatric Medicine, Medicine	precision medicine, health disparities, health equity, community engagement, participant recruitment
Williams, Sarah Elizabeth Assistant Professor, Pediatrics		General Pediatrics, Pediatrics	vaccine hesitancy, vaccine education, vaccine safety, quality improvement
Wright, Adam Professor, Biomedical Informatics Director, Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center	Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research	Biomedical Informatics	clinical decision support, machine learning, adverse event detection
Wu, Pingsheng Research Associate Professor, Medicine	Asthma Research Center; Asthma Research Center	Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine	asthma, epidemiology, comparative effectiveness, electronic medical records, statistical methodology