Sandra F. Simmons, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She also holds a secondary appointment as a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University. Her background and training...
Dr. Dittus is Executive Vice President, Senior Associate Dean, Werthan Professor of Medicine and Director of the Institute for Medicine and Public Health at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Director of the VA Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education and...
As a general internist and clinical researcher, my career has focused on improving care for older adults. I have conducted clinical trials in older adults in a variety of conditions of aging and have served as an investigator on several long-term prospective cohort...
Dr. Judith Pechacek has served as a professional nurse in a variety of settings for forty years. Her practice career was spent as a general staff nurse, nurse leader, manager and nurse executive. In 2013, she accepted a faculty position at the University of Minnesota,...
Dr. Wilson is co-directing the Rural Scholars Program Fellowship through the Office of Rural Health. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Health Systems from the University of Iowa in May 2018, and recently completed the VAQS Fellowship in May 2019. Her...
