Rameela Raman, MA, PhD

Rameela
Raman
M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy
Phone
(615) 322-7365
2525 West End Ave.
Room / Suite
1100
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
rameela.chandrasekhar@vanderbilt.edu

Edward "Ted" Fischer, PhD

Edward "Ted"
F.
Fischer
Ph.D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Health Policy
Anthropology

Edward (Ted) Fischer is the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is also the founder of Maní+, an award-winning social enterprise in Guatemala that develops and produces locally sourced foods to fight malnutrition. Fischer is an adviser to the WHO-Europe and serves on the board of the Maya Education Foundation. His research focusses on issues of political economy, values, wellbeing, and development.

A full CV is available upon request.

Phone
(615) 343-2519
Garland Hall
Room / Suite
208
Nashville
Tennessee
37235
edward.f.fischer@vanderbilt.edu

Jean Bruce

Jean
Bruce
Database Administrator
Health Policy
+1 (615)343-5779
Office Address
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Suite 700
Room / Suite
700
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
jean.bruce@vumc.org

Victor Wu, MD, MPH

Victor
Wu
MD, MPH
Adjunct Associate Professor
Health Policy

Victor Wu, MD, serves as the Chief Medical Officer for the TN Division of TennCare, the state’s Medicaid Agency. At TennCare, Dr. Wu leads the medical office to ensure quality and cost-effective delivery of medical, pharmacy and dental services to its members. He also supports payment reform and practice transformation initiatives across the agency. Prior to joining TennCare, Victor worked at Evolent Health as Vice President for Clinical Transformation and Medicaid Strategies where he led provider groups and health systems to implement value-based population health redesign. 

In 2013, Victor served as a White House Fellow to the Secretary of Health and Human Services working on ACA implementation, delivery system reform, and addressing social and societal factors that impact health. Victor is a board-certified Internist who completed his Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency, Chief Medical Residency, and practiced as an attending physician at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital. He still practices clinically as an internist in the Veteran’s Affairs Health System. He is originally from Tennessee and completed his undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University.

Division of TennCare
Nashville
Tennessee
victor.wu@tn.gov

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