Featured DEI Projects
Project Title: WIC Referral Program (Sandwich Project)
Project Description: The WIC benefit is often under-utilized by WIC-eligible families. Integrating such a food resource into clinic processes will improve WIC enrollment, participation, and potential nutrition health outcomes. The team plans to focus on the two- and three-year-old age groups. The referral cohort will be followed for two years.
Project Lead: Rosemary Hunter, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Academic General Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Project Title: Mobile Flu Fighter
Project Description: The Mobile Flu Fighter project conducted four mobile flu vaccination sessions in communities that have lower flu vaccination rates according to data from Vanderbilt Pediatric Primary Care. At least 51 pediatric patients were vaccinated. We plan to evaluate impact on flu vaccination rates with data obtained through the end of March 2022.
Project Leads: Elizabeth Williams, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Academic General Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Meredith Denney
Clinical Trials Associate
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Project Title: Post-ASD Diagnosis PCP Follow-up
Project Description: Increasing follow-up within the medical home for children with a new diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder: a quality improvement initiative using an eStar-embedded template.
Project Lead: Laleh Bahrami, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Academic General Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Project Title: Understanding Black Families' Experiences of Autism Diagnostic Process
Project Leads: Amy S. Weitlauf, PhD, Alexandra Miceli, Alison Vehorn, MS, and Zachary Warren, PhD (Developmental Medicine / Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders); Theodora Pinnock, MD, and Yewande Dada, MHS, Meharry Medical College
Funding: This work was supported by the Centers for Disease Control Autism and Developmental Disorders Monitoring network (NU53DD000010), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U54 HD08321), and the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Clinical Translational Science Award Program, Award Number 5UL1TR002243-03.)
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- CDC: The Impact of Racism on Our Nation's Health
- Civil Rights Room at the Nashville Public Library
- Health Care for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Toolkit for Primary Care Providers
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- Racial Equity Tools
- Votes for Women Exhibit at the Nashville Public Library
- VUMC DEI Toolkit
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- Toolkit for Interrupting Oppression
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Click here to download the Department of Pediatrics Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee suggested reading list. (Updated May 2021)
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Learotha Williams, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of African American History
Tennessee State UniversityKristy J. Sinkfield, M.Ed.
Associate Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
Office for Diversity Affairs
Vanderbilt University Medical Center"The Nashville Ways: A Brief Exploration of Race Relations in the Music City with Learotha Williams, Jr., Ph.D."
December 2021