Featured DEI Projects

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: Closing the Loop: Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Davidson County Head Start Families
Project Description: Complete four focus groups of Head Start employees and families by February 2022 to better understand the most prominent food and nutrition security-related challenges, and create an infographic policy brief to summarize key findings and suggestions for policies to address these issues.
Project Lead: Shani Jones, MD
2nd Year Fellow
Division of Academic General Pediatrics
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.)