Research Centers and Programs

CENTER FOR
Child Health Policy
Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS

CENTER FOR
Asthma Research
Tina Hartert, MD, MPH

CENTER FOR
Health Economic Modeling
John Graves, PhD

CENTER FOR
Surgical Quality 
and Outcomes Research 
David Penson, MD, MPH

CENTER FOR
Clinical Quality
and Implementation Research 
Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, SFHM 

CENTER FOR
Quality Aging  
Sandra Simmons, PhD 

VA Health Services 
Research Center  
Harvey Murff, MD, MPH

Effective Health Communication 
Kerri Cavanaugh, MD, MHS
 

Critical Illness Dysfunction, and
Survivorship (CIBS) Center  
Wes Ely, MD, MPH  
Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI

CENTER FOR
Health Behavior and 
Health Education
Tom Elasy, MD, MPH
Lindsay Mayberry, MS, PhD

CENTER FOR
Emergency Care Research
and Innovation 
Alan Storrow, MD
Sean Collins, MD, MSc

CENTER FOR
Improving the Public’s Health
Through Informatics
Michael Matheny, MD, MS, MPH

CENTER FOR
Women’s Health Research 
at Vanderbilt 
Digna Velez Edwards, PhD

CENTER FOR
Musculoskeletal Research
Kristin Archer, PhD, DPT

Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, 
Addiction and Lifestyle (ViTAL) 
Hilary Tindle, MD, MPH

CENTER FOR
Research and 
Innovation in System Safety
Matthew Weinger, MD

Program in Rural 
Health Equity Research
Velma McBride Murry, PhD

CENTER FOR
Integrative Health Research
Kristin Archer, PhD, DPT