The Center for Health Services Research: The Center, under the leadership of Robert Dittus, M.D., M.P.H.,

The Metro Public Health Department of Davidson County is the agency of local government responsible for protecting and promoting the health of the 569,891 residents of the county and the thousands of others who work, shop, and play in our city everyday. The department's 555 employees are committed to providing high quality services through more than 40 programs with an annual budget of $43 million.  

The Nashville Health Disparities Coalition (NHDC) was originally formed as the Community Advisory Committee for Nashville REACH 2010.  Since then its focus has expanded, and the current mission is to reduce and, in time, eliminate disparities in health status among African Americans and other racial and ethnic minority residents in Nashville and Davidson County .   The Nashville Health Disparities Coalition is an alliance of academic, government, and community groups.  Current coalition members include Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, universities (Meharry Medical College, Vanderbilt University, Fisk University, Tennessee State University, American Baptist College), the Metro General Hospital (a county-owned hospital currently on the Meharry campus), Metro and Tennessee Departments of Health, the Mayor's Health Nashville 2010 Leadership Council, the Nashville NAACP, the Interdenominational Ministerial Fellowship.  It focuses on seven areas of health disparities: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, immunization, infant mortality, HIV-AIDS, and cancer. However, the area of cancer has not been addressed so far, as no existing subcommittee on cancer has been formed yet.