Members | Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

Naji Abumrad, M.D., F.A.C.S.

John L. Sawyers Professor of Surgery

School of Medicine

naji.abumrad@vumc.org
David M. Aronoff, M.D.

Director

Division of Infectious Diseases

Professor

Medicine; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

Addison B Scoville, Jr. Chair in Medicine

d.aronoff@vumc.org
Gregory F. Barz, Ph.D.

Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology

Blair School of Music

Professor of Music and Religion

Divinity School

Professor of Anthropology

College of Arts and Science

gregory.barz@vanderbilt.edu
William Brumskine, MBChB, Dip HIV Man(SA)

Clinical Research Site Leader

The Aurum Institute NPC - Rustenburg CRS

Adjunct Instructor

Department of Infectious Disease, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

wbrumskine@auruminstitute.org
James Chappell, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Department of Pediatrics

jim.chappell@vumc.org
Violet Chihota, PhD

Senior Researcher: TB

The Aurum Institute

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

vchihota@auruminstitute.org
Amy Chomsky, M.D.

Professor

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

amy.chomsky@vumc.org
Gavin Churchyard, MBBCh, MMed, PhD

Professor and Group Chief Executive Officer

The Aurum Institute

Adjunct Professor

Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
David Clark, MBBCh, MBA, DHSM

Group COO / CEO: Southern Africa

The Aurum Institute

Adjunct Professor

Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Dave.Clark@auruminstitute.org
William Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy

Pediatrics and Health Policy

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Vice President for Patient and Professional Advocacy

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

william.cooper@vumc.org
James Crowe, M.D.

Director

Vanderbilt Vaccine Center

Professor

Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Ann Scott Carell Chair

james.crowe@vumc.org
Mark Denison, MD

Edward Claiborne Stahlman Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

Department Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

mark.denison@vumc.org
Jerod Denton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology Research

Department of Anesthesiology

jerod.s.denton@vumc.org
Neerav Desai, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Department of Pediatrics

neerav.desai@vumc.org
Avery Dickins de Girón, Ph.D.

Executive Director and Senior Lecturer

Center for Latin American Studies

Avery.Dickins-deGiron@Vanderbilt.Edu
Jenny Dyer, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Hope Through Healing Hands

jenny@hopethroughhealinghands.org
Kathryn Edwards

Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Pediatrics

Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program

Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics

kathryn.edwards@vumc.org
Quentin Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MMHC, MFA, FCAP, FASCP

Director

Vanderbilt Pathology Program in Global Health

Professor

Department of Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology

Professor

Department of Medical Education and Administration, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Medical Co-Director

Transfusion Medicine

VUMC Medical Director

VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System Blood Bank

Director

Vanderbilt Pathology Education Research Group

Director

Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Program

quentin.eichbaum@vumc.org
Edward (Ted) Fischer, PhD

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology

Anthropology/Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University

Director

Center for Latin American Studies

Professor of Health Policy

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Professor of Management

Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University

edward.f.fischer@vanderbilt.edu
Sapna S. Gangaputra, M.D., MPH

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

School of Medicine

sapna.gangaputra@vumc.org
John A. Graves

Associate Professor

Health Policy

john.graves@vumc.org
Carlos Grijalva, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Associate Professor

Department of Health Policy

carlos.grijalva@vumc.org
Barry Grimm, DO

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Scott Osborn Guthrie, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

scott.o.guthrie@vumc.org
Natasha Halasa, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor and Craig-Weaver Chair in Pediatrics

Natasha.Halasa@vumc.org
Lara Harvey, MD

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rick (Frederick) Haselton, Ph.D.

Professor

Biomedical Engineering

Professor

Chemistry

Professor

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

rick.haselton@vanderbilt.edu
Elizabeth Heitman, Ph.D.

Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Elizabeth.Heitman@UTSouthwestern.edu
Brian Heuser, Ed.D., M.T.S.

Associate Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy

Peabody College

brian.l.heuser@vanderbilt.edu
Julián Hillyer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

julian.hillyer@vanderbilt.edu
Rachel Idowu, MD, MPH

CDC Branch Chief, Adult HIV Care and Treatment, Mozambique

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Health Policy
James Craig Innes, MBChB, MSc

Clinical Director - Clinical Research Division

The Aurum Institute

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

cinnes@auruminstitute.org
Annet Kirabo, PhD, DVM, MSc, FAHA

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
John Koethe, MD, MSCI

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

john.r.koethe@vumc.org
Scott S. Lee, MD, PhD, MPA, MPhil

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

scott.lee@vumc.org
Galina Lepesheva, Ph.D.

Research Professor

Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

galina.i.lepesheva@vumc.org
Harold Newton Lovvorn, III, M.D.

Associate Professor

Pediatric Surgery and Pediatrics

Harold.Lovvorn@vumc.org
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Ph.D.

Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering

School of Engineering

Professor

Neurological Surgery

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Biomedical Engineering

Director

Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center

anita.mahadevan-jansen@vanderbilt.edu
Peter R. Martin, MD, MSc

Director

Addiction Psychiatry Training Program

Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pharmacology

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

peter.martin@vumc.org
Matthew McEvoy, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology

Division of Multispecialty Adult Anesthesiology

Vice Chair

Educational Affairs

matthew.d.mcevoy@vumc.org
Catherine McGowan, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

c.mcgowan@vumc.org
Tara McKay, PhD

Assistant Professor

Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt University

tara.mckay@vanderbilt.edu
Jonathan Metzl, M.D., Ph.D.

Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology

Vanderbilt University

Director

Medicine, Health, and Society

jonathan.metzl@Vanderbilt.Edu
Bonnie Miller, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

bonnie.m.miller@vumc.org
Abelardo Moncayo, Ph.D.

Director, Vector-Borne Disease Section

Tennessee Department of Health

Associate Clinical Professor

Department of Health Policy

abelardo.moncayo@vanderbilt.edu
Donald Moore, Ph.D.

Professor of Medical Education and Administration

Director

Office of Continuing Professional Development

don.moore@vumc.org
Kelly L. Moore, M.D., M.P.H.

Deputy Director

Immunization Action Coalition

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

drkellymoore@yahoo.com
Lloyd Mulenga, MBCHB, MSc, MMED, PhD

National HIV Program Coordinator

Ministry of Health, Zambia

Associate Director of Infectious Diseases

University of Zambia School of Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

lloyd.b.mulenga.1@vumc.org
Wilbroad Mutale, M.B.Ch.B, Ph.D.

Professor

University of Zambia School of Public Health

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

wmutale@yahoo.com
Robert Naftel, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurological Surgery

robert.p.naftel@vumc.org
James Netterville, M.D.

Mark C. Smith Professor of Otolaryncology

Department of Otolaryncology

Director

Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery

Associate Director

Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences

james.netterville@vumc.org
Mark Newton, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, VUMC

Director

Vanderbilt International Anesthesia and Development

mark.w.newton@vumc.org
Tanya Nielson, BPharm and MSc

Managing Director: Clinical Research Division

The Aurum Institute

Adjunct Instructor

Department of Medicine, VUMC

tnielson@auruminstitute.org
Regina Osih, MD, MPH

Senior Technical Expert: TB/HIV

The Aurum Institute

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Cynthia Paschal, PhD

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering

cynthia.paschal@Vanderbilt.Edu
Jessica M. Perkins

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human & Organizational Development

Peabody College

jessica.m.perkins@vanderbilt.edu
Dino Rech, MBBCH, MBA

COO: Health Programmes

The Aurum Institute

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Medicine, VUMC
Graham Reside, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership for the Professions

Assistant Professor

Vanderbilt University Divinity School

graham.reside@vanderbilt.edu
John Paul Rohde, MD, FAAEM

Director

Division of Global Emergency Medicine

Assistant Professor

Emergency Medicine

john.p.rohde@vumc.org
Brent Savoie, M.D., J.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences

brent.savoie@vumc.org
Mavis Schorn, Ph.D., C.N.M.

Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academics

School of Nursing

mavis.schorn@vanderbilt.edu
Bryan Shepherd, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Biostatistics

bryan.shepherd@vumc.org
Xiao-Ou Shu, MD, PhD

Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and Associate Director for Global Health

Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center

Professor of Medicine

Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

xiao-ou.shu@vumc.org
Bantayehu Sileshi, M.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Anesthesiology

Program Director

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship

bantayehu.sileshi@vumc.org
Christopher Sizemore, DO

Section Director

Women's Global Health

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Joseph "Jay" A. Smith, Jr., M.D.

William L. Bray Chair and Professor

Urology

joseph.smith@vumc.org
Paul Sternberg, M.D.

G.W. Hale Professor and Chair

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Director

Vanderbilt Eye Institute

Chief Medical Officer

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

paul.sternberg@vumc.org
Jeffrey G. Stovall, MD

Professor

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

jeffrey.g.stovall@vumc.org
Sarah V. Suiter, Ph.D., M.S.

Associate Professor of the Practice, Human and Organizational Development

Peabody College

Director

Community Development and Action, Peabody College

sarah.v.suiter@vanderbilt.edu
John Tarpley, M.D., FWACS, FACS

Professor Emeritus of Surgery & Anesthesiology

Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Professor of Surgery and Head of Department

University of Botswana, Gaborone

john.tarpley@vumc.org
Margaret Tarpley, MLS

Adjunct Instructor

Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Adjunct Lecturer

Department of Medical Education, University of Botswana

margaret.tarpley@vanderbilt.edu
Yuri van der Heijden, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

yuri.vanderheijden@vumc.org
Emilio Valverde Gonzalez, D.Phil

Country Director: Mozambique

The Aurum Institute

Adjunct Assistant Professor

School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

EValverde@auruminstitute.org
Bart Victor, Ph.D.

Cal Turner Professor of Moral Leadership

Owen Graduate School of Management

bart.victor@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Robert Wallis, MD, FIDSA

Chief Scientific Officer

The Aurum Institute

Adjunct Professor

Department of Medicine, VUMC
Camila Walters, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

camila.walters@vanderbilt.edu
Bahr Weiss, Ph.D.

Research Professor of Psychology and Human Development

Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

Visiting Foreign Professor

Vietnam National University (Hanoi)

Professor of Psychology, Emeritus

Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

bahr.weiss@vanderbilt.edu
David Wright, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Vanderbilt University

david.wright@vanderbilt.edu
Lindsey E. Zamora, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section for Global Women's Health
Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Professor and Director, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center

Anne Potter Wilson Professor in Medicine

Department of Medicine, VUMC

wei.zheng@vumc.org
Carol Cathleen Ziegler, DNP, APRN, NP-C, RD

Professor of Nursing

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

carol.c.ziegler@vanderbilt.edu
Laurence J. Zwiebel, Ph.D.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences, Professor of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology

Department of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University

laurence.j.zwiebel@vanderbilt.edu