Vanderbilt Institute for Population and Public Health
20-Year Anniversary Symposium and Colloquium
Monday, November 2, 2026
12:00 – 5:30 PM
REGISTER
Agenda
| 12:00 – 3:00 FEATURED PRESENTATIONS | |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 | Boxed Lunch |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Russell Rothman, MD, MPP |
| 12:20 – 1:40 | Presentations Moderator: Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, MHM, FACP |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | “Using Science and Humanism to Build a Research Enterprise.” E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH |
| 12:40 – 1:00 | “Who are we missing: The future of lung cancer screening” Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH |
| 1:00 – 1:20 | Artificial Intelligence Susannah Rose, PhD |
| 1:20 – 1:40 | “Primary Stroke Prevention in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Living in Africa: The False Choice Between Patient-Oriented Research and Humanitarian Service” Michael DeBaun, MD, MPH |
| 1:40 – 2:00 | Break |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PANEL DISCUSSION | |
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| 3:00 – 3:00 | Panel: Future of Public Health Moderator: David Stevenson, PhD, SM Muktar Aliyu, MD, DrPH, MPH Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, FAAP Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Closing Remarks and Dr. Dittus Recognition |
| 3:30 – 5:30 POPULATION & PUBLIC HEALTH COLLOQUIUM | |
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| 3:30 – 3:40 | Introduction from Dr. John Dunn, DVM, PhD Commissioner of Health for Tennessee |
| 3:40 – 4:20 | Oral Presentations from Students and Trainees |
| 4:20 – 5:30 | Poster Session with hors d’oeuvres |