IPPH 20 Years

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
12:00 – 1:00Boxed Lunch
12:00 – 12:20Welcome and Opening Remarks
Russell Rothman, MD, MPP
12:20 – 1:40Presentations 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 – 1:20Artificial 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 – 2:00Break
2:00 – 3:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
3:00 – 3:00Panel: 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 – 3:30Closing Remarks and Dr. Dittus Recognition
3:30 – 5:30 POPULATION & PUBLIC HEALTH COLLOQUIUM
3:30 – 3:40Introduction from Dr. John Dunn, DVM, PhD
Commissioner of Health for Tennessee
3:40 – 4:20Oral Presentations from Students and Trainees
4:20 – 5:30Poster Session with hors d’oeuvres