Lisa Su

Lisa
Su
Associate Health Policy Data Analyst
Health Policy
Phone
(615) 322-1488
Office Address
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Suite 1200
Room / Suite
1200
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
lisa.su.1@vumc.org

Jessica Castilho, MD, MPH

Jessica
Castilho
MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor
Dept. of Health Policy

Dr. Castilho is a physician-scientist in infectious diseases with a concentration in aging-related outcomes in adults with HIV. Her research uses epidemiologic and translational methods to explain the increased rate of aging-related morbidities experienced by people with HIV (PWH) and to identify immunologic, behavioral, and reversible mechanisms driving these differences in outcomes. Dr. Castilho uses her training in epidemiology, biostatistics, and clinical medicine to uncover population trends, dissect outcome differences, and discover novel biomarkers. Dr. Castilho is currently supported by a K23 award from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases that examines the effects of aging and HIV infection on immune senescence and aging syndromes through the creation of a prospective cohort of older adults with and without HIV. She has led local, national, and international observational cohort studies to examine aging and non-communicable disease (NCD) outcomes in PWH. 

A CV is available upon request.

Phone
615-322-2035
Medical Center North
1161 21st Avenue South
Room / Suite
A2200
Nashville
Tennessee
37232

Klara Lou

Klara
Lou
Associate Health Policy Data Analyst
Health Policy
+1 (615)936-0755
Office Address
2525 West End Ave., Suite 1200
Suite 1200
Room / Suite
1200
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
klara.lou@vumc.org

Secret Shopper Study Sheds Light on Barriers to Opioid Treatment for Women

June 4, 2021
After a 2020 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study showed women have a difficult time accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), investigators analyzed comments received from the study’s participants to further shed light on barriers to care, which included everything from long on-hold times to difficult interactions with clinic receptionists during phone calls seeking appointments.

Latoria Henderson

Latoria
Henderson
Budget/Accounting Analyst
Health Policy
615-421-8174
Office Address
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave., Suite 1200
Suite 1200
Room / Suite
1200
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
latoria.d.henderson@vumc.org

WATCH: Conversations with Dr. Anthony Fauci

May 10, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, joined students in the Vanderbilt MPH program on May 7, 2021 to answer questions from current and former students about career development, the COVID-19 pandemic and other topics. Watch below or on YouTube.  

New study finds COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing hospitalizations among older U.S. adults

April 30, 2021
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and academic researchers has found that COVID-19 vaccines are 94% effective at preventing hospitalization for COVID-19. The findings are among the first to demonstrate high effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. population of older adults, and included data collected from January 2021 through March 2021. The study evaluated the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, the most commonly used during the study period.
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