Health policy Associates Program

The Health Policy Associates Program is designed to provide faculty of Meharry Medical College, Vanderbilt University, and other universities with a distinct affiliation and role with the RWJF Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College in order to encourage and enhance purpose, training, collegiality, commitment to, and support of health policy and social science research.

Associates are granted a two-year renewable term in the program.  This term will be based on displaying fidelity to some of the center’s various activities, such as attendance and participation in:  the health policy workshops led by visiting professors in the Scholars-in-Residence (SIR) Program, the National Scholars’ Current Issues in Health Policy Seminar Series, the Special Health Policy Lectures, the Pilot Project Mini-Grant Program, the Scientific Review Committee of the Pilot Project Mini-Grant Program, and other ad hoc committees.

Faculty will receive a variety of exciting benefits through their affiliation with the RWJF Center for Health Policy at Meharry:

• priority proposal consideration for awards from the RWJF Center for Health Policy at MMC Pilot Project Mini-Grant Program;
• training opportunities offered through our Health Policy Professional Development Program;
• receive priority consideration to attend the Summer Institute on Health Policy, sponsored by the RWJF Center for Health Policy at MMC;
• priority consideration to attend Summer Statistical Training at the University of Michigan Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR);
• priority meeting access to and mentoring from the RWJF Center for Health Policy at MMC Scholars-In-Residence Visiting Professors, National Scholars, and National Advisory Board members;
• priority inclusion on grant proposals and manuscripts developed by the RWJF Center for Health Policy at MMC;
• priority access to the RWJF Center for Health Policy at MMC forthcoming research support staff regarding biostatistics, data management, and survey research;
• annual invitation to the Annual Meharry-Vanderbilt Health Policy Partnership Reception & Lecture and other special events and seminars sponsored by the Center; and
• conference travel funds for RWJF Center for Health Policy at MMC -related presentations.

SENIOR HEALTH POLICY ASSOCIATES

Wayne Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP
President and Chief Executive Officer
Meharry Medical College

Charles Mouton, M.D., M.S.
Dean, School of Medicine
Senior Vice President for Health Affairs
Meharry Medical College

Janet Southerland, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Dean, School of Dentistry
Meharry Medical College

Maria F. Lima, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Research
Professor, Medical and Professional Education
Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Meharry Medical College

2012-2013 HEALTH POLICY ASSOCIATES

Tony N. Brown, Ph.D.
Acting Chair, Department of Sociology
Associate Professor, Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
College of Arts and Sciences
Vanderbilt University

Vanisha Brown, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Public Health Practice
School of Graduate Studies and Research
Meharry Medical College

Tyson Brown, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
College of Arts and Sciences
Vanderbilt University

Rhonda Cunningham-Burley, Ph.D.
Director, Medical Education in Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
School of Medicine
Meharry Medical College

Green Ekadi, Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Public Health Practice
School of Graduate Studies and Research
Meharry Medical College

Daphne Ferguson-Young, D.D.S., M.S.P.H.
Director, General Practice Residency Program
Associate Professor, Oral Surgery
School of Dentistry
Meharry Medical College

Ethel Harris, D.D.S.
Director, Compliance and Safety, Clinical Affairs
School of Dentistry
Meharry Medical College

Corey Jones, Ph.D., M.B.A, C.C.R.P.
Assistant Director for Collaborations and Partnerships, Meharry Translational Research Center
Instructor, Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
Meharry Medical College

Jacinta P. Leavell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Dental Public Health
Meharry Medical College

Monique Lyle, Ph.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor, Political Science
College of Arts and Science
Vanderbilt University

Jonathan Metzl, M.D., Ph.D.
Frederick B. Rentschler II Chair of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society
Director, Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
Vanderbilt University

Andre Christie Mizell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
College of Arts and Sciences
Vanderbilt University

Aramandla Ramesh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School of Medicine
Meharry Medical College

Peter Savelyev, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Economics
College of Arts and Science
Vanderbilt University

Matthew Walker, III, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biotechnology
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University

Jamila Williams, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Associate Program Director, Preventative Medicine Residency
School of Medicine
Meharry Medical College

2011-2012 HEALTH POLICY ASSOCIATES

Leah Alexander, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, School or Graduate Studies and Research
Meharry Medical College

Michelle Bruce, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Graduate of Meharry Medical College School of Medicine
and School of Graduate Studies and Research

Zhenbang Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
Meharry Medical College

Lemuel Dent, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Director of Trauma and Critical Care
Former and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery
Meharry Medical College

Carol L. Freund, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Human Genetics from Johns Hopkins University
Master of Education candidate
at the University of Cincinnati

Pandu Gangula, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology
Meharry Medical College

Alex Jahangir, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Christine Minja-Trupin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, School of Graduate Studies and Research
Meharry Medical College

Evelyn Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Vanderbilt University

Manish K. Sethi, M.D.
Co-Director, Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute Center for Health Policy
Fellow, Division of Orthopaedic Trauma
Vanderbilt University

William L. Turner, Ph.D.
Betts Professor of Education and Human Development
Professor of Community Research and Action
Professor of Human Development Counseling
Professor of Human and Organizational Development
Department of Human and Organizational Development,
Peabody College of Education and Human Development
Vanderbilt University

Flora Ukoli, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Community Health
Meharry Medical College