News & Events

Congratulations to our Chair, Melinda Buntin on her appointment to the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Accounting for Socioeconomic Status in Medicare Payment Programs!

Dr. Melinda Buntin has been nominated and selected to serve on the Institute of Medicine's Health Care Services Board.  The work of the Board on Health Care Services (HCS) is helping to shape the direction of health care in the United States and abroad. The Board considers the entire health care system in order to ensure the best possible care for all patients. Its activities pertain to organization, financing, effectiveness, workforce, and delivery of health care.

We'd like to formally welcome our newest member of the Department, Assistant Professor Laura Keohane! We've developed the "Five Questions" interview to help us get to know Laura and the rest of our new incoming faculty members.   Five Questions with Laura Keohane ​Department: What drew you to the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt?

by Bill Snyder | Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, 10:30 AM The Mid-South Clinical Data Research Network, led by Vanderbilt University’s Russell Rothman, M.D., MPP, has been approved for a three-year, $8.5 million funding award from the independent Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to expand its efforts to improve healthcare throughout the Southeast.

We'd like to formally welcome our newest member of the Department, Assistant Professor Michael Richards! We've developed the "Five Questions" interview to help us get to know Michael and the rest of our new incoming faculty members.   Five Questions with Michael Richards   Department: What drew you to the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt?

From healthaffairs.org:  As Medicaid marks its 50th year in existence, and enrollment surpasses 70 million people, the July 2015 issue of Health Affairs includes a collection of papers focused on how the program is shaped by and has reshaped care delivery. You are invited to join us on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at a forum featuring authors from the new issue at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Panels will cover primary care, complex populations, payment, and coverage.

The Department's adjunct clinical faculty member, Dr. Timothy Jones, has accepted CDC’s nomination to become the new MMWR Editorial Board Chair. Dr. Jones completed medical school at Stanford University and a residency in Family Medicine and a Maternal/Child Health Fellowship at the Brown University/Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island program. He practiced in an underserved population in Utah before joining the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service in 1997.

A recent paper, entitled, “Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections,” published on March 2014 in the New England Journal of Medicine, and co-authored by the Department's Marion Kainer, has received the CDC’s 2015 Charles C. Shepard Science Award in the Assessment category. It was selected from among 23 excellent papers nominated in this category from across the agency. This is a great honor, and a testament to the outstanding work done by you and your colleagues on this project!