Consuelo H. Wilkins is an American physician, biomedical researcher, and health equity expert. She is Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at Vanderbilt University Medical Center."Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Dr. Consuelo Wilkins Lands Major National Award for Women Physicians", retrieved July 26, 2021 She is a professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics at Vanderbilt University School of MedicineThe VICC.ORG Directory of Doctors, Health Care Providers, & Researchers, retrieved December 10, 2015 and has a joint appointment at Meharry Medical College. She additionally serves as one of the principal investigators of the Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Science Award,"Wilkins named CTSA co-principal investigator" Bill Snyder, VUMC Reporter, published January 16, 2020, Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CTSA) and as vice president for Health Equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Education Wilkins attended Howard University and Washington University in St. Louis."St. Louis Character: Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Lisa R. Brown, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 30, 2009, retrieved December 10, 2015 She received a bachelor's degree in microbiology from Howard University, an M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine (1996) and a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation from Washington University School of Medicine (2002)."Dr. Consuelo Wilkins", Angela Mueller, St. Louis Business Journal, published January 17, 2010, retrieved December 10, 2015
Career Wilkins 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."Wilkins named director of Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", St. Louis Business Journal, published March 6, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015 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."Wilkins to lead Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance", Chris Silva, Nashville Business Journal, published March 19, 2012, retrieved December 10, 2015
After 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.
In 2013, Wilkins 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.""Improving Patient Engagement and Understanding Its Impact on Research through Community Review Boards", Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, PCORI, retrieved December 10, 2015 In 2014, she became a member of the PCORnet Patient & Consumer Engagement (PCE) Task Force and the PCORI Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials (CTAP), Subcommittee on Recruitment, Accrual and Retention (RAR).Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's PCORI profile, retrieved December 10, 2015
In 2018, Wilkins was quoted in the Smithsonian Magazine article "The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That," where she discussed the challenges of gaining minorities' trust.The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That, retrieved May 2, 2018 In 2019, she was named vice president for Health Equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Associate Dean for Health Equity with the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
In 2020, she ended her tenure as executive director of the MVA and passed the leadership role onto Karen Winkfield.Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance names ED, retrieved March 13, 2021,
Awards and honors Wilkins is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges as part of the Research on Care Community (ROCC)AAMC Member Spotlight, retrieved December 10, 2015 and has been designated a ROCC Star."Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI", ROCC Stars (Research on Care Community), retrieved December 10, 2015 She is also ranked among the Fifty Most Innovative People in Healthcare by Healthcare Administration Degree Programs."50 Most Innovative People in Healthcare", Healthcare Administration Degree Programs, retrieved December 10, 2015.
In 2008, she received the Kopolow Award for Excellence in Geriatrics, Neurology or Psychiatry and the Distinguished Community Service Award from Washington University."Dr. Wilkins awarded for community health literacy", The St. Louis American, published February 7, 2008, retrieved December 10, 2015
In 2013, she was named a Norman R. Seay Lecturer for the Knight's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center,"Dr. Consuelo Wilkins to deliver Seay lecture", The St. Louis American, published September 3, 2013, retrieved December 10, 2015 and she received the Association of American Medical Colleges Learning Health System Challenge Award.AAMC Learning Health System Champion and Pioneer Research 2013 Award Winners, retrieved December 10, 2015
She is a graduate of the 2014-15 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women."ELAM Announces Graduation of 2015 Class", Drexel University College of Medicine, published May 1, 2015, retrieved December 10, 2015
In 2020, Wilkins became an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.https://nam.edu/member/?member_id=uVxz3ezi0PVyhqXJaogppg%3D%3D National Academy of Medicine She is recipient of the 2021 Marion Spencer Fay Award, Institute for Women's Health & Leadership, Drexel University College of Medicine"CONSUELO WILKINS, MD, MSCI, NAMED 2021 MARION SPENCER FAY AWARD RECIPIENT" and recipient of a Nashville Business Journal 2021 Health Care Innovation Award.https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/08/18/announcing-the-2021-health-care-innovation-awards.html Announcing the 2021 Health Care Innovation Awards winners In 2022, Wilkins became an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.https://the-asci.org/?p=5083 New members elected for 2022
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Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI's Vanderbilt University profile