Investigator	Department	Areas of Interest
Core Members
	Shari Barkin, M.D.	Pediatrics	Community Centered Interventions, Parent-Child Dyads, Primary Prevention, Social Networks, Obesity, BMI Trajectories
	Gurjeet Birdee, M.D., M.P.H.	Internal Medicine and Pediatrics	Pediatrics, Integrative Medical Therapies, Metabolic Syndrome
	Kerri Cavanaugh, M.D.	Division of Nephrology; Department of Medicine	Health Literacy and Numeracy, Communication, Kidney Disease, Hypertension
	Rosette Chakkalakal, M.D.	Internal Medicine and Public Health	Disparities, Diabetes Prevention, Data Collection, Information Technology, Communication
	Tom Elasy, M.D., M.P.H. (PI)	Internal Medicine and Public Health	Type 2 Diabetes, Glycemic Relapse, Self-management of Type 2 diabetes, Risk Factor Modification
	Amber Hackstadt, Ph.D.	Biostatistics	Public Health Research, Environmental Biostatistics, Causal Inference, Bayesian Inference, Regression Splines, Semi-parametric Estimation
	William Heerman, M.D., M.P.H.	Pediatrics	Obesity in early childhood, maternal influences on growth, gestational weight trajectories, and health literacy
	Sarah Jaser, Ph.D.	Pediatric Endocrinology	Youth with Diabetes, Communication, Coping, Stress and Depressive Symptoms
	Lindsay Mayberry, Ph.D.	Internal Medicine and Public Health	Family Support, Health Information Technology, Health Literacy
	William Martinez, M.D., M.S.	Internal Medicine and Public Health	Leveraging health information technology to increase patient activation of diabetes self-care behaviors
	Lyndsay Nelson, Ph.D.	Internal Medicine and Public Health	Family Support, Health Information Technology, Health Literacy
	Laurie Novak, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.	Biomedical Informatics	Health Information; Quality Improvement; Technology
	Russell Rothman, M.D., MP.P.	Internal Medicine and Pediatrics	Numeracy, Literacy, Health Disparities, Obesity, Public-Private Partnerships, Native American Health
Affiliate Members
	William Blot, Ph.D.	Institute for Obesity and Metabolism	Health Disparities, Obesity
	Katherine Donato, Ph.D.	Sociology, Center for Medicine Health and Society	Health Disparities, Literacy, Numeracy, Community Engagement
	Jay H Fowke, Ph.D., M.P.H.	Institute for Obesity and Metabolism	Obesity, Health Disparities, Sedentary Behaviors
	Robert Greevy, Ph.D.	Biostatistics	Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data, anti-diabetic pharmacology agents in relation to cardiovascular and renal endpoints, and statistical methods.
	Marie Griffin, M.D., M.P.H.	Preventative Medicine	Quality Improvement, Obesity, Disparities, Diabetes Complications, Quantitative/Qualitative Methods
	Derek Griffith, Ph.D.	Center for Medicine, Health, and Society; Vanderbilt University	Community Engagement, Health Disparities, Obesity
	Michelle Griffith, M.D.	Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism	Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Telehealth, Models of Care Delivery
	Katherine Hartman, M.D., Ph.D.	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Maternal Health, Quantitative/Qualitative Methods, Quality Improvement
	Kevin Johnson, M.D.	Biomedical Informatics	Children’s Health, Health Information Technology, Quality Improvement
	Sharon Karp, Ph.D.	Nursing	Childhood Obesity Prevention, Parental Feeding Patterns, Disparities, Prenatal Care, and Breastfeeding
	Sunil Kripalani, M.D.	Internal Medicine	Implementation science, health communication, health literacy, medication management, care transitions
	Shelagh Mulvaney, Ph.D.	Nursing, Biomedical Informatics, and Pediatrics	Health Information; Technology; Children’s Health; Measurement; Quantitative/Qualitative Methods; Quality Improvement; Literacy; Health Disparities
	Velma Murry, Ph.D.	Education and Human Development	Community Engagement Research; Children’s health; Health Disparities
	Josh Peterson, M.D., M.P.H.	Internal Medicine, Biomedical Informatics	Health Information; Diabetes Complications; Technology; Measurement; Quality Improvement
	Hilary Tindle, M.D., M.P.H.	Internal Medicine	Type 2 Diabetes, Sleep Quality, Physical Activity, Smoking Cessation
	Samuel Trent Rosenbloom, M.D., M.P.H.	Internal Medicine and Pediatrics	Health Information Technology; Children’s Health, Literacy
	Christianne Roumie, M.D., M.P.H.	Internal Medicine and Public Health	Literacy; Quality Improvement; Diabetes Complications, Literacy; Numeracy
	Heidi Silver, R.D., Ph.D.	Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition, VUMC	Pre-gestational Diabetes, Obesity, Nutrient Intake, Nutritional Status, Body Composition
	Sandra Simmons, M.D.	Internal Medicine and Public Health	Nutrition, Geriatrics
	Alan Storrow, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	Literacy; Quality Improvement
	Kenneth Wallston, Ph.D., M.A.	Nursing	Numeracy; Literacy; Technology; Health Disparities; Children’s Health
	Consuelo Wilkins, M.D.	Vanderbilt-Meharry Alliance	Community engagement, Communication
	Mary  Yarbrough, M.D., M.P.H.	Internal Medicine and Public Health	Occupational Heath, Faculty and Staff Health and Wellness

The Center for Diabetes Translation Research is supported by NIH grant DK092986. Please acknowledge this in your publications.