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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 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 2013, she was named a Norman R. Seay Lecturer for the Knight’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center,<ref>[http://knightadrc.wustl.edu/Education/Seay/PDFs/2013.pdf Eighth Annual Norman R. Seay Lecture]</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]</ref>
In 2013, she was named a Norman R. Seay Lecturer for the Knight’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center,<ref>[http://knightadrc.wustl.edu/Education/Seay/PDFs/2013.pdf Eighth Annual Norman R. Seay Lecture]</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>


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>[https://www.drexelmed.edu/Home/AbouttheCollege/Newsroom/ctl/Details/mid/10350/ItemID/571.aspx ELAM Announces Graduation of 2015 Class]</ref>
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>[https://www.drexelmed.edu/Home/AbouttheCollege/Newsroom/ctl/Details/mid/10350/ItemID/571.aspx ELAM Announces Graduation of 2015 Class]</ref>

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Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI

Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI is the Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance,[1] an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine [2] 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). [3]

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.[4]

Background

Dr. Wilkins attended Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC; and Washington University in St. Louis, MO.[5] She received a bachelor’s degree in microbiology, M.D. from Howard University and a master’s degree in clinical investigation at Washington University.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] Several initiatives, including a Consortium-wide inventory of community members’ involvement in CTSA activities, resulted from this workgroup.

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.” [10] One year later, in 2014, she became a member of the PCORnet Patient & Consumer Engagement (PCE) Task Force [11] and the PCORI Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials (CTAP), Subcommittee on Recruitment, Accrual and Retention (RAR).[12]

Awards and Honors

Dr. Wilkins is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges as part of the Research on Care Community (ROCC)[13] and has been designated a ROCC Star.[14] She is also ranked among the Fifty Most Innovative People in Healthcare by Healthcare Administration Degree Programs.[15]

In 2008, she received the Kopolow Award for Excellence in Geriatrics, Neurology or Psychiatry[16] and the Distinguished Community Service Award from Washington University.[17]

In 2013, she was named a Norman R. Seay Lecturer for the Knight’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center,[18] and she received the Association of American Medical Colleges Learning Health System Challenge Award.[19]

She is also a graduate of the 2014-15 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.[20]

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Wilkins CH, Spofford M, Williams N, McKeever C, et al. 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
2. Wilkins, CH, Roe, CM, Morris, JC, Galvin, J E. 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
3. 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. 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
4. Barch DM, D’Angelo G, Pieper C, Wilkins CH. 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
5. Wilkins, CH. Communicating Results of Community-Based Participatory Research, American Medical Association Journal of Ethics- Virtual Mentor, 2011; 2:81-85. PMID: 23121844
6. Wilkins CH, Roe CM, Morris JC. A brief clinical tool to assess physical function: The Mini-Physical Performance Test. Archives of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2010; 50:96-100. PMCID: PMC2787987
7. 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. 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
8. Wilkins CH, Birge SJ, Sheline YI, Morris JC. 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
9. Wilkins CH, Mathews J, Sheline YI. Late Life Depression with Cognitive Impairment: Evaluation and Treatment. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2009:4 51-57. PMID: 19503765 PMCID:PMC2685224
10. Sheline YI, Price JL, Vaishnavi SN, Mintun MA, Barch DM, Epstein AA, Wilkins CH, Snyder AZ, Couture L, Schechtman K, McKinstry RC. 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
11. Wilkins CH, Wilkins KL, Meisel M, Depke M, Williams J, and Edwards DF. Dementia Undiagnosed in Poor Older Adults with Functional Impairment. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2007; 55:1771–1776. PMID: 17916120
12. Wilkins CH. Osteoporosis Screening and Risk Management. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2007; 2:389-394. PMID: 18044189 PMCID: PMC2685263
13. Johnson DK, Wilkins CH, and Morris JC. Accelerated Weight Loss May Precede Diagnosis in Alzheimer Disease. Arch Neurol 2006 63: 1312-1317. PMID: 16966511
14. Wilkins CH, Sheline YI, Roe CM, Birge SJ, and Morris JC. 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
15. Wilkins CH, Grant EA, Schmidt SE, McKeel D, and Morris JC. Neuropathology of Alzheimer’s Disease in Blacks and Whites. Archives of Neurology 2006: 63: 87-90.

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References

  1. ^ "Wilkins named to direct Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Jessica Pasley, Vanderbilt Reporter, published March 15, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015
  2. ^ The VICC.ORG Directory of Doctors, Health Care Providers, & Researchers, retrieved December 10, 2015
  3. ^ Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core Faculty and Staff, retrieved December 10, 2015
  4. ^ Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance Executive Director, last revised November 5, 2015, retrieved December 10, 2015
  5. ^ "St. Louis Character: Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Lisa R. Brown, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 30, 2009, retrieved December 10, 2015
  6. ^ "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Angela Mueller, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 17, 2010, retrieved December 10, 2015
  7. ^ "Wilkins named director of Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", St. Louis Business Journal, published March 6, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015
  8. ^ "Wilkins to lead Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Chris Silva, Nashville Business Journal, published March 19, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015
  9. ^ CTSA Collaboration/Engagement Domain Task Force, retrieved December 10, 2015
  10. ^ "Improving Patient Engagement and Understanding Its Impact on Research through Community Review Boards", Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, PCORI, retrieved December 10, 2015
  11. ^ PCORnet Task Forces, retrieved December 10, 2015
  12. ^ Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's PCORI profile, retrieved December 10, 2015
  13. ^ AAMC Member Spotlight, retrieved December 10, 2015
  14. ^ "Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI", ROCC Stars (Research on Care Community), retrieved December 10, 2015
  15. ^ "50 Most Innovative People in Healthcare", Healthcare Administration Degree Programs, retrieved December 10, 2015.
  16. ^ "Friedman and Koopalow Award Winners", Washington University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Horizons Newsletter, published Spring 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015
  17. ^ "Dr. Wilkins awarded for community health literacy", The St. Louis American, published February 7, 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015
  18. ^ Eighth Annual Norman R. Seay Lecture
  19. ^ AAMC Learning Health System Champion and Pioneer Research 2013 Award Winners, retrieved December 10, 2015
  20. ^ ELAM Announces Graduation of 2015 Class