Program Leadership

Offering research partnerships and mentoring opportunities, program leadership is dedicated to the growth and development of students. 

Stacie Dusetzina, PhD
Director, PhD in Health Policy Program
Professor, Department of Health Policy
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

David Stevenson, PhD
Chair, Department of Health Policy
Professor, Health Policy
Vice Chair for Education, Health Policy
Director of Health Policy Education, Health Policy

Melissa Krasnove, MEd
Senior Program Manager, Health Policy & Health Services Research PhD Program


In addition to the leadership team, the students will have the opportunity to work closely with the primary faculty from the Health Policy department. PhD advisors and mentors will be assigned based on research interests. Mentors will be assigned based on research interests and all faculty members are currently accepting new students.

Vanderbilt values interdisciplinary research, so students will have the opportunity to work with faculty from other departments at Vanderbilt University, including epidemiology, economics, biostatistics and social sciences, among others.