Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA)

June 17, 2020

Initial COVID-19 testing data show impact in Nashville’s minority communities

Early data assessing the primary language of those who received COVID-19 tests at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and tested positive, illustrates the disproportionate impact the pandemic is having on racial or ethnic communities.

By Holly Fletcher
February 6, 2020

Medical students’ research highlighted at symposium

The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) Medical Scholars Research Symposium was held Feb. 3 and highlighted the work of eight medical students who spent the 2018-2019 academic year immersed in research under the guidance of faculty mentors.

By Kathy Whitney
January 16, 2020

Wilkins named CTSA co-principal investigator

Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, has joined Gordon Bernard, MD, as co-principal investigator of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award.

By Bill Snyder
Among those at the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance anniversary celebration were, from left, James E.K. Hildreth, MD, PhD, John Maupin Jr., DDS, George Hill, PhD, Susan Wente, PhD, Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, André Churchwell, MD, and Donald Brady, MD.
November 20, 2019

Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance celebrates 20 years of collaboration

In 1999 Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced the establishment of a formal alliance to enhance the educational, scientific and clinical programs at and between both institutions.

By Kathy Whitney
July 30, 2019

Williams, Wilkins among YWCA Academy for Women of Achievement honorees

Two Vanderbilt leaders are among the six women selected as inductees into the 2019 Academy for Women of Achievement.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 11, 2018

MVA summit seeks to bring more black men into health professions

Encouragement, resilience and passion were the key messages at the recent Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA) summit for black men interested in health professions titled “Navigating the Pre-Health Path.”

By Matt Schorr
August 2, 2018

Summer Science Academy inspires students, families

Since it began 16 years ago, the Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy (VSSA) has provided research experiences for roughly 2,000 undergraduates from colleges around the country. Nearly half are members of under-represented minority groups; many are the first in their families to pursue graduate or medical degrees.
By Bill Snyder
July 19, 2018

Grant to develop ways to measure medical mistrust in African-American men

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a two-year, $250,000 grant by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to develop new ways to measure trust in African-American men as it relates to health care.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 26, 2018

Wilkins takes key role in national ‘All of Us’ precision medicine effort

Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, has played a major role in the development of the national All of Us Research Program, an ambitious effort led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to accelerate the prevention and treatment of illness through precision medicine.
By Bill Snyder
November 30, 2017

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.
By Matt Schorr
March 2, 2017

Prather to manage interprofessional education for Meharry Vanderbilt Alliance

Pilar Prather, M.Ed., has joined the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA) as program manager for Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Inter-Institutional Collaborative Learning.
By Matt Schorr
August 13, 2015

Grant bolsters Clinical Data Research Network

The Mid-South Clinical Data Research Network, led by Vanderbilt University’s Russell Rothman, M.D., M.P.P., has been approved for a three-year, $8.5 million funding award from the independent Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to expand its efforts to improve healthcare throughout the Southeast.
By Bill Snyder
June 25, 2015

VUMC, Meharry and State Health Department receive NIH grant to establish AIDS research center

Vanderbilt University has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Tennessee Center for AIDS Research with Meharry Medical College and the Tennessee Department of Health.
By Bill Snyder
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