Leadership at the Institute
Groundbreaking collaborations start “when intelligent people are asked to do a demanding but worthy task and given the freedom and tools to do it.” – Warren Bennis, Organizing Genius
The Institute is directed by:
Robert S. Dittus, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Institute for Medicine and Public Health
Director, Center for Health Services Research
Director, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Director, Quality Scholars Program
Director, Institute for Community Health
Director, Center for Improving Patient Safety
Medical Center East, Suite 6000
Phone: 615.322.7916
Email: robert.dittus@vanderbilt.edu
Katherine E. Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Institute for Medicine and Public Health
Director, Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center
Director, Women’s Health Research at Vanderbilt
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600
Phone: 615.936.8320
Email: katherine.hartmann@vanderbilt.edu
Our community of researchers spans over twenty affiliated centers and programs whose leadership makes the work of the Institute possible. They include:
Shari Barkin, M.D., M.S.H.S.
Child and Adolescent Health Services Research Program
8246 Doctor´s Office Tower, Vanderbilt Children´s Hospital
Phone: 615.936.8066
Email: shari.barkin@vanderbilt.edu
Peter I. Buerhaus, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600
Phone: 615.936.8312
Email: peter.buerhaus@Vanderbilt.Edu
Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D.
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 400
Phone: 615.322.1186
Email: ellen.clayton@vanderbilt.edu
Larry Churchill, Ph.D.
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 400
Phone: 615.936.2686
Email: larry.churchill@vanderbilt.edu
William Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.
Vanderbilt Master´s in Public Health Program
Child and Adolescent Health Services Research Program
AA-0126 Medical Center North
Phone: 615.936.2430
Email: william.cooper@vanderbilt.edu
Katharine Donato, Ph.D.
Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
260 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615.343.0916
Email: katharine.donato@vanderbilt.edu
Tom A. Elasy, M.D., M.P.H.
Diabetes Research and Training Center
8210 Medical Center East
Phone: 615.936.7772
Email: tom.elasy@vanderbilt.edu
E. Wesley Ely, M.D., M.P.H.
T32 Health Services Research Training Program
6109 Medical Center East
Phone: 615.936.3395
Email: wes.ely@vanderbilt.edu
Marie R. Griffin, M.D., M.P.H.
Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness
Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics
T32 Health Services Research Training Program
Village at Vanderbilt, Suite 2600
Phone: 615.343.6338
Email: marie.griffin@vanderbilt.edu
Tina Hartert, M.D., M.P.H.
Center for Asthma and Environmental Health
T-1218 Medical Center North
Phone: 615.936.3412
Email: tina.hartert@vanderbilt.edu
Yvonne Joosten, M.P.H.
Office for Community Engagement
Community Engaged Research Program
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600
Phone: 615.936.5620
Email: yvonne.joosten@vanderbilt.edu
David Penson, M.D., M.P.H.
Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600
Phone: 615.936.8322
Email: david.penson@vanderbilt.edu
Wayne Ray, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Master´s in Public Health Program
Village at Vanderbilt, Suite 2600
Phone: 615.343.6338
Email: wayne.ray@vanderbilt.edu
Russell Rothman, M.D., M.P.P.
Program on Effective Health Communication
6000 Medical Center East
Phone: 615.343.7584
Email: russell.rothman@vanderbilt.edu
John F. Schnelle, Ph.D.
Center for Quality Aging
S-1121 Medical Center North
Phone: 615.343.6580
Email: john.schnelle@vanderbilt.edu
Ted Speroff, Ph.D.
Center for Patient Healthcare Behavior
VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, 4th floor
Phone: 615.873.6057 (VA office)
Email: ted.speroff@vanderbilt.edu;ted.speroff@va.gov
Sten Vermund, M.D., M.P.H.
Institute for Global Health
319 Light Hall 0242
Phone: 615.322.9374
Email: sten.vermund@vanderbilt.edu
Matthew B. Weinger, M.D.
Center for Perioperative Research in Quality
732 Medical Arts Building
Phone: 615.936.6598
Email: matt.weinger@vanderbilt.edu
Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center
2525 West End Ave, 8th floor
Phone: 615.936.0682
Email: wei.zheng@vanderbilt.edu