James D. Wilkinson, MD, MPH
M.D.
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 1978
Residency
Pediatric Residency-SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, 1978-1981
Fellowship
Pediatric Critical Care and Anesthesiology, Children's National Medical Center/George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 1983-1985
M.P.H.
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1999
Research Information
Dr. Wilkinson is a board-certified pediatrician, with a subspecialty expertise in critical care, and is a pediatric epidemiologist. Currently, he is a Research Professor of Pediatrics and the director of the Pediatric Center for Clinical and Translational Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His primary research focus is pediatric cardiology, specifically cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and heart transplantation in children. He has also published extensively on the results of epidemiologic studies in HIV/AIDS, cancer, the health consequences of tobacco exposure, and critical care. His research has been continuously funded from the NIH and CDC for the past 20 years. He has substantial experience in the design and conduct of large, federally funded multi-site research studies and clinical trials. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed articles as well as numerous textbook chapters and review articles.