Cdr. Rachel T. Idowu, MD, MPH

Cdr. Rachel
Idowu
MD, MPH
Branch Chief, Adult HIV/TB Care and Treatment
U.S. CDC country office in Mozambique

As a U.S. government senior medical expert, Dr. Idowu oversees over $100 million of HIV clinical programs in seven geographic provinces, and she partners with the Mozambican Ministry of Health to design, investigate, implement and evaluate programs that ensure prompt diagnosis, initiation of treatment and viral suppression in HIV patients. She also designs, establishes and administers response framework for humanitarian crisis in northern Mozambique (Cabo Delgado Province); hires, trains and supervises eight medical doctors and technical program officers; and provides epidemiological and disaster management expertise to CDC country office leadership.

CDC Mozambique
Washington
District Of Columbia
rbio@cdc.gov

Building sustainable global health systems to prevent, detect, and respond to health crises at the earliest possible moment; establishing public health platforms in the context of humanitarian emergencies

The COVID-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know

January 13, 2021
Vaccines for COVID-19 are beginning to be administered across the world. As more Tennesseans and Americans become vaccinated, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has produced informational videos and other content for patients and employees.  Find links to those resources below. https://www.vumc.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccines Jan. 13 message from VUMC CEO Dr. Jeff Balser. Here is a full transcript of Dr. Balser's remarks.

New study creates new model to determine insurance coverage based on policy reforms

December 17, 2020
A new working paper by John Graves, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy and director for the Vanderbilt Center for Health Economic Modeling uses existing research and data to produce a new statistical model that can determine how many people would gain or lose coverage based on policy proposals.  The paper, which has yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, can be viewed here.  

JAMA Health Forum to become full-fledged journal in 2021

November 23, 2020
Just a year after its founding as an online channel of information, the Journal of the American Medical Association’s (JAMA’s) Health Forum will become a full-fledged journal in Jan. 2021. Melinda Buntin, PhD, Mike Curb professor of Health Policy and chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is deputy editor of the journal.

Model Helps Predict Which Infants May Develop NAS

November 12, 2020
A new Vanderbilt-designed prediction model may make it easier to determine which infants will go on to develop neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns that occurs after exposure to opioids during pregnancy.
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