New Faculty 2013

Vanderbilt is where the science of risk is done. It’s why Doug Adams wants to be here. Read More

As the nation’s health care system undergoes unprecedented challenges, Melinda Buntin’s appointment as chair of Vanderbilt’s new Department of Health Policy couldn’t come at a better time. Read More

When physician Jay Wellons was explaining to his son why the family was moving to Nashville, he put it in terms to which the 7-year-old could relate. “Daddy has a chance to join the Avengers,” he said. Read More

LaTonya Trotter is bringing her sociology training and health care experience together to study how nurse practitioners fit into today’s medical environment. Read More

Thomas Wang was born in Boston, raised in Boston and educated in Boston. But Vanderbilt's emphasis on personalized medicine in both research and clinical implementation lured him to Nashville. Read More

Kristin Michelitch is on the vanguard of the movement that seeks to ensure that money spent on aid to developing countries achieves its intended goals. Read More

When Todd Monroe’s grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer late in the course of her dementia, the nursing home staff caring for her struggled to assess her pain. Read More

Lorrie Moore, a distinguished American fiction writer who was a 2012 Chancellor’s Lecturer at Vanderbilt, has kept the corner of her eye on the university’s storied English department over the years. Read More

Growing up close to nature in the small timber-and-fishing community of Gold Beach, Ore.—population 2,000—gave John Wilson an early interest in biology and biologically inspired design. Read More

Lauren Parker Jackson learned the difficult and demanding art of X-ray crystallography in the Cambridge University lab where it was invented. She brings her expertise to Vanderbilt, where she will continue her research in protein trafficking. Read More

One of the first things Kevin Murphy did after accepting the offer to join Vanderbilt’s history of art department was explore Nashville’s historic neighborhoods. Read More

Sifting through a logical process is appealing to Catherine Farmer Lee. “For me, research is thinking about why the puzzle pieces are shaped the way they are, then picking one piece to thoroughly study,” she said. Read More

Carwil Bjork-James’ research pertains to South America, but on an August afternoon a week before the fall semester started, his thoughts were on Egypt, where the death toll was still rising after a violent crackdown on anti-government protestors in Cairo. Read More

For Erin Barton, work is play—literally. Barton’s research focuses on identifying evidence-based practices for teaching young children with disabilities how to engage in play skills. Read More

New dean Emilie M. Townes Townes said she was drawn to Vanderbilt Divinity School because of its commitment to helping clergy and laity re-envision ministry to meet the needs of our times. Read More

As he embarks on his tenure as dean, Eric Johnson is mindful of keeping the Owen Graduate School of Management’s close-knit culture central to the school’s mission. Read More

In her new role as dean, Linda Norman's top priority is to increase the School of Nursing's work with interprofessional education, practice and scholarship. Read More

See a complete list of new School of Medicine faculty for 2013. Read More

See a complete list of new university faculty for the 2013-14 academic year. Read More