Angela Paolucci, MPH, MA

Angela
Paolucci
Senior Population/Public Health Manager
2525 West End Ave, Suite 750
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
angela.paolucci@vumc.org

Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health faculty, alumna recognized for exemplary teaching, research and leadership

Two Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty and a 2017 alumna of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Master of Public Health program have recently been recognized for their global health accomplishments from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH).

Vanderbilt Researchers Receive Grant to Reinforce Institutional Capacity for the Conduct of Research at University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) in Mozambique

Working in collaboration with faculty from UEM, the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) will work to build UEM’s institutional research capacity with support from the NIH Fogarty International Center (FIC).

Lara Harvey, MD

Lara
Harvey
MD
Assistant Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dr. Harvey is a minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon at VUMC with an interest in global health. She was a Medical Scholar at Vanderbilt University Medical School and spent a year in Mozambique studying bleach liquefaction for sputum samples in TB diagnostics at rural health posts. She received a Master in Public Health degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She has also mentored in ultrasound techniques in rural far West Nepal. She completed the Global Health Effectiveness Program at the Harvard School of Public Health during her OBGYN residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Recent endeavors include working with a group from the OBGYN department to design gynecologic laparoscopy training in Haiti. She has an interest in rural health, surgical delivery and education in LMICs, and health policy

Carolyn Audet expands HIV research into South Africa

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigator is hoping to improve access to HIV testing in South Africa, where more than 7 million people are known to have the virus, by training traditional healers to perform the tests. Carolyn Audet, PhD, assistant professor of Health Policy in the Department of Health Policy and Institute for Global Health, has partnered with Ryan Wagner, PhD, a research fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, to develop a novel HIV testing strategy for individuals living in rural communities.

World Health Week 2021 at VUMC

World Health Week at VUMC  February 22 - 25 (virtual events) Presented by VU School of Medicine Global Health Organization World Health Week is a week dedicated to spreading awareness about global health and features panels and talks given by prominent clinicians involved in global health. This year’s theme is “Global Health and Pediatrics”. Listed below is the schedule; click on the RSVP / Anchor Link event for more details about each speaker.

NIH Grant Bolsters Childhood Status Epilepticus and Epilepsy Research in Nigeria

The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) has received a new research grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Fogarty International Center of the NIH to establish a large childhood status epilepticus (SE) cohort in northern Nigeria with key partners Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and Bayero University, and with the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa.

John Paul Rohde, MD, FAAEM

John Paul
Rohde
MD, FAAEM
Director
Division of Global Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
john.p.rohde@vumc.org

Dr. Rohde has interests in global health, education, patient experience, and medical ethics. He currently serves as the Director of the Division of Global Emergency Medicine whose 7 faculty and 1 fellow focus their efforts on a longstanding emergency medicine development project in Guyana, South America. In the Vanderbilt Adult ED, Dr. Rohde is the physician Director for Patient Experience, working closely with the Patient Relations team to advocate for patient centered care. Other projects have included his time as a Vanderbilt Stahlman Scholar for Bioethics and Society, during which his project explored the sources of moral distress in the hospital emergency department. He also served as a Master Clinical Teacher for the Vanderbilt School of Medicine.

Dr. Rohde is a graduate of the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt and then served as Chief Resident. After leaving Vanderbilt for Houston Texas where he combining the practice of community Emergency Medicine with an academic role as Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Dr. Rohde returned to Vanderbilt to join the faculty in 2005.