Where We Work: Core Programs and Projects by Country

View our list of research and training programs and projects in Brazil.

Faculty and Staff:

• Bruno Andrade, MD
• Rebecca “Ribka” Berhanu, MD
• Jessica Castilho, MD, MPH
• Timothy R. Sterling, MD
• Hilary Vansell, MMHC

Visit the Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center for more details.   

• Xiao-Ou Shu, MD, PhD
• Wei Zheng, MD, PhD, MPH

View our list of research and training programs and projects in Ethiopia.

Faculty and Staff:

• Michael C. Dewan, MD, MSCI
• Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, MBChB, MPH
• Marie Martin, MEd, PhD
• Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH, MEd
• Kaylyn Sachse, MD
• Bantayehu Sileshi, MD

View our list of research and training programs and projects in Ghana.

Faculty and Staff:

• Muktar Aliyu MD, MPH, DrPH
• Michael Rutledge DeBaun, MD, MPH
• Michael C. Dewan, MD, MSCI
• Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, MBChB, MPH
• Douglas C. Heimburger, M.D., MS
• Lauren Klein, MD

Faculty and Staff:

• Edward (Ted) Fischer, PhD
• Cynthia Paschal, PhD
• Avery Dickins de Girón, PhD

• VUMC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Global Women's Health
• Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery: Global Health (Haiti Adventist Hospital, teams build head and neck oncologic surgical capacity through surgical-educational camps)

• Howard L. Curlin, MD
• Barry S. Grimm, DO
• Lara F. Harvey, MD, MPH
• James Netterville, MD
• Lindsey Zamora, MD, MPH

View our list of research and training programs and projects in Kenya.

• Vanderbilt International Anesthesia
• VUMC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Global Women's Health 
• Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery: Global Health (Tawfiq Hospital, AIC Kijabe Hospital, teams build head and neck oncologic surgical capacity through surgical-educational camps)

Faculty and Staff:

• Howard L. Curlin, MD
• Richard Davis, MD
• Michael C. Dewan, MD, MSCI
• Barry S. Grimm, DO
• Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, MBChB, MPH
• Lara F. Harvey, MD, MPH
• Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH, FACS
• Marie Martin, PhD, MEd
• James Netterville, MD
• Mark Newton, MD
• Matthew McEvoy, MD
• Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH, MEd
• Kaylyn Sachse, MD
• Bantayehu Sileshi, MD
• Christopher Sizemore, DO
• Martin Were, MD, MS
• Lindsey Zamora, MD, MPH

View our list of research and training programs and projects in Liberia.

Faculty and Staff: 

• Marie Martin, MEd, PhD
• Bonnie Miller, MD
• Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH, MEd

View our list of research and training programs and projects in Mozambique.

Faculty and Staff:

• Carolyn M. Audet, PhD
• Erin Graves, BSN, MPH
• Heather Jordan, MPH
• Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH, MEd (Medical Education Programs)
• Martin Were, MD, MS
• C. William “Bill” Wester, MD, MPH
 

Technical Assistance:

• Friends in Global Health (FGH) (PEPFAR)
    - Avante Zambézia 

View our list of research and training programs and projects in Nigeria.

Faculty and Staff:
• Muktar Aliyu, MD, MPH, DrPH
• Carolyn Audet, PhD
• Audrey Bowden, PhD
• Holly Cassell, MPH
• Michael Rutledge DeBaun, MD, MPH
• Michael C. Dewan, MD, MSCI
• Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH
• Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, MBChB, MPH
• Lauren Klein, MD
• Angela Paolucci, MPH, MA
• Leslie Pierce, MPH
• Bryan Shepherd, PhD
• Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH
• William Wester, MD, MPH
• Usman J. Wudil, MBBS, MPH

Vanderbilt Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs):
Vanderbilt Initiative for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance

• Carlos Grijalva, M.D., MPH
• John Scheel, MD, PhD, MPH
• Timothy R. Sterling, MD
   

View our list of research and training programs and projects in South Africa.

Faculty and Staff:

• Muktar Aliyu MD, MPH, DrPH
• Rebecca “Ribka” Berhanu, MD
• Michael C. Dewan, MD, MSCI
• Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, MBChB, MPH
• Douglas C. Heimburger, MD, MS
• Carolyn Audet, PhD
• Kate Clouse, PhD, MPH
• Michael C. Dewan, MD, MSCI
• Timothy R. Sterling, MD
• Yuri van der Heijden, MD, MPH
• Roy Zent, MD, PhD

View our list of research and training programs and projects in Tanzania.

• Michael C. Dewan, MD, MSCI
• Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, MBChB, MPH
• Kaylyn Sachse, MD
• Bantayehu Sileshi, MD

• Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD, FAHA
• Jessica M. Perkins, PhD
• John Scheel, MD, PhD, MPH

Faculty and Staff:
• Digna Valez Edwards, PhD, MS
• Xiao-Ou Shu, MD, PhD
• Bahr Weiss, PhD

View our list of research and training programs and projects in Zambia.

Faculty and Staff:

• Muktar Aliyu MD, MPH, DrPH
• Holly Cassell, MPH
• Michael C. Dewan, MD, MSCI
• Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, MBChB, MPH
• Douglas C. Heimburger, MD, MS
• Annet Kirabo, PhD, DVM, MSc, FAHA
• John Koethe, MD, MSCI
• Marie Martin, MEd, PhD
• Lloyd Mulenga, PhD, MMed, MBChB, MSc
• Wilbroad Mutale, PhD, MBChB
• Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH, MEd