Secondary Faculty
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Jessica S Ancker, PhD, MPH, FACMI
Professor (secondary appointment)Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterProfessorDepartments of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterProfessorDepartment of Health PolicyVice Chair for Educational AffairsDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterPhone(646) 248 92812525 West End Ave., Rm 14122Room / Suite14122NashvilleTennessee37203 -
Jordan Anderson, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical MedicineDivision of General Internal Medicine and Public HealthJordan 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 -
Justin Bachmann, MD, MPH, FAAC
Assistant ProfessorDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Health PolicyPhone(615) 875-9728Office Address2525 West End AvenueRoom / SuiteSuite 300ANashvilleTennessee37203 -
Jessica Castilho, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of MedicineDivision of Infectious DiseasesAssociate ProfessorDept. of Health PolicyPhone615-322-2035Medical Center North1161 21st Avenue SouthRoom / SuiteA2200NashvilleTennessee37232 -
Ellen Wright Clayton, JD, MD
Craig-Weaver ProfessorPediatricsProfessorVanderbilt University School of LawProfessorHealth PolicyCo-FounderCenter for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFacultyVanderbilt Program in Human GeneticsSenior FellowVanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, Center for Health PolicySenior FellowJohn F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt UniversityVisiting ProfessorTokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanOffice Address -
William Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.
Cornelius Vanderbilt ProfessorPediatrics and Health PolicyAssociate Dean for Faculty AffairsDirectorCenter for Patient and Professional AdvocacyPhone(615) 343-4500Office AddressDepartment of Pediatrics -
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 -
Stephanie Doupnik, MD, MSPH
Director, Division of Pediatric Hospital MedicineWilliam R. Long Director in Health PolicyAssistant Professor, PediatricsAssistant Professor, Health Policy -
William Dupont, Ph.D.
ProfessorBiostatistics and Preventive MedicineProfessorHealth PolicyPhone(615) 343-4100Fax(615) 343-4924Office Address2525 West End AveNashvilleTennessee37203 -
Edward "Ted" F. Fischer, Ph.D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Health PolicyAnthropologyPhone(615) 343-2519Garland HallRoom / Suite208NashvilleTennessee37235 -
Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Medicine, Health and Society, Vanderbilt UniversityAssociate DirectorVanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy LabPhoneOffice AddressVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTennessee37203LGBT health, differences in health care and health outcomes, population health, health care reform
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Carolyn Heinrich, PhD
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy, Education and EconomicsPeabody College, Vanderbilt UniversityChairLeadership, Policy and Organizations DepartmentPhone(615) 322-1169Office AddressPeabody College, VanderbiltNashvilleTennessee37212 -
Alex Jahangir, MD, MMHC
Professor & ChiefDivision of Orthopaedic TraumaMedical DirectorCenter for Trauma, Burn and Emergency Surgery -
Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP
Professor, MedicineDirectorCenter for Clinical Quality and Implementation ResearchDirectorCenter for Health Services Research2525 West End Ave.2525 West End Ave.NashvilleTennessee37203 -
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.
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Keith Meador, M.D., Th.M., M.P.H.
ProfessorDepartments of Psychiatry, Religion and Health PolicyDirectorCenter for Biomedical Ethics and Society at VanderbiltPhone(615) 936-2686Office Address2525 West End AveRoom / Suite400NashvilleTennessee37203 -
Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD
Frederick B. Rentschler II ProfessorSociology and Medicine, Health, and SocietyProfessorPsychiatryProfessorHealth PolicyDirectorCenter for Medicine, Health, and SocietyCenter for Medicine, Health and SocietyVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTennessee37235 -
David Penson, M.D., M.P.H., M.M.H.C
Hamilton and Howd ChairUrologic OncologyChairDepartment of Urologic SurgeryProfessorUrologic SurgeryProfessorMedicine and Health PolicyDirectorCenter for Surgical Quality and Outcomes ResearchOffice AddressVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennessee37232 -
Rameela Raman, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorDepartment of BiostatisticsAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Health PolicyPhone(615) 322-73652525 West End Ave.Room / Suite1100NashvilleTennessee37203 -
Ranga Ramanujam
Richard M. and Betty Ruth Miller Chair in Healthcare ManagementOwen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt UniversityProfessorOwen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt UniversityProfessorHealth PolicyOffice AddressOwen Graduate School of Management401 21st Avenue SouthSuite 1275NashvilleTennessee37203 -
Office Address2525 West End Ave.NashvilleTennessee37203
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Russell L. Rothman, M.D., M.P.P.
DirectorInstitute for Medicine and Public HealthSenior Vice President, Population and Public HealthIngram Chair in Integrative and Population HealthProfessorInternal Medicine, Pediatrics, & Health PolicyPhone(615) 936-2149Office Address2525 West End AveRoom / Suite1200NashvilleTennessee37203 -
Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH
Professor, Internal Medicine and PediatricsInstitute for Medicine and Public HealthDirector, Masters of Public Health ProgramDept. of Health Policy(615) 873-8013Office AddressGRECC1310 24th Ave SouthNashvilleTennessee37212 -
Yu Shyr, Ph.D.
Harold L. Moses Chair in Cancer ResearchSchool of MedicineDirectorCenter for Quantitative SciencesDirectorVanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics Analysis and Research Design (VANGARD)ProfessorDepartment of Biostatistics, Department of Cancer Biology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Health PolicyPhone(615) 936-6760Office AddressDepartment of Biostatistics2525 West End Ave.NashvilleTennessee37203 -
Walter Smalley, M.D., MPH
ProfessorMedicine and SurgeryAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Health PolicyOffice AddressNashvilleTennessee -
Mary Yarbrough, M.D., MPH, FACOEM
Associate ProfessorInternal MedicineAssistant ProfessorPreventive Medicine in the Department of Health PolicyExecutive DirectorVanderbilt’s Faculty/Staff Health and Wellness ProgramsDirectorVanderbilt Center of Occupational and Environmental MedicineOffice AddressNashvilleTennessee