Leadership
DIRECTOR:
Christopher "Kitt" Carpenter, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
E. Bronson Ingram Chair and University Distinguished Professor of Economics and Health Policy
College of Arts & Science
School of Medicine
Dr. Carpenter is a health and labor economist who studies the effects of public policies on health and family outcomes. He has specific expertise in LGBTQ+ demography and health policy evaluation. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has received major grants from the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the American Cancer Society. He is the founder and director of the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab and has affiliated appointments in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society; Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies; the Law School; and Peabody College.
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR:
Tara McKay, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society
College of Arts & Science
Dr. McKay is a sociologist who focuses her research on the social and policy contexts that shape health among sexual and gender minority populations in the U.S. and globally. She has affiliated appointments with the Department of Sociology, the Department of Health Policy at ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ Medical Center, and the ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ Institute for Global Health and serves as Associate Director of the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab. Dr. McKay is Principal Investigator of , a major National Institute on Aging-funded study of older LGBTQ+ adults in the U.S. South.
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR:
Shelagh Mulvaney, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
Dr. Mulvaney is a health psychologist who focuses on the design and evaluation of technology-mediated health behavior change systems. Her technology interventions have improved outcomes for youth and adults living with diabetes, including people receiving care in federally qualified health centers. Reducing psychosocial barriers to care, patient engagement, social learning mechanisms and real-time assessment of behavior for personalized feedback have been central to the success of the programs. Dr. Mulvaney is currently Principal Investigator on two research projects focused on social determinants of health in people living with comorbid HIV and type 2 diabetes funded by the NIH and a clinical informatics program to reduce psychosocial barriers to self-management funded by the American Diabetes Association. She has a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the School of Medicine.
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ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER:
Rachel Donnelly, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor of Sociology
College of Arts and Science
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ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER:
Julie Ward, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health and Society
College of Arts and Science
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ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER:
Bethany Rhoten
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
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Faculty Affiliates
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Professor of Political Science
Professor of Law
College of Arts & Science
Law School -
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Epidemiology
School of Medicine
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Assistant Professor of Economics
College of Arts & Science
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Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Health and Society
Program in Public Policy Studies
College of Arts & Science -
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
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Instructor
School of Nursing
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PhD Student, Department of Political Science
College of Arts & Science
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Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
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Associate Professor of Sociology
College of Arts & Science
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Brianna Castro
Assistant Professor of Sociology
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Professor, Valere Potter Menefee Professor
School of Nursing
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Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Inequality
Peabody College of Education & Human Development
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Associate Professor of Special Education
Peabody College of Education & Human Development
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Professor of Human & Org. Development
Peabody College of Education & Human Development
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health and Society
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development
College of Arts & Science
Peabody College of Education & Human Development -
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
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Terence E. Adderley Jr. Professor of Economics
College of Arts and Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Research
School of Nursing
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health and Society
College of Arts & Science
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Assistant Professor of Sociology
College of Arts & Science
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Assistant Professor of Political Science
College of Arts & Science
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Assistant, Neurology
Program Manager, Stroke
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Assistant Professor of Human & Org. Development
Peabody College of Education & Human Development
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies
Assistant Professor of Health Policy
College of Arts & Science -
Assistant Professor of Sociology
C. Family Dean's Faculty Fellow for Grand Challenges in Climate and Society
College of Arts & Science -
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Department of Human and Organizational Development
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Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
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Associate Professor
Anthropology
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Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy, Education, and Economics
University Distinguished Professor of Political Science
University Distinguished Professor of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
College of Arts & Science
Peabody College of Education & Human Development -
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Biomedical Informatics
School of Nursing
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society
College of Arts & Science
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Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Health Services Research
Director, Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research
School of Medicine -
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Frank Kelly Dean's Faculty Fellow in Climate Studies
College of Arts & Science -
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Assistant Professor of Economics
College of Arts & Science
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Assistant Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
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Assistant Professor of Human & Org. Development
Peabody College of Education & Human Development
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Sociology
Professor of Sociology
College of Arts & Science -
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
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Krista Mehari (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor of Psychology & Human Development
Peabody College of Education & Human Development
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Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences
College of Arts & Science
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Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society
Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology
Chair of the Department of Medicine, Health and Society
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Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
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Community Research & Action, Department of Human and Organizational Development
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Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
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Associate Professor of Pharmacology
School of Medicine
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Professor of Early Childhood Education and Policy
Executive Director of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center
Peabody College of Education & Human Development -
Assistant Professor of Economics
College of Arts & Science
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Professor of Psychology
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair
College of Arts & Science -
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy
William R. Long Director of Child Health Policy
School of Medicine -
Associate in Radiology and Radiological Sciences
School of Medicine
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Assistant Professor of Human and Organizational Development
Peabody College of Education & Human Development
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Associate Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
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PhD Student
Sociology
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Associate Professor
School of Nursing
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Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
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Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
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Assistant Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
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Markie Sneed
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
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Director, SNAIL (Social Networks and Inequalities Lab)
Associate Professor of Sociology; Medicine, Health, and Society; and Asian Studies
College of Arts & Science -
Assistant Professor of Sociology
College of Arts & Science
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society
Associate Professor of HistoryCollege of Arts & Science
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health and Society
College of Arts & Science
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Assistant Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies College of Arts & Science
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Martin Were
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair for DEI, Department of Biomedical Informatics -
Binnie You
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
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Reem Zaiour
Assistant Professor
Economics
Postdoctoral Affiliates
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Medicine, Health, and Society and LGBTQ+ Policy Lab
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Medicine, Health, and Society and LGBTQ+ Policy Lab
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Colleen Walsh
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychology and Human Development
Staff
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Mikey Pastrana (he/him/his)
Program Coordinator
Center for Research on Inequality and Health, LGBTQ+ Policy Lab