New V-STTaR program to be led by MPH alumni Roumie and Talbot
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has established a new career development program for scientists in implementation research. The goal is to speed the uptake and translation of scientific discoveries into routine clinical practice. The program, called Vanderbilt Scholars in T4 Translational Research, or V-STTaR, is supported by a five-year, $3 million grant awarded this month by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). T4 refers to the translation of research findings into “real world” and community settings.
V-STTaR will be led by Sunil Kripalani, M.D., MSc, principal investigator and associate professor of Medicine, and Christianne Roumie, M.D., MPH, program director and associate professor of Medicine and Pediatrics.
In addition to Kripalani and Roumie, the program’s executive committee includes IMPH Director Robert Dittus, M.D., MPH, VUMC Executive Vice President for Public Health and Health Care; Thomas Talbot, M.D., MPH, VUMC’s chief hospital epidemiologist; and Heather Limper, Ph.D., MPH, associate director of the Implementation Science Core.