Members of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health learn to provide the best possible care by conducting health services research. The division’s annual NIH award expenditures exceeded $5.2 million, with additional support related to our connection with the Nashville VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and more.
Select research highlights from past year include:
- Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH – 2026 Vanderbilt Translational Science and Research Forum Excellence in Mentoring to Independence.
- Chase Webber, MD – Vanderbilt Innovation Catalyst Fund award, "Developing an AI Platform to Provide Point-of Care Educational Decision Support to Academic Medical Centers.”
- Russell Rothman, MD, MPP – Oxford University 2026-2027 George Eastman Visiting Professorship.
- Emily Morrow, PhD – Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) Outstanding Trainee: Early (Faculty) Career Development Award and “Adapting a Diabetes Self-Management Support Intervention for Adults with Cognitive Dysfunction” grant award from NIDDK.
Faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health publish on broad topics in top academic journals including Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, Journal of Hospital Medicine and Journal of Palliative Medicine.
Watch the video to hear Sunil Kripalani, MD, discuss STRATIFY, a risk prediction model to assess a patient’s risk of experiencing a cardiac event in the emergency department.
Internal Medicine Research Programs
- Center for Health Behavior and Health Education is led by division director Dr. Tom Elasy.
- Center for Health Services Research,"bridging the gap between evidence and real-world practice" is directed by Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
- Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research supports a broad portfolio of research and training programs that seek to improve health care delivery and health outcomes.
- Institute for Population and Public Health, "advancing research, education and health care delivery to improve the quality of care for all," is led by Internal Medicine faculty member Dr. Russell Rothman.
- ENHANCE: Empowering Nursing Homes to Accomplish Nuanced Communication Expertise for meaningful Goals of Care conversations, is a program led by Internal Medicine faculty member Dr. Sumi Misra.