Elaine L. Shelton, PhD

Elaine
L.
Shelton
PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology
Neonatology
(615) 343-2377
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11111
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9545

Dr. Shelton is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She completed her PhD in molecular and developmental biology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2008). She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt in 2013 before joining the Division of Neonatology as a junior faculty member. Dr. Shelton's research interests center on understanding the molecular, genetic, and biomechanical regulation of an essential fetal blood vessel, the ductus arteriosus (DA). The Shelton laboratory focuses on identifying factors that set the DA apart from other vessels in the body in the hopes of developing novel DA-specific therapeutics. Furthermore, Dr. Shelton is interested in identifying adverse ductus-related side effects of pharmacological agents that are commonly administered to pregnant mothers or neonatal infants. For these studies, her lab uses a combination of primary cell culture models, high throughput drug screens, cannulated vessel myography assays, and whole animal models to identify factors that constrict or relax the DA.

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elaine.l.shelton@vumc.org

Patent ductus arteriosus, lymphatics

Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2008
Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Malee Shah, MD

Malee
Shah
MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Outreach Medicine
(931) 380-0448
Delivery Address
2141 Blakemore Ave
Nashville
Tennessee
37212-3505
malee.shah@vumc.org

Specialty
Emergency Medicine, Pediatric
M.D.
Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, 2001
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Brooklyn, NY, 2003
Residency
Pediatric Residency-Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
Fellowship
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship-Children's Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX

Mary Ruth Scobey, MD

Mary
Ruth
Scobey
MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
(615) 875-7337
Delivery Address
2141 Blakemore Ave
Nashville
Tennessee
37212-3505
mary.r.scobey@vumc.org

Specialty
General Pediatrics
M.D.
University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, 2006
Residency
Pediatric Internship and Residency-St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA

Seth J. Scholer, MD, MPH

Seth
J.
Scholer
MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
Delivery Address
Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks
719 Thompson Ln
Room / Suite
30300
Nashville
Tennessee
37204

Dr. Seth Scholer is a Professor of Pediatrics. His research has focused on the prevention of child abuse and improving population health. He has developed and successfully implemented a brief, clinic-based assessment tool (Quick Parenting Assessment (QPA)) and an intervention (Play Nicely) to support parents in their use of healthy discipline strategies. Dr. Scholer’s research has implications for reducing rates of many mental and physical health problems associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). In addition, he serves on national advocacy boards and contributes to the development of child health policy in this area.

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seth.scholer@vumc.org

Brief clinical interventions, mitigating adverse childhood experiences, parenting, child abuse prevention, violence prevention, population health

Specialty
General Pediatrics
M.D.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1985
M.P.H.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1994
Internship
Pediatric Internship-Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Fellowship
General Pediatrics Fellowship-Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Alice M. Rothman, MD, MPH

Alice
M.
Rothman
MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
(615) 936-3939
Delivery Address
Vanderbilt Children's University Pediatrics
Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks
719 Thompson Ln
Room / Suite
24500
Nashville
Tennessee
37204
alice.rothman@vumc.org

Specialty
General Pediatrics
M.P.H.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Chapel Hill NC, 1996
M.D.
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham NC, 1997
Residency
Pediatric Residency-Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC

Elizabeth S. Rose, EdD, MEd, MPH

Elizabeth
S.
Rose
EdD, MEd, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
(615) 875-9442

Dr. Rose is a Co-director for the Global Health track in the Master of Public Health Program and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics. Her professional passion lies at the intersection of education and health in helping others enhance their skill sets to lead their communities to improved health outcomes. Dr. Rose’s primary research focuses on capacity strengthening programs as well as research colonialism among academic biomedical researchers located in low- and middle-income countries. Working with colleagues in Africa and at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, she designs evidence-based training programs in mentorship and curriculum development for medical school faculty. At Vanderbilt, Dr. Rose leads global health clinical rotation and research immersion courses for medical and public health students, and she recently helped start a global health program for residents across specialties.

elizabeth.rose@vumc.org

Christian Rosas-Salazar, MD, MPH

Christian
Rosas-Salazar
MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy/Immunology/Pulmonary Medicine
Phone
(615) 936-5864
Delivery Address
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11215
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9500

Dr. Christian Rosas-Salazar is a pediatric pulmonologist and physician scientist with expertise in clinical and translational research. The main goal of his research is to identify pre-, peri-, and post-natal risk and protective factors for the development of common childhood respiratory diseases, including bronchiolitis and asthma. In particular, his current scientific program focuses on 1) examining genetic, environmental, sociodemographic, and lifestyle factors that shape the early-life respiratory microbiome, 2) evaluating the role of the early-life respiratory microbiome in the programming of the immune response, the severity of acute viral respiratory infections in infancy, and the origins of pediatric asthma phenotypes, and 3) developing novel interventions to manipulate the early-life respiratory microbiome with the ultimate purpose of preventing acute and chronic lung diseases in children.

Dr. Rosas-Salazar’s multidisciplinary team leverages a broad range of knowledge spanning the fields of epidemiology, microbial ecology, multi-omics, infectious diseases, and pediatric pulmonary medicine. His group uses a combination of patient-oriented research, next-generation sequencing, high-throughput immunoassays, novel bioinformatics, and other state-of-the-art technologies to continue to advance our understanding of the determinants of childhood respiratory health.

Dr. Rosas-Salazar’s prior studies have been published in some of the most important scientific journals, including The Lancet, The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chest, Thorax, and The Journal of Infectious Diseases. His scientific program has been supported by funds from the Parker B. Francis Fellowship; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; and the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes of the National Institutes of Health. Furthermore, his contributions to research have been recognized by honors from the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, the Society for Pediatric Research, and the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, among others.

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c.rosas.salazar@vumc.org

Severe asthma, recurrent wheeze, lower respiratory tract infections, pediatric pulmonary medicine

Specialty
Pulmonary Medicine, Pediatric
M.D.
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2002
M.P.H.
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
Residency
Pediatric Residency-Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Fellowships
Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship-Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Clinical Research Fellowship-Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity Program, Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Mary E. Romano, MD, MPH

Mary
E.
Romano
MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine
Phone
(615) 936-8200
Delivery Address
One Hundred Oaks
719 Thompson Lane
Room / Suite
36300
Nashville
Tennessee
37204
mary.romano@vumc.org

Contraception; Menstrual Disorders; Eating Disorders; Menstrual Suppression

Specialty
Adolescent Medicine
M.D.
St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada West Indies, 2001
M.P.H.
Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2007
Residency
Pediatric Residency-Winthrop University Hospital in Long Island, N.Y.
Fellowship
Adolescent Medicine Fellowship-Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL