Professional Bio
Lindsay Mayberry, PhD, MS, is a social and behavioral scientist and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Internal Medicine Public Health, with secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Dr. Mayberry was trained as a couples and family counselor through a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, followed by a doctorate in community psychology (Community Research and Action) from Vanderbilt University. She came to VUMC as a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health before joining the faculty in 2014.
Dr. Mayberry studies health behavior change and health disparities, with particular emphasis on use of technology and the role of family and friend involvement in adults' chronic disease self-management and well-being. She leads research teams in the development, evaluation and implementation of mobile phone delivered interventions to support self-management in diverse populations. She brings expertise in intervention development and behavioral clinical trials, particularly in diabetes, and her work applies methods such as user-centered design, mixed methods, and advanced mediation and moderation analyses.
Dr. Mayberry serves as co-director of the Vanderbilt Center for Health Behavior and Health Education. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Dr. Mayberry's research focuses on families' experiences with the health care and mental health care systems in the context of chronic illness. Her current work focuses on the role of family and friend involvement in diabetes self-management and psychosocial well-being among adults.
Publications
Education
MS - Community Counceling - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008
MS - Couples and Family Counceling - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008
PhD - Community Research & Action - Vanderbilt University, 2012
Fellowship - Post-doc IM - Vanderbilt University, 2012
Fellowship - Post-doc IM - Vanderbilt University, 2014
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307