Graduate Research and Education Advisory Board
The purpose of the Graduate Research and Education Advisory Board is to support and foster the achievement of excellence in all aspects of graduate studies and research at the University. The Board will achieve this through the following initiatives:
- Advising and supporting the Dean of the Graduate School
- Assisting in developing beneficial relationships with industry, government and other academic institutions
- Reviewing and supporting the School's strategic plans
- Reporting to the Chancellor and Provost on the status and opportunities related to graduate education and research
Board members have all demonstrated professional achievements in fields of importance to graduate education and research, and contribute to the balance of the Board's breadth and diversity.
2020-2021 Members of the Board
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Bridget Hodder (MA '15)
Board Chair
Straus & Giroux Lerner Publishing/Kar-Ben |
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John Hindle (BA '68, PhD '81) Board Vice-Chair
Nashville, TN
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Bill Berenson (MA '72, PhD '75)
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Sonia Boyapati (BE '94, MS '96)
Lebanon, TN COO, MR Hotels |
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Heather Brown (MS '01, PhD '04)
Franklin, TN Senior Vice President, Market Access & Reimbursement Heartflow, Inc. |
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Jay Clayton
Nashville, TN Professor, Department of English, Vanderbilt University Director, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy |
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Tom Doub (MS '94, PhD '01)
Nashville, TN Assistant Professor, Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
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Kirk Elifson (MA '68, PhD '73)
Atlanta, GA Professor, Rollins School of Public Health Emory University |
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Barbara Johnson (PhD '99)
Russellville, AR Vice President for Academic Affairs Arkansas Tech University |
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Dante Mossi (PhD '96) Tegucigalpa, Honduras Executive President, Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica |
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Suzanne T. Ortega (MA '76, PhD '79)
Washington, DC President Council of Graduate Schools |
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Aneel Pandey (JD '92, MBA '92)
Nashville, TN Chief Manager, Transcender Starship LLC. |
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Chelsea Peters (MS '16, PhD '18)
Salem, VA Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies Roanoke College |
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Jennifer Pietenpol (PhD '90)
Nashville, TN Director, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center Executive VP for Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
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Al Powers (PhD '10, MD '12)
New Haven, CT Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University Medical Director, PRIME Psychosis Research Institute, Yale |
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Elaine Sanders-Bush (PhD '67)
Nashville, TN Professor Emerita, Department of Pharmacology Vanderbilt University |
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Martin Singer (MA '75, PhD '77) |