 | Cristian Chandler, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Behavioral HIV Prevention, Community Engagement, LGBTQ Health Decision-making, Sex Work
- Theories Developed or Applied: Syndemic Production (syndemics), Minority Stress Theory (MST), Intersectionality
- Methods Expertise: Syndemic Construction
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 | Tom A. Elasy, MD, MPH
Director Division of General Internal Medicine & Public Health
Ann and Roscoe R. Robinson Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Diabetes Translation Research
Co-Director, Center for Health Behavior and Health Education
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Medication adherence & management, Diabetes self-care management
- Theories Developed or Applied: Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills
- Methods Expertise: Randomized Controlled Trials, Measure Development and Validation
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 | Jennifer Erves, PhD, MPH, MAED, MS, CHES
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Meharry Medical College Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: HPV vaccine hesitancy, Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy, Community engagement strategies, Clinical trial recruitment strategies, Cultural tailoring/targeting, Research dissemination to communities
- Theories Developed or Applied: Health Belief Model, Theory of Reasoned Action, Theory of Planned Behavior, Kreuter's cultural targeting/tailoring strategies, Community Engaged Research Dissemination Framework
- Methods Expertise: Intervention development and validation, Development and application of community engagement strategies, Survey development, Development of clinical trial recruitment strategies, Cultural targeting/tailoring, Development of dissemination framework and strategies
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 | Rachel Fissell, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Medical Director, Nephrology and Dialysis
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Peritoneal Dialysis, Mindset (Growth vs. Fixed), Motivation, Health Self-Efficacy, Resilience
- Theories Developed or Applied: Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills
- Methods Expertise: Application of Regression Methods (including competing risks models), Measure development and validation, Qualitative interviewing
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 | Elisa Gordon, PhD, MPH
Professor of Surgery
Director of Surgical Outcomes Research
Director of Transplant Outcomes Research,
Vanderbilt Transplant Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Informed consent & Treatment Decision Making, Engagement with e-Health (chatbot, app, website), Chronic kidney disease self-care behaviors
- Theories Developed or Applied: Social Cognitive Theory, Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, RE-AIM, Diffusion of Innovations Theory, Kleinman's Explanatory Models, Leventhal's Self-Regulation Theory
- Methods Expertise: Qualitative and mixed methods, Culturally targeted intervention development, Survey development, Cognitive interviews
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 | Kelly L. Haws, MBA, PhD
Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker, Jr. Professor of Marketing
Owen Graduate School of Management
Vanderbilt University Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Food & Consumer Decision Making, Financial Decision Making, Self-Control in Consumption
- Theories Developed or Applied: Healthy = Expensive Intuition, Regulatory Focus Theory
- Methods Expertise: Measurement Issues, Consumer Choice Behavior, Measurement Development and Validation
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 | William J. Heerman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
General Pediatrics
Fellowship Director for Academic General Pediatric
Director of Divisional Research
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Healthy Diet, Physical Activity, Media Use, Sleep, Parenting Behaviors
- Theories Developed or Applied: Self-Determination Theory, Social Cognitive Theory, RE-AIM, FRAME
- Methods Expertise: Clinical Trials, Implementation Science, Mixed Methods Research, Intervention Design
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 | Jourdan Holder, AuD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, Cochlear Implant Program
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Device (cochlear implant) use and adherence
- Theories Developed or Applied: Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills
- Methods Expertise: Randomized Clinical Trials, Intervention development and evaluation, Questionnaire development
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 | Sarah Jaser, PhD
Director, Pediatric Psychology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Psychology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Stress and Coping, Sleep, Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Management, Executive function
- Theories Developed or Applied: Positive Psychology, CBT
- Methods Expertise: Family-based Interventions, Sleep Measures (actigraphy, diaries, Qs), Parent-child Communication, Performance-based and Q Measures
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 | Marianna LaNoue, PhD, MS
Professor
Vanderbilt School of Nursing
Vanderbilt University Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Type 2 Diabetes Self Management, Primary & Acute Care Access/Use, Weight Management/Obesity
- Theories Developed or Applied: Health Belief Model, Transtheoretical Model, Health Action Process Approach (HAPA), Health Locus of Control
- Methods Expertise: Group Concept Mapping (GCM), Stakeholder Engagement, Latent Variable Measurement Modeling, Measure Development, Measurement Equivalence
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 | Lindsay Mayberry, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Health Behavior and Health Education
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine & Public Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Medication adherence, Diabetes Self-care Behaviors, Use of Continuous Glucose Monitors
- Theories Developed or Applied: Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills, Family Systems Theory
- Methods Expertise: Structural Equation Modeling, Dyadic Interventions, Mediation, Interventions Improve Health Behavior, Measurement Development and Validation
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 | Emily Morrow, PhD, MS, CCC-SLP
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine & Public Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Cognition and chronic disease, diabetes self-management, learning and memory after traumatic brain injury
- Theories Developed or Applied: Chronic Care Model, Family Systems Theory
- Methods Expertise: Ecological momentary assessment and intervention, mediation and moderation analyses
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 | Shelagh Mulvaney, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Department of Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Adherence and Self-Management, Problem Solving and Coping, Personalized Feedback for Behavioral Insights, Technology and Personal Data Use
- Theories Developed or Applied: Self-Determination Theory, Social Cognitive Theory
- Methods Expertise: mHealth, Ecological Momentary Assessment, Patient engagement, Intervention design and evaluation, Social learning and media in health, Technology use in diabetes, Stories to improve health behaviors
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 | Devika Nair, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research
Tennessee Valley Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Mobility, Physical activity
- Theories Developed or Applied: Capability Opportunity Motivation Behavior framework, Biopsychosocial conceptual model
- Methods Expertise: Qualitative and mixed-methods research, Patient-reported measure development and validation
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 | Lyndsay Nelson, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine & Public Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Diabetes Self-care Behaviors, Medication Adherence
- Theories Developed or Applied: Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills
- Methods Expertise: Development and Evaluation of Behavior Change, Design and Usability Testing, mHealth Engagement, Implementation Science
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 | Jacquelyn Pennings, MS, PhD
Orthopaedic Surgery
Medicine, Health, and Society
Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Physical Activity, Prescription Opioid Intake
- Theories Developed or Applied:
- Methods Expertise: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, Measure Development and Validation, Multivariable Regression, Mixed Effect Models (hierarchical models)
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 | Jessica Perkins, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Human & Organizational Development
PhD Program in Community Research & Action
M.Ed. Program in Community Development & Action
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
Faculty Affiliate, Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: HIV prevention and treatment behaviors, Substance use, Violence
- Theories Developed or Applied: Theory of Planned Behavior, Social Norms Theory, Theory of Normative Social Behavior, Social Determinants of Health, Social Identity Theory
- Methods Expertise: Social networks, Survey development, Community-based field work, Multilevel modeling, Multivariable models, Norms-based interventions
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 | Jennifer Richmond, PhD, MSPH
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
PROgRESS T32 Scholar
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Cancer Screening and Treatment, Health Services Use, Medical Decision Making, Impact of Psychosocial Factors on Health Behaviors and Outcomes
- Theories Developed or Applied: Health Belief Model, Health Equity Implementation Framework, Andersen’s Behavioral Model of Health Services Use
- Methods Expertise: Measure Development and Validation, Structural Equation Modeling, Qualitative and Mixed Methods, Community-engaged Research
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 | McKenzie Roddy, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine & Public Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Relationship effects on health and mental health, Diabetes self-care behaviors
- Theories Developed or Applied: Family systems theory
- Methods Expertise: Dyadic analyses, Structural equation modeling, Mediation analyses, Multilevel modeling, Quality improvement
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| Hilary Tindle, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Founding Director of ViTAL, the Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addiction, and Lifestyle
William Anderson Spickard Jr., M.D., Chair in Medicine
Internal Medicine Investigator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Nicotine dependence - Smoking Cessation, Addiction Medicine, Optimism, Pessimism, and Attitudes
- Theories Developed or Applied: Health Belief Model, Theory of Planned Behavior
- Methods Expertise: Randomized control trials, Longitudinal observational cohorts, Electronic Health Record (EHR) and real world data
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 | Ebele M. Umeukeje, MD, MPH,
Assistant Professor
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Kidney disease self-care behaviors, Medication adherence, Dialysis treatment adherence, Motivation-related behaviors, Provider attitudes
- Theories Developed or Applied: Self determination theory, Health belief model
- Methods Expertise: Motivational interviewing, Cultural tailoring of motivational interviewing, Behavioral intervention development and evaluation, Qualitative analyses, Community deliberations
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 | Calandra Whitted, MSPH, DrPH
Sr. Social Scientist
Meharry Vanderbilt Alliance Expertise: - Health Behaviors Studied: Health communication, Family health history, Health literacy, Cancer prevention, Social support, Tools for facilitating family health history uptake
- Theories Developed or Applied: Health Belief Model, Communal Coping, Community Engagement Framework for Genomics
- Methods Expertise: Program Evaluation, Quality Improvement, Culturally Tailoring Interventions and Programs, Quality improvement, Implementation Science, Public Health Genomics, Community Engagement
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