Secondary Faculty

Secondary Faculty

  • Jessica S Ancker, PhD, MPH, FACMI

    Professor (secondary appointment)
    Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Professor
    Departments of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Professor
    Department of Health Policy
    Vice Chair for Educational Affairs
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Phone
    (646) 248 9281
    2525 West End Ave., Rm 14122
    Room / Suite
    14122
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37203

  • Jordan Anderson, MD

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health

    Jordan Anderson MD, MBA, MPhil, is an assistant professor of clinical medicine and hospitalist in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He received his bachelor's degree at Auburn University, his master's degree in medical anthropology at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and his medical degree at Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where he concurrently completed his MBA at Harvard Business School.

    Dr. Anderson has conducted health services and outcomes research focused on health policy, payment reform, medical education and health care delivery with his writing and research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, CHEST, Healthcare and Academic Medicine.

    Dr. Anderson's interests are in clinical model innovation and improving care delivery for high-risk, complex patient populations. He has experience working in population health and value-based care, and helped to develop Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). He has worked with startup, value-based care delivery companies including Belong Health, where his work focuses on building more supportive care programs for Medicare and Dual Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) patient groups.

    MD - Harvard University, 2018
    Residency - Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 2022

  • Jessica Castilho, MD, MPH

    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Division of Infectious Diseases
    Associate Professor
    Dept. of Health Policy
    Phone
    615-322-2035
    Medical Center North
    1161 21st Avenue South
    Room / Suite
    A2200
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37232

  • Ellen Wright Clayton, JD, MD

    Craig-Weaver Professor
    Pediatrics
    Professor
    Vanderbilt University School of Law
    Professor
    Health Policy
    Co-Founder
    Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Faculty
    Vanderbilt Program in Human Genetics
    Senior Fellow
    Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, Center for Health Policy
    Senior Fellow
    John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University
    Visiting Professor
    Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    Office Address

  • Ghadeer Dawwas, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Division of Epidemiology

    Ghadeer Dawwas, PhD, MSc, MBA, is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is a faculty scholar at the Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research (CHSR), and a member of Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC).

    Dr. Dawwas holds PhD and MSc degrees in pharmacoepidemiology from the University of Florida, an MBA from Stratford University, and a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Jordan. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

    Dr. Dawwas is a pharmacoepidemiologist and her research program uses readily available health care data to provide stakeholders including patients, clinicians, payers and policymakers with evidence on the risk/benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic alternatives to improve clinical decision-making. The major themes of her research center on the evaluation of anticoagulants, research methods, and the intersection of comparative effectiveness research and health policy. Her most notable contribution stems from the work that evaluated apixaban and rivaroxaban in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) that, among other evidence, led CVS Caremark to reverse its decision regarding the removal of apixaban from CVS preferred formulary list.

    Dr. Dawwas' work resulted in notable peer-reviewed manuscripts published in Annals of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Care, and Lancet Hematology. She is a section editor of the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. Currently, she serves as the PI of two grants funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) that aim to improve VTE treatment and prevention in populations historically excluded from randomized clinical trials.

    Dr. Dawwas is the recipient of several awards from national and international organizations including fellowships from the ASH and American Association of University Women (AAUW), Best Article of the Month by Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives, Paper of the Year by American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (ACCP), International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) Second Best Abstract Award, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Top Research Presentation, and Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award.

    Education

    MSc - Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Florida, 2017
    PhD - University of Florida, 2018
    Fellowship - Biostatistics Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, 2022

  • Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA

    Associate Professor
    Department of Medicine, Health and Society, Vanderbilt University
    Associate Director
    Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab
    Phone
    Office Address
    Vanderbilt University
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37203

    LGBT health, differences in health care and health outcomes, population health, health care reform

     

  • Carolyn Heinrich, PhD

    Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy, Education and Economics
    Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
    Chair
    Leadership, Policy and Organizations Department
    Phone
    (615) 322-1169
    Office Address
    Peabody College, Vanderbilt
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37212

  • Alex Jahangir, MD, MMHC

    Professor & Chief
    Division of Orthopaedic Trauma
    Medical Director
    Center for Trauma, Burn and Emergency Surgery

  • Tara McKay

    Associate Professor; Medicine, Health & Society

    Dr. McKay (she/her) is Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society and Health Policy (secondary), Director of the LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, and Associate Director of the Center for Research on Inequality and Health at Vanderbilt University. She is a sociologist and demographer who is nationally recognized for her expertise in the field of LGBTQ+ population health, policy, and aging. She is a co-founder of the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, which was recently recognized by the National Institutes of Health for for its advances in LGBTQ+ health research. She has expertise in LGBTQ+ health and aging, HIV policy, and firearm injury.

  • Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD

    Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor
    Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society
    Professor
    Psychiatry
    Professor
    Health Policy
    Director
    Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
    Center for Medicine, Health and Society
    Vanderbilt University
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37235

  • David Penson, M.D., M.P.H., M.M.H.C

    Hamilton and Howd Chair
    Urologic Oncology
    Chair
    Department of Urologic Surgery
    Professor
    Urologic Surgery
    Professor
    Medicine and Health Policy
    Director
    Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research
    Office Address
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37232

  • Ranga Ramanujam

    Richard M. and Betty Ruth Miller Chair in Healthcare Management
    Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
    Professor
    Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
    Professor
    Health Policy
    Office Address
    Owen Graduate School of Management
    401 21st Avenue South
    Suite 1275
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37203

  • Russell L. Rothman, M.D., M.P.P.

    Director
    Institute for Medicine and Public Health
    Senior Vice President, Population and Public Health
    Ingram Chair in Integrative and Population Health
    Professor
    Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, & Health Policy
    Phone
    (615) 936-2149
    Office Address
    2525 West End Ave
    Room / Suite
    1200
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37203

  • Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH

    Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
    Institute for Medicine and Public Health
    Director, Masters of Public Health Program
    Dept. of Health Policy
    (615) 873-8013
    Office Address
    GRECC
    1310 24th Ave South
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37212

  • Yu Shyr, Ph.D.

    Harold L. Moses Chair in Cancer Research
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Center for Quantitative Sciences
    Director
    Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics Analysis and Research Design (VANGARD)
    Professor
    Department of Biostatistics, Department of Cancer Biology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Health Policy
    Phone
    (615) 936-6760
    Office Address
    Department of Biostatistics
    2525 West End Ave.
    Nashville
    Tennessee
    37203

  • Mary Yarbrough, M.D., MPH, FACOEM

    Associate Professor
    Internal Medicine
    Assistant Professor
    Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy
    Executive Director
    Vanderbilt’s Faculty/Staff Health and Wellness Programs
    Director
    Vanderbilt Center of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
    Office Address
    Nashville
    Tennessee