News & Events | Department of Health Policy

Dr. Muktar Aliyu Named VU Inaugural Chancellor Faculty Fellow

February 12, 2015

http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/02/chancellors-faculty-fellows/?utm_source=myvupreview&utm_medium=myvu_email&utm_campaign=myvupreview-2015-02-12

Dr. Melissa McPheeters Director of Epidemiology on New CDC Autism Surveillance Grant

February 5, 2015

http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/02/vumc-lands-grant-to-join-cdc-autism-surveillance-network/

Health Policy Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance

February 3, 2015

The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) has accepted 45 distinguished new members bringing the total active membership to over 1,000. Two of those new members are the Department's own John Graves, PhD, and David Stevenson, PhD.

See highlights from the 1-20-15 Health Policy Practicum Colloquium

January 26, 2015

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderbilt-mph/sets/72157650405906811/

Dr. Melinda Buntin presents at Nashville Community Health Forum

January 14, 2015

On January 14, 2015, Dr. Melinda Buntin, chair of the Department of Health Policy, presented data at the Nashville Community Health Forum, illustrating the potential impact Insure Tennessee would have on insurance coverage across the state.

Mary Lou Lindegren elected to Society for Pediatric Research - Dec. 2014

December 18, 2014

https://www.aps-spr.org/home.asp

Health Policy in the Vanderbilt University Strategic Plan

September 30, 2014

Dr. Melinda Buntin discusses the role of the Department of Health Policy in the Vanderbilt University Strategic Plan. View the video on our YouTube channel.

Muktar Aliyu to receive the ACPM William Kane Rising Star Award

January 22, 2014

The William Kane Rising Star Award honors a member of ACPM, who is within seven years of completion of residency training and who is certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Learn more at www.acpm.org.

Cooper named to key VUSM, Medical Center roles

January 16, 2014

William O. Cooper, M.D., MPH, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics, professor and vice chair for Faculty Affairs in the Department of Pediatrics, and professor of Health Policy, has been promoted and will have two new roles. He will now also serve as associate dean for Faculty Affairs within the Faculty Affairs & Career Development Office in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and as director of the Vanderbilt Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA).