A real-world learning health system was established at VUMC a decade ago. Now, the National Human Genome Research Institute is awarding two five-year grants totaling $12 million to support VUMC’s participation in, and coordination of, a genomic-enabled learning health system (gLHS) network.
Amanda Mixon, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Public Health), has been appointed co-director of the Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research where she will direct the Vanderbilt Implementation and Quality Improvement Core
VUMC and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) have been awarded funding from the NIH to establish a K12 program to train scholars in addiction research. The Vanderbilt Oregon Collaborative Scholar Training in Addiction Research (COSTAR) program will draw on both institutions’ expertise in addiction.
He is the first from VUMC to receive the award, which recognizes “champions” of health professions education who have advanced the VA’s health care education mission.
Emily Brown, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Public Health), has been named the medical director of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Discharge Care Center, an around-the-clock call center comprised of a multidisciplinary team that serves as a centralized resource to aid adult patients navigating the health care system after discharge. Her new role was effective July 1.
Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH, professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Public Health) and research health scientist at VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, has been named the director of a new Health Systems Research Center of Innovation (COIN) for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Six junior faculty and postdoctoral fellows, including four from the Department of Medicine, have been appointed this year to the Vanderbilt Faculty Research Scholars (VFRS) program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a federal grant to establish a first-of-its-kind training program in patient-oriented and health systems research focused on acute heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders in the hospital setting.
Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Public Health), was honored for his service to translational scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the Vanderbilt Translational Research Forum.
Following a successful pilot program, music therapy is now being offered to patients on three additional units at Vanderbilt University Hospital.
