The Center for Health Services Research currently includes over 160 faculty members. CHSR Faculty represent diverse disciplines including clinical medicine, nursing, public health, social sciences, management sciences, and the humanities. Key research foci of the Center include: clinical epidemiology and outcomes research, clinical improvement and quality research, clinical economics and decision science, health promotion and disease management, behavioral health, comparative effectiveness research, community health and health policy.
Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP, is Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He directs the Center for Health Services Research.
Name | Research Affiliations | Division/Department | Research Interests |
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Abdel-kader, Khaled Assistant Professor, Medicine |
Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine | care planning, risk profiling, health management, quality of life, chronic kidney disease | |
Adgent, Margaret A. Research Assistant Professor, Health Policy |
Pre3 Initiative; Epidemiology Center | Health Policy | Pediatric and perinatal epidemiology, environmental, epidemiology |
Ahonkhai, Aimalohi Assistant Professor, Medicine; Diversity Liaison, Infectious Diseases |
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health | Infectious Diseases, Medicine | HIV, health-system level predictors of patient-level outcomes, implementation research, resource-limited settings, access to care, patient-centered care |
Aldrich, Melinda C. Associate Professor, Medicine; Diversity Liason, Biomedical Informatics |
Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; TREAT Lung Cancer Program; Epidemiology Center; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute | Genetic Medicine, Medicine | Lung cancer, epidemiology, screening, health disparities, precision medicine, risk prediction |
Aliyu, Muktar Associate Director for Research, VIGH; Professor of Health Policy and Medicine |
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health | Health Policy, Medicine | epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, health policy |
Ancker, Jessica Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Vice Chair for Educational Affairs, Biomedical Informatics |
Biomedical Informatics | health equity, health disparities, data communication, clinical decision support, human factors | |
Anders, Shilo Research Associate Director of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics and Computer Science |
Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center | Biomedical Informatics | human factors engineering, system design, patient safety and quality |
Annapureddy, Narender Associate Professor, Medicine; Director, Rheumatology Training Program |
Rheumatology and Immunology, Medicine | patient-reported outcomes, quality improvement, lupus, vasculitis, osteoporosis | |
Archer, Kristin Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery; Director, Research Division, Orthopaedic Surgery; Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research |
Spinal Surgery and Quality Outcomes Lab; Center for Bone Biology; Center for Musculoskeletal Research | Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine | osteoporosis |
Arnold, Donald H. Professor, Pediatrics; Director of Research, Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
Asthma Research Center; Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation | Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics | asthma, pulsus paradoxus, pulse oximetry, predictive modeling, clinical decision support, resource utilization |
Bachmann, Justin Matthew Assistant Professor, Medicine; Medical Director, Vanderbilt Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program; Medical Director, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement |
Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center | Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine | cardiac rehabilitation, operations. Patient-reported outcomes |
Banerjee, Arna Associate Professor, Anesthesiology; Assistant Dean for Simulation in Medical Education and Administration |
Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety | Critical Care Medicine, Multispecialty Adult Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology | anesthesiology, quality improvement, healthcare simulation, education |
Banerjee, Ritu Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Medical Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Director of Clinical Services, Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Associate Program Director; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program |
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics | antibiotic stewardship, rapid diagnostics, infectious diseases | |
Barkin, Shari Professor, Pediatrics; William K. Warren Foundation Chair in Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Obesity Research; Chief, General Pediatrics |
Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute | General Pediatrics, Pediatrics | pediatric obesity, violence prevention, health behaviors, community research, dissemination |
Barocas, Daniel A Associate Professor, Urology; Vice Chair, Urology |
Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program | Urologic Oncology, Urology | prostate cancer, quality of life, quality of care, healthcare disparities, comparative effectiveness |
Bernard, Gordon Professor, Medicine; Melinda Owen Bass Chair in Medicine; Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences; Executive Vice President for Research; Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Biomedical Ethics; Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Tennessee Center for AIDS Research | Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine | sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, clinical research, learning healthcare system |
Blakely, Martin Professor, Pediatric Surgery |
Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research | Pediatric Surgery | |
Buntin, Melinda J. Beeuwkes Professor, Health Policy; Mike Curb Chair in Health Policy; Chair, Health Policy |
Center for Child Health Policy; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program | Health Policy | health economics, health care spending, Medicare, Medicaid, payment reform, insurance, state and local health policy |
Cahill, Katherine Assistant Professor, Medicine |
Asthma Research Center | Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine | Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease, adult-onset asthma, NSAID allergy, chronic rhinosinusitis |
Carroll, Kecia Nicole Associate Professor, Pediatrics |
Center for Child Health Policy; Pre3 Initiative; Asthma Research Center | General Pediatrics, Pediatrics | epidemiology, prenatal exposure, environmental toxicants, child development and health, asthma |
Cavanaugh, Kerri Associate Professor, Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Effective Health Communication |
Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine | diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, health communication, chronic disease self-management |
Choi, Leena Professor, Biostatistics; Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, Biostatistics |
Biostatistics | pharmacogenomics, clinical trial design, electronic health record algorithms, big data | |
Chren, Mary-Margaret Professor,Dermatology; Robert N. and Rachel Buchanan and A.H. and Lucile Lancaster Chair in Dermatology; Chair, Dermatology |
Dermatology | skin cancer, quality of life | |
Chung, Cecilia Pilar Associate Professor, Medicine |
Rheumatology and Immunology, Medicine | lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, rheumatology, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacogenetics | |
Collins, Sean Professor, Emergency Medicine; Executive Vice Chair, Emergency Medicine; Director, Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation |
Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Center for Musculoskeletal Research | Emergency Medicine | emergency medicine, acute heart failure, cardiovascular trials |
Cooper, William Professor, Pediatrics; Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Pediatrics and Health Policy; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Director, Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Pediatrics |
Center for Child Health Policy; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Epidemiology Center | General Pediatrics, Pediatrics | child medication safety, Medicaid, pharmacoepidemiology, pregnancy, health disparities |
Coronado, Rogelio A Research Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery |
Center for Musculoskeletal Research | Orthopaedic Surgery | musculoskeletal pain, behavioral interventions, psychological factors of pain, physical rehabilitation |
DeBaun, Michael R Professor, Pediatrics; J.C. Peterson Chair in Pediatrics; Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research, Pediatrics; Founding Director, Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease |
Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health | Hematology and Oncology, Pediatrics | sickle cell disease, advocacy, medical home care, global health |
Deppen, Stephen Associate Professor, Thoracic Surgery |
TREAT Lung Cancer Program; Center for Improving the Public's Health through Informatics; Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; Epidemiology Center; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program | Thoracic Surgery | lung cancer, diagnostic test for cancer, cancer screening, quality improvement |
Devane, Stephanie M Associate Professor, Nursing |
Nursing | breast feeding. African American women, health care use, nurse-midwifery | |
Dittus, Robert Professor, Medicine; Senior Associate Dean for Population Health Sciences; Albert and Bernard Werthan Chair in Medicine; Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President, Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network; Executive Vice President for Public Health and Health Care; Director, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center;Director, Quality Scholars Program, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System |
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Institute for Community Health; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine | health disparities, quality improvement, medical decision making, cost effectiveness, care outcomes |
Dmochowski, Roger Professor, Urology; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Professionalism, Surgical Sciences; Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, Surgical Sciences; Executive Medical Director, Patient Safety and Quality |
Reconstructive Urology and Pelvic Medicine,Urology | female pelvic medicine, bladder disorders, genitourinary system, biosocial framework for bladder health | |
Dupont, William Professor, Biostatistics; Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Biostatistics; Director, Nashville Breast Cohort Study; Director of Mentoring, Biostatistics |
Center for Child Health Policy; Asthma Research Center; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute | Biostatistics | breast cancer/disease, models for autonomic disease |
Dusetzina, Stacie B. Associate Professor, Health Policy; Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research |
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Department of Health Policy | Health Policy | pharmaceutical policy, pharmacoepidemiology, cancer outcomes research |
Elasy, Tom Professor,Medicine Director, General Internal Medicine and Public Health; Ann and Roscoe R. Robinson Chair in Clinical Research, Diabetes Center; Director, Center for Diabetes Translational Research |
Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Epidemiology Center | General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine | type 2 diabetes, glycemic relapse, self-management of type 2 diabetes, risk factor modification |
Ely, Wes Professor,Medicine; Grant W. Liddle Chair in Medicine; Associate Director for Research, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Quality Aging; Epidemiology Center; Memory and Alzheimer's Center; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center | Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine | critical care, delirium, dementia, ARDS, ventilation, COVID-19 |
Feurer, Irene Research Professor, Surgery; Director of Quantitative Services, Vanderbilt Transplant Center |
Center for Quantitative Sciences | Surgery | organ transplantation outcomes, psychometrics, quality of life |
France, Daniel Research Professor, Anesthesiology |
Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Quality Aging; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | Anesthesiology | health systems engineering, computer modeling, hospital efficiency, patient safety |
Freiberg, Matthew Scott Professor, Medicine Dorothy and Laurence Grossman Chair in Cardiology; Founding Director, V-CREATE |
Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center; Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; ViTAL: Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addiction, and Lifestyle | Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine | HIV, substance use, immune function, cardiovascular disease outcomes |
French, Benjamin Associate Professor, Biostatistics |
Biostatistics | statistical methods, longitudinal/survival data, exposure-outcome associations, prediction accuracy | |
Fry, Carrie Assistant Professor, Health Policy |
Health Policy | health reform, Medicaid, substance use disorder, mental health | |
Fuchs, Catherine Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Co-Chair, Admissions, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | child bipolar disorder, mood disorders, trauma, child delirium |
Gaines, Kenneth J Professor, Clinical Neurology; Director, Tele-Neurology Program |
Clinical Neurology | stroke epidemiology, intracerebral hemorrhage, clinical trials, telemedicine | |
Gelbard, Alexander Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Co-director, Vanderbilt Complex Airway Center |
Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery | adult airway disease, laryngotracheal stenosis | |
Goethals, Eveline Assistant Professor, Pediatrics |
Endocrinology and Diabetes, Pediatrics | type 1 diabetes, treatment adherence, adolescent motivation, executive function in children, health communication | |
Gonzales, Gilbert Assistant Professor, Medicine, Health and Society |
Center for Child Health Policy | Medicine, Health and Society | LGBT health, health disparities, population health, healthcare reform |
Gordon, Elisa J. Professor, Surgery; Director, Surgical Outcomes Research; Director, Transplant Outcomes Research |
Surgery | ||
Graves, John Associate Professor, Health Policy |
Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program | Health Policy | healthcare reform, Medicaid expansion, personalized medicine |
Greevy, Robert Associate Professor, Biostatistics; Director, Health Services Research Biostatistics; Director, Biostatistics Graduate Studies |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | Biostatistics | statistical methods, randomization methods, Inverse probability weighting , doubly robust estimators, sensitivity analyses |
Griffin, Marie Professor Emerita, Health Policy |
Epidemiology Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | Health Policy | pharmacoepidemiology, geriatrics, vaccine safety |
Griffith, Kevin N. Assistant Professor, Health Policy |
Health Policy | pay-per-performance, veteran's health, care access, cost-effectiveness | |
Grijalva, Carlos Professor, Health Policy; Co-director, DEcIDE Research Center |
Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Research Center; Epidemiology Center; Center for Musculoskeletal Research; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health | Pharmacoepidemiology, Health Policy | vaccine policy, pharmacoepidemiology, infectious diseases, medication effectiveness |
Grogan, Eric Associate Professor, Thoracic Surgery; Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville TN |
Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; TREAT Lung Cancer Program | Thoracic Surgery | lung cancer detection, predictive modeling, small nodule localization |
Guillamondegui, Oscar Professor, Surgery; Vice Chair for Surgical Quality, Safety, and Professionalism, Surgery; Medical Director, Trauma ICU; Director, Vanderbilt Multidisciplinary Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic; Chief, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care |
Center for Biomedical Ethics | Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Surgery | quality improvement, hospital operations |
Han, Jin Ho Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine |
Center for Quality Aging;Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Memory and Alzheimer's Center | Emergency Medicine | emergency medicine, delirium, long-term cognition, heart failure, geriatric medicine |
Harrell, Frank E. Professor, Biostatistics |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center; Center for Biomedical Ethics | Biostatistics | statistical methods, model validation, Bayesian methods, quantifying predictive accuracy, missing data imputation |
Harris, Paul Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Director, Office of Research Informatics |
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research | Biomedical Informatics | clinical/translational informatics, REDCap, data management, participant recruitment |
Hartert, Tina Professor, Medicine; Director, Center for Asthma and Environmental Sciences Research; Lulu H. Owen Chair in MedicineVice President for Translational Research |
Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation; Asthma Research Center;Epidemiology Center | Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine | asthma, respiratory epidemiology, primary disease prevention, clinical trials, pulmonary medicine |
Hartmann, Katherine Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Scientist Development; Lucius H. Burch Chair in Reproductive Physiology and Family Planning; Vice President for Research Integration |
Epidemiology Center; Pre3 Initiative; Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Obstetrics and Gynecology | epidemiology, informed medical decision making, cost-outcomes, behavioral interventions, pregnancy outcomes, women's health |
Hawkins, Alexander Tharrington Assistant Professor, Surgery |
General Surgery, Surgery | colon/rectal surgery outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, health service research, global surgery | |
Heerman, William John Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Co-director, Epidemiology Track, Master of Public Health Program |
Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | General Pediatrics, Pediatrics | maternal-child health outcomes, obesity, behavioral interventions, implementation science, health disparities |
Hess, Erik Paul Professor, Emergency Medicine; Chair, Emergency Medicine |
Emergency Medicine | emergency medicine, shared decision making, decision science, health disparities, public health | |
Holzman, Mike Professor, Surgery; Lester and Sarah Jayne Williams Chair in Academic Surgery |
General Surgery, Surgery | ||
Horst, Sara Nicole Associate Professor, Medicine |
Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center | Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Medicine | inflammatory bowel disease patient-reported outcomes, medication adherence, clinical flow, provider experience |
Hughes, Christopher Professor, Anesthesiology; Chief, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Memory and Alzheimer's Center | Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology | critical care, delirium, cognitive impairment, stoke, post-surgical outcomes |
Hung, Adriana Associate Professor, Medicine |
Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine | diabetes, kidney disease, rectal disease | |
Idrees, Kamran Associate Professor, Surgery; Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery; Director, Pancreas and GI Surgical Oncology; Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program; Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research |
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research | Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Surgery | colorectal, liver metastases, pancreatic cancer treatments, coordination of care, multidisciplinary care teams |
Jackson, James C. Research Associate Professor, Medicine; Assistant Director, ICU Recovery Center at Vanderbilt |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center | Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine | delirium, cognitive functioning, patient recovery |
Jaser, Sarah Associate Professor, Pediatrics |
Center for Diabetes Translation Research | Endocrinology and Diabetes, Pediatrics | type 1 diabetes, psychology intervention, coping, quality of life, adherence, neurocognitive complications |
Jessica Perkins Assistant Professor, Human and Organizational Development |
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health | Human and Organizational Development | community health, global health, social epidemiology, social psychology, social norms, health-related behaviors |
Johnson, Kevin Professor,Biomedical Informatics Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Chair, Biomedical InformaticsInformatician-in-Chief |
Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center | Biomedical Informatics | patient safety/compliance improvement, technology use for point of care, computer-based documentation systems |
Keohane, Laura Assistant Professor, Health Policy |
Memory and Alzheimer's Center; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center | Health Policy | Medicare, Medicaid, aging, disability, long-term care |
Koyama, Tatsuki Associate Professor, Biostatistics |
Center for Quantitative Sciences | Biostatistics | statistical methods, flexible clinical trial designs, data inference, Frequentist method, Bayesian methods |
Kripalani, Sunil Professor, Medicine Director, Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Director, Center for Health Services Research |
Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Quality Aging; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | General Internal Medicine and Public Health,Medicine | implementation science, health communication, health literacy, medication management, care transitions, social determinants of health, hospital readmission |
Leech, Ashley A. Assistant Professor, Health Policy |
Center for Child Health Policy; Pre3 Initiative | Health Policy | reproductive and infant health, cost and value, health policy decision making, infectious diseases |
Lewis, Jennifer A. Assistant Professor, Medicine |
Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program | Hematology and Oncology, Medicine | implementation science, lung cancer screening, process adaptations, provider engagement, program evaluation |
Lindsell, Christopher John Professor, Biostatistics; Co-director, Health Data Science Center; Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Methods Program; Associate Director, Center for Clinical Quality and Improvement Research |
Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | Biostatistics | learning health systems, pragmatic trials, implementation research, clinical processes, statistics |
Malow, Beth Ann Professor, Neurology; Burry Chair in Cognitive Childhood Development; Division Chief, Sleep; Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Neurology |
Vanderbilt Brain Institute; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Neurology | sleep, epilepsy, autism, electronic health record, self-determined goals, care-giver support, patient education |
Martinez, William Assistant Professor, Medicine |
Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Center for Biomedical Ethics | General Internal Medicine and Public Health,Medicine | medical error, patient safety, physician behavior, digital health, patient engagement, measure development |
Matheny, Michael Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Co-Director, Center for Improving the Public's Health through Informatics; Associate Director, Advanced Fellowship in Medical Informatics, TVHS Veterans Affairs |
Center for Improving the Public's Health through Informatics | Biomedical Informatics | predictive analytics, acute kidney injury, diabetes, medical product surveillance, machine learning |
Mayberry, Lindsay Assistant Professor, Medicine; Director, Effective Health Communication Core |
Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine | family support, health information technology, diabetes, self-management, heath communication |
McCoy, Allison B. Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics |
Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | Biomedical Informatics | electronic health records, clinical decision support, affordable healthcare, patient safely |
Meador, Keith Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society; Director, Mental Health and Chaplaincy |
Center for Biomedical Ethics | General Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | religion and health, mental health care, access to care, quality of care, socio-cultural determinants of illness |
Metzl, Jonathan Center for Medicine, Health, and Society; Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology |
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Center for Biomedical Ethics | Medicine, Health and Society | |
Minnick, Ann Professor, Nursing Senior Associate Dean of Nursing; Julia Eleanor Chenault Professor of Nursing |
Nursing | hospital quality and safety, workforce quality, adherence to clinical guidelines | |
Mistry, Eva A Assistant Professor, Neurology |
Neurology | acute stroke, outcomes, clinical trial methodology | |
Mixon, Amanda S. Associate Professor, Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt Implementation and Quality Improvement Core |
Center for Quality Aging; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine | care transitions, social determinants of health, hospital readmission, medication reconciliation, deprescribing |
Moon, Troy Associate Professor, Pediatrics |
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health | Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics | HIV/AIDS, global health, systems delivery, research capacity building, research ethics |
Moore, Paul Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine; Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Pediatrics |
Asthma Research Center | Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Pediatrics | genetic variations in asthma, respiratory outcomes, development of asthma, environmental exposures, care delivery |
Mulvaney, Shelagh A. Associate Professor, Nursing |
Center for Research and Scholarly Development; Center for Effective Health Communication; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | Clinical Psychology, Nursing | diabetes self-management, technology-assisted behavior change, social learning mechanisms, mobile behavioral assessment systems |
Munoz, Daniel Associate Professor, Medicine; Associate Executive Medical Director, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute; Interim Co-Director for Clinical Affairs, Cardiovascular Medicine |
Heart and Vascular Institute; Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center | Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine | cardiovascular risk, patient outcome improvement, polypill |
Murff, Harvey Associate Professor, Medicine; Director, Geriatric Medicine |
Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Digestive Disease Research Center; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center | Geriatric Medicine, Medicine | colorectal cancer epidemiology, nutrition, disparities in cancer screening, patient safety |
Murry, Velma M. Professor, Health Policy; Lois Audrey Betts Chair in Education and Human Development; Director, Program in Rural Health Equity Research |
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Program in Rural Health Equity Research | Health Policy | youth risk, rural African-American parents and youth, HIV prevention, rural health, health equity |
Nair, Devika Instructor, Medicine |
Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine | self efficacy, cognitive impairment, qualitative research, chronic kidney disease, quality of life | |
Novak, Laurie Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Director, DBMI Center of Excellence in Applied Artificial Intelligence |
Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | Biomedical Informatics | qualitative research, technology integration, technology implementation, social construction, patient safety |
Obremskey, William T. Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery; Vice Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery; Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Research; Executive Medical Director of Technology Assessment and Product Acquisition |
Center for Musculoskeletal Research | Orthopaedic Trauma, Orthopaedic Surgery | musculoskeletal trauma outcomes, fiscal analysis, study design, patient-reported outcomes |
Osmundson, Sarah Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Obstetrics and Gynecology | ||
Pandharipande, Pratik Professor,Anesthesiology Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Anesthesiology |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center | Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology | critical care, sedation, delirium, cognitive impairment, sepsis |
Patel, Mayur Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Professional Development, Surgery; Assitant Chief of Surgical Services, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System; Chief, General Surgery, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System; Director of Finance, Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center Director of Research, Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Traumatic Brain Injury Center; Vanderbilt Brain Institute; Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation | Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Surgery | traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, long-term cognitive impairment, dementia, ICU survivorship |
Patrick, Stephen Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Center for Child Health Policy |
Center for Child Health Policy; Pre3 Initiative | Neonatology, Pediatrics | opioid use disorder, opioid-exposed infants and mothers, opioid crisis, drug control policies |
Penson, David F. Professor, Urology; Chair, Urology; Paul V. Hamilton, M.D., and Virginia E. Howd Chair in Urologic Oncology; Director, Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research |
Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program | Urologic Oncology, Urology | prostate cancer treatment, comparative effectiveness, health policy, quality of care |
Peterson, Josh F. Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Director, Center for Precision Medicine |
Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | Biomedical Informatics | precision medicine, drug safety/efficacy improvement, genomic technologies, implementation |
Peterson, Neeraja B. Associate Professor, Medicine; Associate Chair, Ambulatory Education; Medical Director, Vanderbilt Adult Primary Care; Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program |
General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine | preventative medicine, cancer screening, women's health, epidemiology, health services | |
Phillippi, Julia C. Assistant Professor, Nursing; Director, Nurse-Midwifery Specialty |
Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Research and Scholarly Development | Nursing | prenatal care access, team-based prenatal care, midwifery innovation |
Poon, Sabrina J. Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine |
Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation | Emergency Medicine | emergency medicine, acute care, value improvement, quality improvement |
Powers, James Professor, Medicine; Associate Director, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Director, Middle Tennessee Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program |
Center for Quality Aging; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center | Geriatric Medicine, Medicine | educational outcome, aging body composition, geriatric care models, interdisciplinary patient care teams |
Prescott, Lauren S. Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Center for Women's Health at Ingram Cancer Center | Obstetrics and Gynecology | gynecological oncology |
Pulley, Jill Research Associate Professor, Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research |
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research | Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care,Medicine | racial health disparities, drug safety/marketing |
Raman, Rameela Associate Professor, Biostatistics |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center | Biostatistics | health disparity measures, survivor/attrition bias, provider profiling, statistical education |
Ray, Wayne Professor, Health Policy |
Health Policy | pharmacoepidemiology, geriatrics, preventative medicine | |
Rebeiro, Peter F. Assistant Professor, Medicine; Director of Graduate Studies, Epidemiology and Medicine |
Epidemiology Center | Epidemiology, Medicine | HIV/AIDS, epidemiology, care continuum |
Reynolds, William Stuart Associate Professor, Urology; Fellowship Director, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship |
Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research | Reconstructive Urology and Pelvic Medicine, Urology | functional bladder disorders, comparative effectiveness, epidemiology, biosocial framework for bladder health |
Rhoten, Bethany Andrews Assistant Professor, Nursing |
Center for Research and Scholarly Development | Nursing | body image, sexuality, cancer-related disfigurement, decision-making |
Roberson, Mya Assistant Professor, Health Policy |
Health Policy | cancer care delivery, health equity, social epidemiology | |
Rosas-Salazar, Christian Assistant Professor, Pediatrics |
Asthma Research Center | Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Pediatrics | early-life risk factors for childhood asthma, asthma health disparities, biomarkers for asthma development |
Rosenbloom, Trent Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Biomedical Informatics; Director, Clinical Effectiveness Research, Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network; Director, My Health at Vanderbilt |
Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Biomedical Ethics | Biomedical Informatics | health technology interaction, patient care documentation, clinical decisions, patient engaging technologies |
Rothman, Russell Professor, Medicine Director, Institute for Medicine and Public Health; Ingram Chair in Integrative and Population Health; Senior Vice President for Population and Public Health; Chief, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics |
Institute for Medicine and Public Health; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Child Health Policy; Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Musculoskeletal Research; Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine | health services health communication, quality improvement, children and adults diabetes and obesity |
Roumie, Christianne Associate Professor, Medicine; Deputy Director, Nashville VA Quality Scholars, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System; Director, Master of Public Health Program |
Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine | epidemiology, outcomes, hypertension, diabetes |
Russ, Stephan Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine; Associate Chief of Staff |
Emergency Medicine | emergency medicine, implementation science, medical decision making, informatics, quality improvement | |
Samuels, Lauren (Laurie) Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics |
Biostatistics | observational studies, design, analysis | |
Schaffner, William Professor, Health Policy |
Preventive Medicine, Health Policy | infectious disease, preventative medicine, immunization policy | |
Schildcrout, Jonathan Scott Professor, Biostatistics Vice Chair for Research, Biostatistics |
Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | Biostatistics | prediction modeling, efficient study designs, longitudinal data analyses, electronic health records data, selection mechanisms |
Schlundt, David G. Associate Professor, Psychology |
Epidemiology Center; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center | Psychology | behavioral assessment tools, behavioral interventions, qualitative research, environmental factors on health, health disparities, lifestyle behaviors |
Schnelle, John Professor, Medicine |
Center for Quality Aging; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center | Geriatric Medicine,Medicine | quality of elderly life/care, nursing homes, quality improvement, quality of life, behavior therapy |
Self, Wesley Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine; Vice Chair for Research, Emergency Medicine |
Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation | Emergency Medicine | emergency medicine, resuscitation, pragmatic trials, epidemiology, infectious diseases |
Sethi, Manish Kumar Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery |
Orthopaedic Trauma, Orthopaedic Surgery | health policy, evidence-based medicine, orthopaedic surgery | |
Shinall, Ricky Assistant Professor, Surgery |
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program | General Surgery, Surgery | health services, palliative care consultation, biomedical ethics |
Simmons, Sandra Professor, Medicine Paul V. Hamilton M.D. Chair in Geriatrics and Aging Research; Deputy Assistant Director, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Director, Center for Quality Aging |
Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Center for Quality Aging;Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research;Memory and Alzheimer's Center | Geriatric Medicine, Medicine | long term care, quality of care, quality of life, staffing resources, best practices, nutrition, assessment, satisfaction and preference |
Slagle, Jason Research Associate Professor, Anesthesiology |
Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center | Anesthesiology | human factors engineering, decision making, patient safety |
Smith, Heidi Associate Professor, Anesthesiology |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center | Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology | critical care, delirium, pediatric, clinical trials |
Snyder, Brittney Postdoctoral Research Fellow,Medicine |
Asthma Research Center | Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine | maternal-child health, epidemiology, environmental influences on child health outcomes, respiratory diseases |
Stevenson, David Professor, Health Policy; Vice Chair for Education, Health Policy; Director of Health Policy Education, Health Policy |
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Biomedical Ethics | Health Policy | long-term care, end-of-life care, aging, Medicare |
Stolldorf, Deonni Assistant Professor, Nursing |
Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | Nursing | implementation science, sustainability, quality improvement, medication reconciliation, care transitions |
Storrow, Alan Associate Professor,Emergency Medicine Associate Director of Research, Emergency Medicine |
Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | Emergency Medicine | emergency medicine, acute heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, risk stratification, early diagnosis |
Stubblefield, William-May Instructor, Emergency Medicine |
Emergency Medicine | emergency medicine, venous thromboembolic disease, acute pulmonary embolism, prognostic markers, long-term functional outcomes | |
Assistant Professor, Medicine |
Medicine | cardiovascular disease, epidemiology, electronic health record, treatment guidelines, racial disparities | |
Tindle, Hilary Aurora Associate Professor, Medicine; William Anderson Spickard Jr., M.D. Chair in Medicine; Founding Director, ViTAL |
ViTAL: The Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addiction, and Lifestyle; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center; Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Diabetes Translation Research | General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine | smoking cessation, psychological processes, behavior-driven diseases, cardiovascular disease cancer |
Umeukeje, Ebele M. Assistant Professor, Medicine; Diversity Liason, Nephrology and Hypertension |
Nephrology and Hypertension, Medicine | patient-reported outcomes, health disparities, health communication, patient perspective, kidney disease | |
Van Driest, Sara Associate Professor, Pediatrics |
Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Biomedical Ethics; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute | General Pediatrics, Pediatrics | pediatric personalized medicine, dosing improvement, clinical risk prediction, latent drug effect, electronic health records |
Vasilevskis, Eduard Associate Professor, Medicine Chief, Section of Hospital Medicine |
Center for Quality Aging; Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Medicine | deprescribing, polypharmacy, delirium, care transitions, post-acute care, quality improvement |
Velez Edwards, Digna Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Division Director, Quantitative Sciences; Director, Womens Health Research |
Epidemiology Center; Center for Precision Medicine; Pre3 Initiative; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute | Obstetrics and Gynecology | genetic epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, adverse pregnancy outcomes, racial disparities |
Vogus, Timothy J. Professor, Business Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor of Management; Faculty Director, Leadership Development Program; Deputy Director, Frist Center for Autism and Innovation |
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | Business | health care, organization studies, organization inclusivity, diverse perspectives" |
Weinger, Matthew B. Professor, Anesthesiology; Norman Ty Smith Chair in Patient Safety and Medical Simulation; Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Anesthesiology; Director, Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety |
Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Center for Effective Health Communication; Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety; Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | Anesthesiology | patient safety, human factors engineering, healthcare simulation, medical device development, clinical decision making |
Wellons, John Professor, Neurological Surgery Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery; Cal Turner Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery; Vice Chair for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Neurosurgery; Medical Director, Surgical Outcome Center for Kids; Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Surgical Sciences |
Center for Surgical Quality Outcomes Research; Surgical Outcome Center for Kids | Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery | Hydrocephalus, Chiari-related disorders, fetal surgery, endoscopically minimally invasive procedures, brachial plexus and peripheral nerve treatment |
Wells, Quinn Stanton Assistant Professor, Medicine |
Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation; Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute | Cardiovascular medicine, Medicine | pharmacogenomics, cardiovascular medicine, genetic variation, disease susceptibility, electronic medical record |
Whitmore, Christine Research Associate Professor, Health Policy; Director of Operations, Health Policy |
Health Policy | survey methodology, qualitative methods, program evaluation | |
Winkfield, Karen Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance; Ingram Professor of Cancer Research; Professor of Medicine |
Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance | Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center | cancer research, health equity, radiation oncology |
Wilkins, Consuelo Hopkins Professor, Medicine; Vice President for Health Equity; Engagement Core Director, All of Us Research Program; Associate Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science; Associate Dean for Health Equity |
Center for Diabetes Translation Research; Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance; Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program; Office of Health Equity; Center for Effective Health Communication; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute; Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research | Geriatric Medicine, Medicine | precision medicine, health disparities, health equity, community engagement, participant recruitment |
Williams, Sarah Elizabeth Assistant Professor, Pediatrics |
General Pediatrics, Pediatrics | vaccine hesitancy, vaccine education, vaccine safety, quality improvement | |
Wright, Adam Professor, Biomedical Informatics Director, Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center |
Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center; Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research | Biomedical Informatics | clinical decision support, machine learning, adverse event detection |
Wu, Pingsheng Research Associate Professor, Medicine |
Asthma Research Center; Asthma Research Center | Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medicine | asthma, epidemiology, comparative effectiveness, electronic medical records, statistical methodology |