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Consuelo H. Wilkins is an American physician, biomedical researcher, and health equity expert. She is Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.^[1] She is a professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine^[2] and has a joint appointment at Meharry Medical College. She additionally serves as one of the principal investigators of the Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Science Award,^[3] Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CTSA) ^[4] and as vice president for Health Equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.^[5]

She is also a Principal Investigator for the Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health.^[6] The center launched in 2016 after Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the University of Miami and Meharry Medical College received receive an $11.6 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities,^[7] and it conducts precision medicine research with the intention to eliminate health disparities, particularly among African-Americans and Latinos.^[8] Wilkins serves on the Admin Core.^[9]

Additionally, Wilkins serves on a recruitment innovation center made possible by a $14 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2016.^[10] The center works to increase clinical trial participation in minority groups.^[11]

Previously, as executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, Wilkins and the MVA led efforts to establish a state association for community health workers in Tennessee in 2016, by bringing together key players from across Nashville to form a collaborative.^[12]

Education

Wilkins attended Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC; and Washington University in St. Louis, MO.^[13] She received a bachelor's degree in microbiology from Howard University, an M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine (1996) and a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation from Washington University School of Medicine (2002).^[14]^[15]

Career

Wilkins was an associate professor of medicine, psychiatry and surgery at Washington University until 2012 when she was named executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance in Nashville, TN.^[16] She was also director of the Institute for Public Health's Center for Community Health and Partnerships at Washington University and co-director of the Center for Community Engaged Research in the Institute of Clinical and Translational Science.^[17]

After joining the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, she became co-chair of the Community Partners Integration Workgroup of the CTSA Consortium's Community Engagement Key Function Committee in 2012.^[18]

In 2013, Wilkins received a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Research Award for her proposal "Improving Patient Engagement and Understanding Its Impact on Research Through Community Review Boards."^[19] In 2014, she became a member of the PCORnet Patient & Consumer Engagement (PCE) Task Force ^[20] and the PCORI Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials (CTAP), Subcommittee on Recruitment, Accrual and Retention (RAR).^[21]

In 2018, Wilkins was quoted in the Smithsonian Magazine article "The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That," where she discussed the challenges of gaining minorities' trust.^[22] In 2019, she was named vice president for Health Equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Associate Dean for Health Equity with the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.^[23]

In 2020, she ended her tenure as executive director of the MVA and passed the leadership role onto Karen Winkfield.^[24]

Awards and honors

Wilkins is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges as part of the Research on Care Community (ROCC)^[25] and has been designated a ROCC Star.^[26] She is also ranked among the Fifty Most Innovative People in Healthcare by Healthcare Administration Degree Programs.^[27]

In 2008, she received the Kopolow Award for Excellence in Geriatrics, Neurology or Psychiatry^[28] and the Distinguished Community Service Award from Washington University.^[29]

In 2013, she was named a Norman R. Seay Lecturer for the Knight's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center,^[30] and she received the Association of American Medical Colleges Learning Health System Challenge Award.^[31]

She is a graduate of the 2014-15 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.^[32]

Wilkins is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, year 2020.^[33] She is recipient of the 2021 Marion Spencer Fay Award, Institute for Women's Health & Leadership, Drexel University College of Medicine^[34] and recipient of a Nashville Business Journal 2021 Health Care Innovation Award.^[35] In February 2022, Wilkins became an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.^[36]

References

External links

Consuelo H. Wilkins publications indexed by Google Scholar
Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's Vanderbilt University profile

[1] "Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Dr. Consuelo Wilkins Lands Major National Award for Women Physicians", retrieved July 26, 2021

[2] The VICC.ORG Directory of Doctors, Health Care Providers, & Researchers, retrieved December 10, 2015

[3] "Wilkins named CTSA co-principal investigator" Bill Snyder, VUMC Reporter, published January 16, 2020,

[4] "Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core Faculty and Staff, retrieved December 10, 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2015.

[5] "Wilkins Named Vice President for Health Equity, retrieved January 27, 2020". Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[6] NIH awards $11.6 million to Vanderbilt, Miami and Meharry for Precision Medicine Center, last revised May 25, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017

[7] Meharry, VUMC get grant to study minority health, last revised May, 25, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017

[8] NIH awards $11.6M to Nashville med schools, U of Miami for precision medicine center, last revised May 27, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017

[9] NIH awards $11.6M grant to Vanderbilt, Miami and Meharry for new center to study precision medicine, health disparities, last revised June 2, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017

[10] VUMC lands $14M grant for clinical trial work, last revised July 7, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017

[11] Vanderbilt Leads Project To Help Clinical Trials Recruit More Minority Participants, last revised July 18, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017

[12] Community health workers join the triple aim team, last revised December 1, 2017, retrieved December 12, 2017

[13] "St. Louis Character: Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Lisa R. Brown, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 30, 2009, retrieved December 10, 2015

[14] "Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI | Department of Medicine". medicine.vumc.org. Retrieved 2022-09-19.

[15] "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Angela Mueller, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 17, 2010, retrieved December 10, 2015

[16] "Wilkins named director of Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", St. Louis Business Journal, published March 6, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015

[17] "Wilkins to lead Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Chris Silva, Nashville Business Journal, published March 19, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015

[18] "CTSA Collaboration/Engagement Domain Task Force, retrieved December 10, 2015". Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.

[19] "Improving Patient Engagement and Understanding Its Impact on Research through Community Review Boards", Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, PCORI, retrieved December 10, 2015

[20] "PCORnet Task Forces, retrieved December 10, 2015". Archived from the original on August 8, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[21] Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's PCORI profile, retrieved December 10, 2015

[22] The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That, retrieved May 2, 2018

[23] "Wilkins Named Vice President for Health Equity, retrieved March 6, 2019". Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[24] Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance names ED, retrieved March 13, 2021,

[25] AAMC Member Spotlight, retrieved December 10, 2015

[26] "Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI", ROCC Stars (Research on Care Community), retrieved December 10, 2015^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[27] "50 Most Innovative People in Healthcare", Healthcare Administration Degree Programs, retrieved December 10, 2015.

[28] ""Friedman and Koopalow Award Winners", Washington University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Horizons Newsletter, published Spring 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[29] "Dr. Wilkins awarded for community health literacy", The St. Louis American, published February 7, 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015

[30] "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins to deliver Seay lecture", The St. Louis American, published September 3, 2013, retrieved December 10, 2015

[31] AAMC Learning Health System Champion and Pioneer Research 2013 Award Winners, retrieved December 10, 2015

[32] "ELAM Announces Graduation of 2015 Class", Drexel University College of Medicine, published May 1, 2015, retrieved December 10, 2015

[33] ttps://nam.edu/member/?member_id=uVxz3ezi0PVyhqXJaogppg%3D%3D National Academy of Medicine

[34] "CONSUELO WILKINS, MD, MSCI, NAMED 2021 MARION SPENCER FAY AWARD RECIPIENT"

[35] ttps://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/08/18/announcing-the-2021-health-care-innovation-awards.html Announcing the 2021 Health Care Innovation Awards winners

[36] ttps://the-asci.org/?p=5083 New members elected for 2022

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-'''Consuelo H. Wilkins''', MD, MSCI is the Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance,<ref>[http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12332 "Wilkins named to direct Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Jessica Pasley, ''Vanderbilt Reporter'', published March 15, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health at [[Vanderbilt University School of Medicine]] <ref>[http://www.vicc.org/dd/display.php?person=consuelo.h.wilkins_meharry-vanderbilt.org The VICC.ORG Directory of Doctors, Health Care Providers, & Researchers, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> and has a joint appointment as an Associate Professor of Medicine at [[Meharry Medical College]]. She additionally serves as Co-Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CTSA).<ref>[https://victr.vanderbilt.edu/pub/resources/upload/files/org%20chart%20060314.pdf Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core Faculty and Staff, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+{{Autobiography|date=March 2024}}
+{{Like resume|date=March 2024}}
+}}
+[[File:Consuelo H. Wilkins at NCATS Day 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Consuelo H. Wilkins in 2018]]
+'''Consuelo H. Wilkins''' is an American physician, biomedical researcher, and health equity expert. She is Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.<ref>[https://tntribune.com/vanderbilt-university-medical-centers-dr-consuelo-wilkins-lands-major-national-award-for-women-physicians/"Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Dr. Consuelo Wilkins Lands Major National Award for Women Physicians", retrieved July 26, 2021]</ref> She is a professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics at [[Vanderbilt University School of Medicine]]<ref>[http://www.vicc.org/dd/display.php?person=consuelo.h.wilkins_meharry-vanderbilt.org The VICC.ORG Directory of Doctors, Health Care Providers, & Researchers, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> and has a joint appointment at [[Meharry Medical College]]. She additionally serves as one of the principal investigators of the Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Science Award,<ref>[https://news.vumc.org/2020/01/16/wilkins-named-ctsa-co-principal-investigator/ "Wilkins named CTSA co-principal investigator" Bill Snyder, ''VUMC Reporter'', published January 16, 2020],</ref> Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CTSA) <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://victr.vanderbilt.edu/pub/resources/upload/files/org%20chart%20060314.pdf |title=Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core Faculty and Staff, retrieved December 10, 2015 |access-date=April 21, 2015 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306155537/https://victr.vanderbilt.edu/pub/resources/upload/files/org%20chart%20060314.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and as vice president for Health Equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tntribune.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/wilkins-named-vice-president-for-health-equity |title=Wilkins Named Vice President for Health Equity, retrieved January 27, 2020 |access-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307060933/https://tntribune.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/wilkins-named-vice-president-for-health-equity/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-As the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance's Executive Director, Dr. Wilkins develops and supports collaborative initiatives and programs in biomedical research, community engagement and interprofessional learning.<ref>[https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/meharry-vanderbilt/dr-consuelo-h-wilkins-md-mcsi Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance Executive Director, last revised November 5, 2015, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+She is also a Principal Investigator for the Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health.<ref>[https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/vumc-na052516.php NIH awards $11.6 million to Vanderbilt, Miami and Meharry for Precision Medicine Center, last revised May 25, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017]</ref> The center launched in 2016 after [[Vanderbilt University Medical Center]], the [[University of Miami]] and [[Meharry Medical College]] received receive an $11.6 million grant from the [[National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities]],<ref>[http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2016/05/25/meharry-vumc-miami-grant-improve-minority-health-through-precision-medicine/84913054/ Meharry, VUMC get grant to study minority health, last revised May, 25, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017]</ref> and it conducts precision medicine research with the intention to eliminate health disparities, particularly among African-Americans and Latinos.<ref>[http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/population-health/nih-awards-11-6m-to-nashville-med-schools-u-of-miami-for-precision-medicine-center.html NIH awards $11.6M to Nashville med schools, U of Miami for precision medicine center, last revised May 27, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017]</ref> Wilkins serves on the Admin Core.<ref>[http://pridepublishinggroup.com/pride/2016/06/02/nih-awards-11-6m-grant-to-vanderbilt-miami-and-meharry-for-new-center-to-study-precision-medicine-health-disparities/ NIH awards $11.6M grant to Vanderbilt, Miami and Meharry for new center to study precision medicine, health disparities, last revised June 2, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017]</ref>
-==Background==
+Additionally, Wilkins serves on a recruitment innovation center made possible by a $14 million grant from the [[National Institutes of Health]] to [[Vanderbilt University Medical Center]] in 2016.<ref>[http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/health-care/article/20827367/vumc-lands-14m-grant-for-clinical-trial-work VUMC lands $14M grant for clinical trial work, last revised July 7, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017]</ref> The center works to increase clinical trial participation in minority groups.<ref>[http://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/vanderbilt-leads-project-help-clinical-trials-recruit-more-minority-participants#stream/0 Vanderbilt Leads Project To Help Clinical Trials Recruit More Minority Participants, last revised July 18, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017]</ref>
-Dr. Wilkins attended [[Howard University]] in Washington, D.C.; [[Duke University Medical Center]] in Durham, NC; and [[Washington University]] in St. Louis, MO.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/02/02/story5.html "St. Louis Character: Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Lisa R. Brown, ''St. Louis Business Journal'', published January 30, 2009, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> She received a bachelor’s degree in microbiology, M.D. from Howard University and a master’s degree in clinical investigation at Washington University.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2010/01/18/focus11.html "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Angela Mueller, ''St. Louis Business Journal'', published January 17, 2010, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+Previously, as executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, Wilkins and the MVA led efforts to establish a state association for community health workers in Tennessee in 2016, by bringing together key players from across Nashville to form a collaborative.<ref>[https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/nashville-post-magazine/article/20984437/community-health-workers-join-the-triple-aim-team Community health workers join the triple aim team, last revised December 1, 2017, retrieved December 12, 2017]</ref>
-She was an associate professor of medicine, psychiatry and surgery at Washington University until 2012 when she was named Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance in Nashville, TN.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2012/03/wilkins-named-director-of.html "Wilkins named director of Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", ''St. Louis Business Journal'', published March 6, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> She was also director of the Institute for Public Health's Center for Community Health and Partnerships at Washington University and co-director of the Center for Community Engaged Research in the Institute of Clinical and Translational Science.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2012/03/19/wilkins-to-lead-meharry-vanderbilt.html "Wilkins to lead Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Chris Silva, ''Nashville Business Journal'', published March 19, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+==Education==
-Since joining the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, she became co-chair of the Community Partners Integration Workgroup of the CTSA Consortium’s Community Engagement Key Function Committee in 2012.<ref>[https://ctsacentral.org/collaboration-engagement/ CTSA Collaboration/Engagement Domain Task Force, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> Several initiatives, including a Consortium-wide inventory of community members’ involvement in CTSA activities, resulted from this workgroup.
+Wilkins attended [[Howard University]] in Washington, D.C.; [[Duke University Medical Center]] in Durham, NC; and [[Washington University]] in St. Louis, MO.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/02/02/story5.html "St. Louis Character: Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Lisa R. Brown, ''St. Louis Business Journal'', published January 30, 2009, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> She received a bachelor's degree in microbiology from Howard University, an M.D. from [[Howard University College of Medicine]] (1996)  and a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation from [[Washington University School of Medicine]] (2002).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI {{!}} Department of Medicine |url=https://medicine.vumc.org/person/consuelo-h-wilkins-md-msci |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=medicine.vumc.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2010/01/18/focus11.html "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Angela Mueller, ''St. Louis Business Journal'', published January 17, 2010, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+==Career==
-Her experience in the healthcare field includes clinical and translational research like clinical trials, secondary data analyses and community-engaged research. In 2013, she received a [[Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute]] Research Award for her proposal “Improving Patient Engagement and Understanding Its Impact on Research Through Community Review Boards.”<ref>[http://www.pcori.org/research-results/2013/improving-patient-engagement-and-understanding-its-impact-research-through "Improving Patient Engagement and Understanding Its Impact on Research through Community Review Boards", Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, PCORI, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> One year later, in 2014, she became a member of the PCORnet Patient & Consumer Engagement (PCE) Task Force <ref>[http://www.pcornet.org/about-pcornet/task-forces/ PCORnet Task Forces, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> and the PCORI Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials (CTAP), Subcommittee on Recruitment, Accrual and Retention (RAR).<ref>[http://www.pcori.org/people/consuelo-wilkins-md-msci Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's PCORI profile, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+Wilkins was an associate professor of medicine, psychiatry and surgery at Washington University until 2012 when she was named executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance in Nashville, TN.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2012/03/wilkins-named-director-of.html "Wilkins named director of Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", ''St. Louis Business Journal'', published March 6, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> She was also director of the Institute for Public Health's Center for Community Health and Partnerships at Washington University and co-director of the Center for Community Engaged Research in the Institute of Clinical and Translational Science.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2012/03/19/wilkins-to-lead-meharry-vanderbilt.html "Wilkins to lead Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Chris Silva, ''Nashville Business Journal'', published March 19, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+After joining the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, she became co-chair of the Community Partners Integration Workgroup of the CTSA Consortium's Community Engagement Key Function Committee in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ctsacentral.org/collaboration-engagement/ |title=CTSA Collaboration/Engagement Domain Task Force, retrieved December 10, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912022241/https://ctsacentral.org/collaboration-engagement/ |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-==Awards and Honors==
+In 2013, Wilkins received a [[Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute]] Research Award for her proposal "Improving Patient Engagement and Understanding Its Impact on Research Through Community Review Boards."<ref>[http://www.pcori.org/research-results/2013/improving-patient-engagement-and-understanding-its-impact-research-through "Improving Patient Engagement and Understanding Its Impact on Research through Community Review Boards", Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, PCORI, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> In 2014, she became a member of the PCORnet Patient & Consumer Engagement (PCE) Task Force <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcornet.org/about-pcornet/task-forces/ |title=PCORnet Task Forces, retrieved December 10, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808023638/http://pcornet.org/about-pcornet/task-forces/ |archive-date=August 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the PCORI Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials (CTAP), Subcommittee on Recruitment, Accrual and Retention (RAR).<ref>[http://www.pcori.org/people/consuelo-wilkins-md-msci Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's PCORI profile, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
-Dr. Wilkins is a member of the [[Association of American Medical Colleges]] as part of the Research on Care Community (ROCC)<ref>[https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/rocc/memberspotlight/371654/cwilkins.html AAMC Member Spotlight, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> and has been designated a ROCC Star.<ref>[https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/meharry-vanderbilt/files/meharry-vanderbilt/public_files/roccstarrwilkins.pdf "Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI", ''ROCC Stars (Research on Care Community)'', retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> She is also ranked among the Fifty Most Innovative People in Healthcare by Healthcare Administration Degree Programs.<ref>[http://www.healthcare-administration-degree.net/50-most-innovative-people-in-healthcare/ "50 Most Innovative People in Healthcare", ''Healthcare Administration Degree Programs'', retrieved December 10, 2015].</ref>
+In 2018, Wilkins was quoted in the Smithsonian Magazine article "The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That," where she discussed the challenges of gaining minorities' trust.<ref>[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/gene-bank-too-white-180968884/ The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That, retrieved May 2, 2018]</ref> In 2019, she was named vice president for Health Equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Associate Dean for Health Equity with the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tntribune.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/wilkins-named-vice-president-for-health-equity/ |title=Wilkins Named Vice President for Health Equity, retrieved March 6, 2019 |access-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307060933/https://tntribune.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/wilkins-named-vice-president-for-health-equity/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-In 2008, she received the Kopolow Award for Excellence in Geriatrics, Neurology or Psychiatry<ref>[http://knightadrc.wustl.edu/About_Us/Newsletter/Horizons%20-%20Spring%2008.pdf "Friedman and Koopalow Award Winners", ''Washington University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Horizons Newsletter'', published Spring 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> and the Distinguished Community Service Award from [[Washington University]].<ref>[http://www.stlamerican.com/news/community_news/article_fa3312a4-ae9d-5562-ab74-19ef5f43828c.html "Dr. Wilkins awarded for community health literacy", ''The St. Louis American'', published February 7, 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+In 2020, she ended her tenure as executive director of the MVA and passed the leadership role onto Karen Winkfield.<ref>[https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/people/article/21143208/meharryvanderbilt-alliance-names-ed Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance names ED, retrieved March 13, 2021],</ref>
-In 2013, she was named a Norman R. Seay Lecturer for the Knight’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center,<ref>[http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/article_77eeaa4c-149a-11e3-9cdd-001a4bcf887a.html "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins to deliver Seay lecture", ''The St. Louis American'', published September 3, 2013, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> and she received the [[Association of American Medical Colleges]] Learning Health System Challenge Award.<ref>[https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/rocc/funding/419280/newdocument.html AAMC Learning Health System Champion and Pioneer Research 2013 Award Winners, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+==Awards and honors==
-She is also a graduate of the 2014-15 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.<ref>[http://www.drexel.edu/medicine/News-Events/news-archive/2015/May/ELAM-Announces-Graduation-of-2015-Class/ "ELAM Announces Graduation of 2015 Class", Drexel University College of Medicine, published May 1, 2015, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
+Wilkins is a member of the [[Association of American Medical Colleges]] as part of the Research on Care Community (ROCC)<ref>[https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/rocc/memberspotlight/371654/cwilkins.html AAMC Member Spotlight, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> and has been designated a ROCC Star.<ref>[https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/meharry-vanderbilt/files/meharry-vanderbilt/public_files/roccstarrwilkins.pdf "Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI", ''ROCC Stars (Research on Care Community)'', retrieved December 10, 2015]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She is also ranked among the Fifty Most Innovative People in Healthcare by Healthcare Administration Degree Programs.<ref>[http://www.healthcare-administration-degree.net/50-most-innovative-people-in-healthcare/ "50 Most Innovative People in Healthcare", ''Healthcare Administration Degree Programs'', retrieved December 10, 2015].</ref>
+In 2008, she received the Kopolow Award for Excellence in Geriatrics, Neurology or Psychiatry<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://knightadrc.wustl.edu/About_Us/Newsletter/Horizons%20-%20Spring%2008.pdf |title="Friedman and Koopalow Award Winners", ''Washington University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Horizons Newsletter'', published Spring 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905110701/http://knightadrc.wustl.edu/About_Us/Newsletter/Horizons%20-%20Spring%2008.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Distinguished Community Service Award from [[Washington University]].<ref>[http://www.stlamerican.com/news/community_news/article_fa3312a4-ae9d-5562-ab74-19ef5f43828c.html "Dr. Wilkins awarded for community health literacy", ''The St. Louis American'', published February 7, 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
-== Selected Peer-reviewed Publications ==
-#Wilkins CH, Spofford M, Williams N, McKeever C, et al. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23919364?dopt=Abstract Community Representatives’ Involvement in Clinical and Translational Science Awardee Activities]. [[Clinical and Translational Science]]. 2013 Aug; 6(4): 292-296. DOI: 10.1111/cts.120729. PMID 23919364
-#Wilkins, CH, Roe, CM, Morris, JC, Galvin, J E. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23647233?dopt=Abstract Mild Physical Impairment Predicts Future Diagnosis of Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type]. [[Journal of the American Geriatrics Society]]. 2013 July; 61:1055-1059. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12255.  PMCID: PMC3809089
-#Sheline YI, Disabato BM, Hranilovich J, Morris C, D'Angelo G, Pieper C, Toffanin T, Taylor WD, MacFall JR, Wilkins CH, Barch DM, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Steffens DC, Krishnan RR, Doraiswamy PM.   [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23534057?dopt=Abstract Treatment Course with Antidepressant Therapy in Late-Life Depression]. [[American Journal of Psychiatry]]. 2012 Nov. 169(11): 1185-1195. DOI: 10.1176/api.ajp.202.12010122. PMCID: PMC3752387
-#Barch DM, D’Angelo G, Pieper C, Wilkins CH. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22430020?dopt=Abstract Cognitive Improvement Following Treatment in Late-Life Depression: Relationship to Vascular Risk and age of Onset]. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2012 Aug; 20(8):682-90  DOI:10.1097/JGP.0b013e318246b6cb PMCID: PMC3382028
-#Wilkins, CH. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23121844?dopt=Abstract Communicating Results of Community-Based Participatory Research], American Medical Association Journal of Ethics- Virtual Mentor, 2011; 2:81-85. PMID 23121844
-#Wilkins CH, Roe CM, Morris JC. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19282039?dopt=Abstract A brief clinical tool to assess physical function: The Mini-Physical Performance Test]. Archives of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2010; 50:96-100. PMCID: PMC2787987
-#Sheline YI, Pieper CF, Barch DM, Welsh-Bohmer K, McKinstry RC, MacFall JR, D'Angelo G, Garcia KS, Gersing K, Wilkins CH, Taylor W, Steffens DC, Krishnan RR, Doraiswamy PM. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20194828?dopt=Abstract Support for the vascular depression hypothesis in late-life depression: results of a 2-site, prospective, antidepressant treatment trial]. [[Arch Gen Psychiatry]]. 2010 Mar; 67(3):277-85. PMID 20194828: PMCID: PMC2838210
-#Wilkins CH, Birge SJ, Sheline YI, Morris JC. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19397226?dopt=Abstract Vitamin D deficiency is associated with worse cognitive performance and lower bone density in older African Americans]. JNMA, 2009; 101:349-354. PMID 19397226 PMCID: PMC2801439
-#Wilkins CH, Mathews J, Sheline YI. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19503765?dopt=Abstract Late Life Depression with Cognitive Impairment: Evaluation and Treatment. Clinical Interventions in Aging]. 2009:4 51-57. PMID 19503765 PMCID:PMC2685224
-#Sheline YI,  Price JL,  Vaishnavi SN, Mintun MA, Barch DM, Epstein AA, Wilkins CH, Snyder AZ, Couture L, Schechtman K, McKinstry RC.  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18281408?dopt=Abstract Regional WMH Burden in Automated Segmentation Distinguishes Late Life Depressed Subjects from Controls Matched for Vascular Risk Factors]. [[American Journal of Psychiatry]] 2008 Apr; 165(4):524-32. Epub 2008 Feb 15. PMID 18281408
-#Wilkins CH, Wilkins KL, Meisel M, Depke M, Williams J, and Edwards DF. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17916120?dopt=Abstract Dementia Undiagnosed in Poor Older Adults with Functional Impairment]. [[Journal of the American Geriatrics Society]]. 2007; 55:1771–1776.  PMID 17916120
-#Wilkins CH.  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18044189?dopt=Abstract Osteoporosis Screening and Risk Management]. [[Clinical Interventions in Aging]]. 2007; 2:389-394. PMID 18044189 PMCID: PMC2685263
-#Johnson DK, Wilkins CH, and Morris JC.  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16966511?dopt=Abstract Accelerated Weight Loss May Precede Diagnosis in Alzheimer Disease]. [[Arch Neurol]] 2006 63: 1312-1317. PMID 16966511
-#Wilkins CH, Sheline YI, Roe CM, Birge SJ, and Morris JC.  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17138809?dopt=Abstract Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with Low Mood and Worse Cognitive Performance in Older Adults].  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2006; 14:1032–1040. PMID 17138809
-#Wilkins CH, Grant EA, Schmidt SE, McKeel D, and Morris JC.  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16401740?dopt=Abstract Neuropathology of Alzheimer’s Disease in Blacks and Whites].  [[Archives of Neurology]] 2006: 63: 87-90.
+In 2013, she was named a Norman R. Seay Lecturer for the Knight's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center,<ref>[http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/article_77eeaa4c-149a-11e3-9cdd-001a4bcf887a.html "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins to deliver Seay lecture", ''The St. Louis American'', published September 3, 2013, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref> and she received the [[Association of American Medical Colleges]] Learning Health System Challenge Award.<ref>[https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/rocc/funding/419280/newdocument.html AAMC Learning Health System Champion and Pioneer Research 2013 Award Winners, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
-#Joosten YA, Israel TL, Williams NA, Boone LR, Schlundt DG, Mouton CP, Dittus RS, Bernard GR, Wilkins CH. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=26107879 Community Engagement Studios: A Structured Approach to Obtaining Meaningful Input From Stakeholders to Inform Research.] Acad Med. 2015 Dec; 90(12):1646-50. PMID: 26107879.
-#Johnson DA, Joosten YA, Wilkins CH and Shibao CA. Case Study: Community Engagement and Clinical Trial Success: Outreach to African American Women. Clinical And Translational Science. 2015 Aug; 8(4): 388-90 doi:10.1111/cts.12264. PMID: 25752995 PMCID: PMC4553110
+She is a graduate of the 2014-15 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.<ref>[http://www.drexel.edu/medicine/News-Events/news-archive/2015/May/ELAM-Announces-Graduation-of-2015-Class/ "ELAM Announces Graduation of 2015 Class", Drexel University College of Medicine, published May 1, 2015, retrieved December 10, 2015]</ref>
-==External links==
-* [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y5tbfFAAAAAJ&hl=en Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's publications] indexed by [[Google Scholar]], a free service provided by [[Google]]
+Wilkins is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, year 2020.<ref>https://nam.edu/member/?member_id=uVxz3ezi0PVyhqXJaogppg%3D%3D National Academy of Medicine</ref>
-* [https://phonedirectory.vanderbilt.edu/cdb/index.jsp?action=detail&id=270902 Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's Vanderbilt University profile]
+She is recipient of the 2021 Marion Spencer Fay Award, Institute for Women's Health & Leadership, Drexel University College of Medicine<ref>[https://drexel.edu/medicine/Community-Engagement/institute-for-womens-health-and-leadership/programs/marion-spencer-fay-award/ "CONSUELO WILKINS, MD, MSCI, NAMED 2021 MARION SPENCER FAY AWARD RECIPIENT"]</ref> and recipient of a Nashville Business Journal 2021 Health Care Innovation Award.<ref>https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/08/18/announcing-the-2021-health-care-innovation-awards.html Announcing the 2021 Health Care Innovation Awards winners</ref> In February 2022, Wilkins became an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.<ref>https://the-asci.org/?p=5083 New members elected for 2022</ref>
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+* {{Google Scholar id|Y5tbfFAAAAAJ}}
+* [https://phonedirectory.vanderbilt.edu/cdb/index.jsp?action=detail&id=270902 Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's Vanderbilt University profile]
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