ADVISORY COMMITTEES

The MSCI Program is monitored via formative and summative evaluation strategies that are enhanced by the participation of the Internal Advisory Committee and External Advisory Council for this program

MSCI Internal Advisory Committee (IAC)

The IAC meets on a quarterly basis. The membership of the IAC includes:

Steven Wolff MD, Director of the MSCI Program and Chair of the IAC
John J. Murray, MD, PhD (Co-Director)
Robert Dittus, MD (Co-Director)
Frederick Barr, MD, MSCI, Co-Director, VU MSCI program
Alp Ikizler, MD, Director, VU MSCI program.

The External Advisory Council ( EAC)

The EAC meets to review the program and its plans , as well as evaluate productivity to date. Important in the selection of this committee was the experience of these individuals with successful clinical, translational, population-based , or community research programs

Ben Littenberg, MD ,
Henry and Carleen Tufo Professor of Medicine and Director,
General Medicine at the University of Vermont
CHAIR of the EAC

Gary Freed, MD,
Percy and Mary Murphy Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health Delivery
University of Michigan

Lloyd J. Edwards, PhD
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nancy J Brown, MD
Robert H. Williams Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Alvin Powers, MD
Ruth K. Scoville Professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Director, Diabetes Center
Vanderbilt University Medical

Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD,
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Meharry Medical College

Maria de Fatima Lima, PhD,
Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Research
Meharry Medical College

Lee E. Limbird, PhD,
Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences
Vice President for Research
Meharry Medical College

Jeffrey Balser, MD, PhD,
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center