Margaret Tarpley, MLS

Global Health Research Interests: Biomedical Ethics, Education and Training (Capacity Building), Medical Education

Countries: Botswana, Kenya

Mrs. Tarpley is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a medical education lecturer at the University of Botswana. After 15 years as a theological librarian in Nigeria, she spent 15 years in the Department of Surgery at Vanderbilt, working with general surgery residents and medical students. Her current focus is on medical education and medical journal editing. She has worked in Kenya, Rwanda and Botswana. Mrs. Tarpley’s research interests are surgery education and cultural competence in medicine and health care delivery.

Mrs. Tarpley earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Vanderbilt University and a master’s in Library Science from Peabody College.