Dr. Jennifer Cunningham-Erves: Engaging The Alliance and The Communities We Serve
Our Faculty Spotlight celebrates the institutional partners who make the vital connections that drive the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance’s (MVA) collaborative learning environment.
Student Spotlight: Kirsten Nguyen
Our Student Spotlight celebrates student members of the Meharry-Vanderbilt community, whose achievements reflect the MVA’s commitment to enhance and support high-impact translational research, interprofessional learning, and community engagement.
Student Spotlight: Taylor Jackson
Our Student Spotlight celebrates student members of the Meharry-Vanderbilt community, whose achievements reflect the MVA’s commitment to enhance and support high-impact translational research, interprofessional learning, and community engagement.
Mercedes Conkin Joins the MVA as Associate Program Manager
Mercedes Conkin, MPH, recently joined the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA) as an associate program manager, working collaboratively with the MVA’s leadership team. Mercedes has always been interested in health care, focusing on diverse, underserved populations. She is excited to apply her expertise to support the Nashville community.
PCORnet Engagement Coordinating Center Highlights MVA History of Community Engagement
In an effort to address these ongoing disparities, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has secured a three-year, $2 million contract from PCORI, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, to establish an Engagement Coordinating Center for PCORnet. This new center will be directed by Dr. Karen Winkfield, executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA).
Whose Central Line Is It Anyway? is Back!
Whose Central Line Is It Anyway? is an annual student competition testing pop culture trivia to raise funds for community partners.
Sunitha Vungarala Joins the MVA as Clinical/Translational Research Coordinator
We’re pleased to welcome Sunitha Vungarala, PGDCC, to the Meharry Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA). Dr. Vungarala joins the MVA as a Clinical/Translational Research Coordinator, focusing primarily on coordination of population health science, community-engagement, and outcomes research conducted within the Meharry-Vanderbilt-Tennessee State University Cancer Partnership (MVTCP).
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Barbara Jacobson
Join us this month in celebrating esteemed Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) faculty member and MVA Interprofessional Education (IPE) faculty mentor Barbara Jacobson, PhD, CCC-SLP. With planned retirement in May 2022, we’re proud to highlight her contributions and engagement throughout the years.
Students from Local Universities Brainstorm Community Improvement Initiatives with MVA Interprofessional and Interinstitutional Education (IPE)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On January 28, 2022, more than 30 students from local institutions participated in the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA) Interinstitutional Interprofessional Education (IPE) student project. Gathering via Zoom, they met with faculty mentors and Nashville-based organizations to brainstorm ways to improve the community.
Karen Winkfield To Direct Engagement for National Research Network
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a three-year, $2 million contract from PCORI, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, to establish an Engagement Coordinating Center for PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.
The new center will be directed by Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, professor of Radiation Oncology, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance.