Affiliate Directory
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Whitney Barnett, Ph.D., MPH
Meharry Medical College
Child maltreatment, implementation science, perinatal mental health
Pamela M. Martin, PhD
Meharry Medical College
Vision Science, Degenerative Retinal Diseases, Cardiometabolic Diseases (Diabetic Retinopathy), Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Retinopathy
Sajid Hussain
Meharry Medical College
AI/ML, healthcare informatics, data analytics, secure and robust applications, IoTs for healthcare
Tracy Frech
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Systemic Sclerosis
Ray Blind, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Diabetes Research and Training Center
Structural Biology, Chemical Biology, Nuclear Receptors, Nuclear Lipid Signaling, Phosphoinositide Biology, NR5A Nuclear Receptors.
Martha J. Shrubsole, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cancer Epidemiology, Nutrition, Microbiome, Colorectal Neoplasia, Health Disparities, Environmental Health
Daniel Barocas, MD, MPH, FACS
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
VICC Cancer Outcomes Program; Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research; CEASAR Prostate Study
cancer immunology, obesity and cancer, tumor microenvironment
Jeffrey C. Rathmell, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology
Cancer Immunology, Obesity and Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment
Fazal Khan, M.D.-J.D
Meharry Medical College
Meharry School of Global Health
Artificial Intelligence, AI, Healthcare Law, Healthcare Policy, Bioethics, Public Health Law, Health Equity, Telehealth, Digital Health, Mobile Health, FDA Law
Shirin Shahnaseri, DDS, MS
Meharry Medical College
Patient-Centered Care
James E. Cade, DDS FACD
Meharry Medical College
Patient Care
Dr. Ashmeet Oberoi
Vanderbilt University
U-54 MVTCP (Meharry-Vanderbilt-TSU Cancer Partnership)
Community-Engaged Research, Participatory Action Research, Inequities in Minority Communities, Development Of Urban Adolescents, Immigrants, Refugees, And Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Program Evaluation, Program Development, Preventive Interventions
Nadine Shillingford, PhD
Meharry Medical College
Health Equity
Todd Gary, PhD
Meharry Medical College
Biomedical Data Science, Training and Outreach Involving Diverse Populations, Partnerships/Collaborations, AI Ethics, And Health Equity
Jeffrey Neul MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Especially Rett Syndrome, Research Spanning Basic/Translational/And Clinical Research
Anita F. Austin, Ph.D.
Meharry Medical College
U-54 MVTCP (Meharry-Vanderbilt-TSU Cancer Partnership)
Patient Outcomes
Aldenise P. Ewing, PhD, MPH, CPH
Ohio State University
College of Public Health
Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Cancer Screening, Health Equity, Health Disparities
Michael McKinney, DVM, DACLAM
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Anesthesia/Analgesia
Elizabeth S. Rose, Ed.D., M.P.H.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Institute for Global Health
Global Health, Education & Training, Capacity Strengthening
Kelli A Turner, DDS, MSPH
Meharry Medical College
Health Equity, and Patient Centered Care
Adul H Sawas, BPharm, PhD, EHS
Meharry Medical College
IAEE
Oxidative Stress and Health Care Managements
Muthukumar Balasubramaniam, Ph.D.
Meharry Medical College
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research (CAHDR)
HIV/AIDS, Antiviral Drugs, Virus-Host Interactions, Innate and Adaptive Immune Response
Janet K. Otachi, Ph.D., MSW, CSW, M.A.
Tennessee State University
Affiliation
Social Determinants Of Health, Health Disparities And Equity, Vulnerable Populations, Public Health Social Work, Evidence-Based Practice, Program Evaluation, Substance Use And Addiction, Mental And Behavioral Health, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Violent Victimization/ Poly-victimization, Trauma Informed Care
Vanisha L. Brown, PhD, MPH
Meharry Medical College
NSF, RCMI
Built Environment, Elimination Of Health Disparities, HIV, Caregiver-Child Proximity and Attachment Security, Racial Disparities In Adverse Perinatal Outcomes
Alyssa Weakley, MPH
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hemophilia Treatment Center
Health Equity, Health System Predictors of Patient-Level Outcomes, Patient-Centered Care, DEI
Brandee J. Madden, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Vanderbilt University
Afflilation
Addictions, Tobacco Use Disorder, EDI In Psychiatric Nursing, Mentorship in POC Nurses
Krista Mehari, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Center for Research on Inequality and Health
School- And Community-Based Approaches to Violence Prevention, Firearm Injury Prevention, Participatory Action Research, Positive Youth Development
Flora A. M. Ukoli, M.D., MPH.
Meharry Medical College
RCMI
Breastfeeding Promotion, Early Childhood Obesity, Chronic Disease Epidemiology (Prostate Cancer & Hypertension), Health Disparity.
Rolanda Lister, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Affiliation
Maternal Health Disparities Elimination, Maternal Cardiac Health, Quality Improvement, Community Academic Partnerships, Black Maternal Health Experience
Dr. Shumit Saha, PhD
Meharry Medical College
School of Applied Computation Sciences
Sleep Apnea, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Disease, Health Equity, Patient-Centered Research
Elizabeth C. Stewart, DrPH, MSPH
Meharry Medical College
Affiliation
Men’s Health, Collegiate Health, Community Engagement, Cancer
Hongwei Si
Tennessee State University
affiliation
Food-Derived Bioactive Compounds on Cancer, Obesity, Heart Disease, And Aging.
Ryan Beni, Ph.D.
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University
Anticancer Drug Discovery and Development by Chemical Modification
Wonjen C. Bagley, DSW
Tennessee State University
School of Applied Computation Sciences
Health Equity, Hospice and Palliative Care for African Americans, Black Maternal Health, Anti-Racist Teaching and Curriculum Development
Luke A. Gatta, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society
Placenta Accreta Spectrum, Maternal Morbidity and Mortality, Maternal-Fetal Ethics, Placental Ethics
Gary Jones, Jr., PhD
Tennessee State University
affiliation
Child Welfare, Racial Equity, And Utilization of Technology to Address Disparities
Jennifer Srygley Sucre, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research, Program in Developmental Biology, Center for Epithelial Biology, Stem Cell and Progenitor Research Center
In Our Research Group We Are Interested In Lung Development, Lung Injury, And Lung Repair, With An Emphasis On Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, The Leading Complication In Survivors Of Preterm Birth. We Combine Single Cell Mutliomics, Mouse Models, Human Samples, and 4-Dimensional Live Imaging Techniques To Tackle Fundamental Questions Of Lung Development And Lung Disease, With A Goal Of Discovering New Targeted Therapeutics To Promote Lung Regeneration.
Audrey K. Bowden, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center
Medical Devices, Biomedical Optics, Point-Of-Care, Low-Resource Settings, Global Health, Bio-photonics
Wansoo Im, Ph.D.
Meharry Medical College
Affiliation
GIS, Social Determinants of Health, Environmental Health, Health Technology, Public Health, Data Science, Community Engagement
Kimberly Dahlman, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
VICC
Clinical Trials, Response and Resistance, Targeted Therapy, Immunapy, Immunophenotyping, CODEX
Thomas A. Cassini, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Undiagnosed Diseases Program/Undiagnosed Diseases Network
Undiagnosed Disease, Rare Disease, Genetics
Bethany Rhoten, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC
Vanderbilt University
Center for Research on Inequality and Health
Mental Health Implications of Illness, Identity, And Lived Experience, Psychosocial Implications of Cancer Survivorship, LGBTQ+ Health
Ashley L. Spann, MD, MSACI
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Population Health Informatics, Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center
Electronic Clinical Decision Support, EHR Design, Transplant Outcomes, Chronic Liver Disease Care, Health Equity, Health Services Research, Implementation Science, Machine Learning, Prediction Modeling
Alecia Malin Fair, DrPH
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wilkins Health Equity and Engagement Lab
Precision Medicine, Research Methodology, Career Development, Mentoring, Health Behavioral Interventions, Cancer Prevention Education, Person Centeredness of Research,
Taneisha Gillyard Cheairs, Ph.D.
Meharry Medical College
Affiliation
Health Equity, Maternal Health, Community-Based Interventions, Perinatal Health Equity, Health Promotion
Amos M. Sakwe, Ph.D., M.S.C.I.
Meharry Medical College
Affiliation
Breast Cancer, Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Metastasis, Chemoresistance, Receptor Tyrosine Kinases, Annexin A6, Cancer Induced Hypercalcemia, Calcium Signaling in Cancer
Mulubrhan F. Mogos; PhD, MS
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Affiliation
Maternal Morbidity, Maternal Mortality, Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Bishnu Sarker, PhD
Meharry Medical College
Laboratory of Omics Mining and Algorithmic Reasoning
Data Science, Machine Learning, Graph Representation Learning, Generative Adversarial Network, Bioinformatics, Knowledge Graph Reasoning, Network Science, Natural Language Processing
Amosy E. M'Koma, M.D., MS, Ph.D.
Meharry Medical College
Surgical Sciences
Colonic Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Crohn’s Colitis (CC) Patients, and Indeterminate Colitis (IC) Patients, Non-IBD Colitis (Diverticulitis)
Brenda K. Batts, MPH-RRT-NPS
Meharry Medical College
Affiliation
Breast Cancer, Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Metastasis, Chemoresistance, Receptor Tyrosine Kinases, Annexin A6, Cancer Induced Hypercalcemia, Calcium Signaling in Cancer
Liliana Wagner, Ph.D., BCBA
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
K12 HS026395 (PI), 1R01MH127228-01 (Co-I),
Patient-Centered Care, Health Equity, Implementation Science, Autism, Telehealth
Aize Cao PhD,MPH
Meharry Medical College
Laboratory of Omics Mining and Algorithmic Reasoning
Health Disparity, Substance Use Disorder, Patient Level Health Outcome Prediction
Melinda C. Aldrich, PhD, MPH, FACE
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Genetics Institute and VICC
Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Screening, Disparities, Health Equity, Community Engagement
Richard P. Garvin, Jr., Ph.D.
Tennessee State University
Affiliation
Africultural Coping, Racial Identity Development, Race-Based Traumatic Stress
Zhenbang Chen, Ph.D.
Meharry Medical College
Affiliation
Prostate Cancer
Josiah Ochieng
Meharry Medical College
Dept of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Cancer Research
Ann Richmond, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
Tumor Immune Environment’s Regulation of Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Susan Eagle MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Affiliation
Novel Medical Device Development, NIH And DOD Funded
Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
VICC
Breast Cancer, Genetics
Debra L.Friedman MD, MS
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt-Ingram Canver Center
Health Equity, Cancer Control And Care Delivery, Cancer Health Outcomes, Community-Engaged Research
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