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Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI

Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI is the Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, a collaboration between Nashville, TN's Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center that aims to eliminate health care disparities and improve medical outcomes through joint research and community partners.[1] She is responsible for developing, implementing and supporting joint initiatives (between Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center) that focus on biomedical and clinical research, clinical science education and community engagement.[2]

Background

Dr. Wilkins attended Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC; and Washington University in St. Louis, MO.[3] She received a bachelor’s degree in microbiology, M.D. from Howard University and a master’s degree in clinical investigation at Washington University.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

Awards and Honors

Dr. Wilkins was ranked among the Fifty Most Innovative People in Healthcare by Healthcare Administration Degree Programs for her work as Director of the Community-Engaged Research Core at the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and as Principal Investigator of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. [7]

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 to lead Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Chris Silva, Nashville Business Journal, published March 19, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015
  2. ^ "New to Nashville: Consuelo Wilkins", published August 24, 2012, retrieved December 28, 2015
  3. ^ "St. Louis Character: Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Lisa R. Brown, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 30, 2009, retrieved December 10, 2015
  4. ^ "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Angela Mueller, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 17, 2010, retrieved December 10, 2015
  5. ^ "Wilkins named director of Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", St. Louis Business Journal, published March 6, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015
  6. ^ "Wilkins to lead Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Chris Silva, Nashville Business Journal, published March 19, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015
  7. ^ "50 Most Innovative People in Healthcare", Healthcare Administration Degree Programs, retrieved December 10, 2015.
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