Recipient of the WILLIAM J. DARBY AWARD
For Translational Research that has Changed the Practice of Medicine Worldwide
Russell Rothman, MD, MPP, Ingram Professor of Integrative and Population Health, professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Health Policy
Rothman, who is VUMC’s Senior Vice President for Population and Public Health and director of the Institute for Medicine and Public Health, has led quality measurement and improvement studies across the Mid-South. He currently is principal investigator of a clinical research network funded by the non-profit Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) that supports comparative effectiveness studies and pragmatic clinical trials. This award recognizes Rothman’s application of large-scale quality improvement and implementation science to transform health outcomes at the regional and national levels.