Robert Dittus Archive — Page 1 of 1

Portrait of Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH, smiling and wearing glasses, a dark suit, light blue shirt, and red patterned tie against a brown background.
October 21, 2026

Vanderbilt Institute for Population and Public Health celebrates two decades of transformative success

The institute reaches across the state, nation and the global community to build and translate knowledge into better health.

By Jill Clendening
Portrait of Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH, smiling and wearing glasses, a dark suit, light blue shirt, and red patterned tie against a brown background.
August 8, 2024

VA honors Robert Dittus for health professions education

He is the first from VUMC to receive the award, which recognizes “champions” of health professions education who have advanced the VA’s health care education mission.

By Bill Snyder
Two formally dressed men stand beside an award trophy against a black curtain backdrop. The caption identifies them, left to right, as Robert Dittus, MD, MPH, and Stephen Camarata, PhD.
November 11, 2021

Translational Research Forum honors scientific excellence

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s strength in translational research, which helps “translate” scientific discovery into medical practice, was celebrated recently during the Vanderbilt Translational Research Forum

By Bill Snyder
Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., Gordon Bernard, M.D., and Robert S. Dittus, M.D., converse in front of a brick wall; Bernard wears a white lab coat, while Dittus holds a folder and bag.
February 9, 2017

Forum highlights research achievements

Communication and collaboration were major themes of the inaugural Research Enterprise Forum sponsored jointly by Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) Feb. 3 in Light Hall.

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of a bespectacled man in a dark suit, light blue shirt, and red patterned tie against a brown background.
October 6, 2016

Dittus named to AHRQ’s National Advisory Council

Robert Dittus, M.D., MPH, Executive Vice President, Public Health and Health Care for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has been named to the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

By Nancy Humphrey
Cropped view of a healthcare professional wearing blue scrubs with a stethoscope around their neck; the face is not visible.
May 16, 2013

Study finds disagreement on the role of primary care nurse practitioners

By Craig Boerner