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Consuelo H. Wilkins is the Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance,[1] an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics 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 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]

She is also a Principal Investigator for the Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health.[5] 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,[6] and it conducts precision medicine research with the intention to eliminate health disparities, particularly among African-Americans and Latinos.[7] Wilkins serves on the Admin Core.[8]

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.[9] The center works to increase clinical trial participation in minority groups.[10]

Wilkins and the MVA also began leading 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. [11]

Background

Dr. Wilkins attended Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC; and Washington University in St. Louis, MO.[12] She received a bachelor's degree in microbiology, M.D. from Howard University and a master's degree in clinical investigation at Washington University.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15]

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.[16] 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."[17] One year later, in 2014, she became a member of the PCORnet Patient & Consumer Engagement (PCE) Task Force [18] and the PCORI Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials (CTAP), Subcommittee on Recruitment, Accrual and Retention (RAR).[19]

Awards and honors

Dr. Wilkins is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges as part of the Research on Care Community (ROCC)[20] and has been designated a ROCC Star.[21] She is also ranked among the Fifty Most Innovative People in Healthcare by Healthcare Administration Degree Programs.[22]

In 2008, she received the Kopolow Award for Excellence in Geriatrics, Neurology or Psychiatry[23] and the Distinguished Community Service Award from Washington University.[24]

In 2013, she was named a Norman R. Seay Lecturer for the Knight’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center,[25] and she received the Association of American Medical Colleges Learning Health System Challenge Award.[26]

She is also a graduate of the 2014-15 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.[27]

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. ^ NIH awards $11.6 million to Vanderbilt, Miami and Meharry for Precision Medicine Center, last revised May 25, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017
  6. ^ Meharry, VUMC get grant to study minority health, last revised May, 25, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017
  7. ^ NIH awards $11.6M to Nashville med schools, U of Miami for precision medicine center, last revised May 27, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ VUMC lands $14M grant for clinical trial work, last revised July 7, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017
  10. ^ Vanderbilt Leads Project To Help Clinical Trials Recruit More Minority Participants, last revised July 18, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017
  11. ^ Community health workers join the triple aim team, last revised December 1, 2017, retrieved December 12, 2017
  12. ^ "St. Louis Character: Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Lisa R. Brown, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 30, 2009, retrieved December 10, 2015
  13. ^ "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Angela Mueller, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 17, 2010, retrieved December 10, 2015
  14. ^ "Wilkins named director of Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", St. Louis Business Journal, published March 6, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015
  15. ^ "Wilkins to lead Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Chris Silva, Nashville Business Journal, published March 19, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015
  16. ^ CTSA Collaboration/Engagement Domain Task Force, retrieved December 10, 2015
  17. ^ "Improving Patient Engagement and Understanding Its Impact on Research through Community Review Boards", Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, PCORI, retrieved December 10, 2015
  18. ^ PCORnet Task Forces, retrieved December 10, 2015
  19. ^ Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's PCORI profile, retrieved December 10, 2015
  20. ^ AAMC Member Spotlight, retrieved December 10, 2015
  21. ^ "Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI", ROCC Stars (Research on Care Community), retrieved December 10, 2015
  22. ^ "50 Most Innovative People in Healthcare", Healthcare Administration Degree Programs, retrieved December 10, 2015.
  23. ^ "Friedman and Koopalow Award Winners", Washington University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Horizons Newsletter, published Spring 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015
  24. ^ "Dr. Wilkins awarded for community health literacy", The St. Louis American, published February 7, 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015
  25. ^ "Dr. Consuelo Wilkins to deliver Seay lecture", The St. Louis American, published September 3, 2013, retrieved December 10, 2015
  26. ^ AAMC Learning Health System Champion and Pioneer Research 2013 Award Winners, retrieved December 10, 2015
  27. ^ "ELAM Announces Graduation of 2015 Class", Drexel University College of Medicine, published May 1, 2015, retrieved December 10, 2015
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