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Beth Malow, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology

Beth Malow, MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center and the Vanderbilt Sleep Research Core. She is also an Associate Director of Vanderbilt University’s General Clinical Research Center and Chief of the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Division. Dr Malow received her MD degree at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She completed residency training in Neurology at the Harvard-Longwood Program in Boston, Massachusetts, followed by fellowship training in epilepsy, EEG, and sleep medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Malow is the Chair of the American Academy of Neurology’s Sleep Science Award and has organized the Sleep Disorders Scientific Program for the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting.

Dr Malow’s research interests are in the interface of sleep and neurological disorders, including epilepsy and autism. She served as principal investigator on a NIH/NINDS Multi-center Pilot Clinical Trial examining the effects of treating obstructive sleep apnea on seizure frequency, daytime sleepiness, and health-related quality of life in adults with epilepsy. In addition, she holds research funding from Autism Speaks/National Alliance for Autism Research to study the causes of sleep disturbances in autism spectrum disorders and their impact on daytime behavior. Dr. Malow serves on the editorial board of Sleep, Sleep Medicine, Epilepsia, and Epilepsy Currents. She is the author or co-author of over 50 scientific papers. Dr. Malow is a frequently invited speaker at national and international seminars and conferences focusing on sleep, autism, epilepsy, and neurological disorders.

 

Site Principal Investigators

Timothy D. Girard, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Jin H. Han, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

James C. Jackson, PsyD
Neuropsychology and Long-Term Follow Up

Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

E. Wesley Ely,MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Critical Care
Associate Director of Aging Research, VA GRECC

Senior Advisors

Gordon R. Bernard, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH
Div Chief Gen Medicine, Director GRECC

Research Coordinators

Leanne Boehm, MSN, RN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Joyce Okahashi, RN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Jan Dunn, RN, MSN, CCRN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Cayce Strength, RN, BSN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Brenda Truman Pun, RN, MSN, ACNP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Program Clinical Manager

Mitzi W. Baker, RN, MSN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Neuropsychology

Sharon M. Gordon, PsyD
Geriatric Neuropsychology, GRECC

James C. Jackson, PsyD
Neuropsychology

Lauren Hardy, MA
Research Analyst II

Amy Lipsey, MA, LPC-MHSP
Licensed Professional Counselor

Sleep

Paula Watson, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Brandi Cleaver, RPSGT
Polysomnographic Technician

Peter Howard, RPSGT, AA
Sleep Research Core Manager

Beth Malow, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology

Kimberly Vigil
Polysomnographic Technician

Neuroimaging

Max Gunther, PhD
Neuroimaging & Neuropsychology Research Instructor

John Gore, PhD
Neuroimaging, FMRI, Director of VUIIS

Baxter Rogers, PhD
Physicist

Psychiatry

Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc
Psychiatry Department Chair

D. Catherine Fuchs, MD
Pediatric Psychiatry

Pediatric Delirium

Heidi Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAP
Pediatric Intensive Care

Pam Berry
Pediatric Critical Care Nurse

Biostatisticians

Ayumi Shintani PhD, MPH
Chief ICU Delirium Biostatistician

Jennifer Thompson, MPH
Analyst, Biostatistics

Theodore Speroff, PhD
Psychometrics, Statistician, GRECC

Renee Torres, MS
Biostatistician

Research Fellows

Michael Hooper, MD
Research Fellow

Matthew King, MD
Research Fellow

Alessandro Morandi, MD
Geriatrician & Research Fellow

Jennifer K. Clune, MD
Chief Resident

ICU Outcomes and Patient Safety

Eduard E. Vasilevskis, M.D.
Hospital Medicine and Center for Health Services Research

Administrative

Stephanie Hamilton, BA
Administrative Assistant

 

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