community engaged research

Jennifer Cunningham Erves, PhD, MPH, MAEd, MS, CHES

Erves joins VUMC as director of Community Engaged Research

Jennifer Cunningham Erves, PhD, MPH, MAEd, MS, CHES, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as associate professor of Health Policy, director of Community Engaged Research, Office of Health Equity, and scholar, Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research.

Conference brings researchers, community advocates together

All too often, community and research are disconnected. Clinical studies move forward with little to no input from the populations they impact, and local voices are left out of the conversation.