The Faculty Scholars Program is named for Katherine Dodd, MD, a member of the Vanderbilt faculty from 1926-1944, who represented the ideal clinician and educator. She possessed outstanding clinical skills, a strong commitment to teaching, and made numerous contributions of new knowledge that improved children's health.
The program helps faculty members develop and enhance their skills as clinicians and educators and provides an opportunity to conduct scholarly research, conduct and evaluate an educational project, or implement and evaluate a clinical or quality improvement project in an area of interest to their clinical area or to medical education. We seek to support junior faculty members as future leaders within our Department and the School of Medicine and to create a community of clinicians advancing education, practice, or policy in their area of focus.
2021-2023 Scholars
Division of Neonatology
Research Project
Beyond Medical Facts: Social and Ethical Dimensions of NICU Care
Division of General Pediatrics
Research Project
Curricula for a Culturally Sensitive Approach to Autism Evaluations Within Primary Care
Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Research Project
A Personalized Medicine Approach to Cerebral Edema in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
2020-2022 Scholars
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Research Project
Ethical Care of Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders
Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes
Research Project
Barriers to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) use in adolescents with type 1 diabetes and diabetes management after CGM discontinuation
Lauren Sanlorenzo, MD, MPH, MST
Division of Neonatology
Research Project
Creating a Center of Excellence for the Care of Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia at Vanderbilt