Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research Archive — Page 1 of 1

Portrait of David Penson wearing a white medical coat and patterned tie.
August 14, 2014

Penson to chair NIH health services research study section

Vanderbilt’s David Penson, M.D., MPH, director of the Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research, has been named to serve as chair of the Health Services Organization and Delivery Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) of the National Institutes of Health. He will serve a two-year term.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A physician in a white coat speaks with a seated woman in a medical examination room. An exam table, medical equipment, and a partially visible poster appear in the background.
March 27, 2014

Grant bolsters patient-centered outcomes research

Patient-centered outcomes research is the focus of a $3.3 million, five-year, institutional K12 training grant awarded to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

By Craig Boerner
Group portrait of university faculty and administrators standing together at an indoor event, with palm plants and a dark stage backdrop behind them.
January 24, 2014

Nine faculty honored with endowed chairs

Nine Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements during a celebration Jan. 22 at the Student Life Center.

By Bill Snyder