Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH

Elizabeth S. Rose, EdD, MPH, is a Global Health Education Specialist and an Assistant Professor. She teaches public health and medical students, develops training programs, and leads faculty workshops worldwide. Her professional passion lies at the intersection of education and health, working with others to enhance their skills and lead their communities to improved health outcomes. At Vanderbilt, Dr. Rose is co-director of the Global Health track in the Master of Public Health Program, Research Director for the medical student Community and Global Health Research Immersion Area, and co-director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Research Design & Ethics. She is a co-investigator on several D43 training grants.

Internationally, Dr. Rose leads teams to develop training programs for various learners. Programs have included an online research methods course for Kenyan nurse anesthetists and surgery residents and faculty development programs in leadership, education methods, and mentorship for faculty at the University of Zambia, Bayero University, and Ethiopia. She has collaborated with faculty at these universities and Universidad Eduardo Mondlane to create and update master's, PhD, and postdoctoral programs.

Dr. Rose has developed and grown global health education initiatives at Vanderbilt, including Global Health Grand Rounds; Graduate Certificate in Global Health; Global Health Case Competition and Research Symposium; Vanderbilt Institute for Research Design & Ethics; Vanderbilt Collaborative in Global Health Equity; GlobalVU Global Health column; and she advises several student organizations. She serves on the Interfaith Council at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Dr. Rose focused her dissertation on the leadership experiences of sub-Saharan African biomedical researchers. She carries their perspectives and her experiences to students and faculty through regular workshops on cultural humility to prepare them for global health experiences.

Before coming to VIGH, Dr. Rose earned a Master of Education in International Education & Policy Management, a Master of Public Health in Global Health from Vanderbilt University, and a Bachelor of Science in Middle Childhood Education from Xavier University. While at Vanderbilt, she mentored and led a leadership seminar for international scholars and was a graduate assistant with the Fulbright-funded Humphrey Fellowship program. She interned as an educational coordinator with the Nashville International Center for Empowerment (NICE), a data analyst with Lwala Community Alliance, and a practicum developer with a VIGH CDC-funded grant to create an MPH program at the University of Guyana. Her MPH thesis analyzed the Determinants of Undernutrition in Children Under Five in Zambézia Province, Mozambique. Earlier on, Dr. Rose taught for four years (two as a computer teacher and two as a first-grade teacher) in a Mexican neighborhood in Chicago.

Education

EdD., MEd, Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development
MPH, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine