Alvin D. Jeffery

  • With tech and big date come huge opportunities

    With tech and big data come huge opportunities

    “The role of data science and technology continues to grow exponentially in health care delivery,” says School of Nursing Dean Pamela Jeffries, PhD, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH, the Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing. “New methods and discovery have the potential to impact large groups of patients, health care providers and health systems. You only need to look at the role data has played in forecasting and tracking the pandemic to see its value.”  Read More

    Sep. 13, 2022

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    Jeffery working with VU, VUMC and VA on substance use disorder prediction technology

    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Assistant Professor Alvin Jeffery is a biomedical informatics expert, lending his expertise in developing back-end computational work to problems across health care. Here, Jeffery details studies funded by two recently awarded grants, including a grant of more than $2.3 million over five years from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Read More

    Sep. 1, 2022

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    VUSN Assistant Professor, Alvin Jeffery, recipient of the AACN's 2019 Circle of Excellence Award

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing researchers are leveraging data science and health technology to improve health care at the individual and population-wide levels By Melissa Shapiro “The role of data science and technology continues to grow exponentially in health care delivery,” says School of Nursing Dean Pamela Jeffries,… Read More

    Apr. 11, 2019

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    Alliance for Nursing Informatics Selects Alvin D. Jeffery as 2018-2019 Emerging Leader

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing researchers are leveraging data science and health technology to improve health care at the individual and population-wide levels By Melissa Shapiro “The role of data science and technology continues to grow exponentially in health care delivery,” says School of Nursing Dean Pamela Jeffries,… Read More

    Jan. 24, 2018

  • Staff Educator’s Guide to Clinical Orientation, co-authored by VUSN PhD Student Alvin Jeffery

    Staff Educator’s Guide to Clinical Orientation, co-authored by VUSN PhD Student Alvin Jeffery

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing researchers are leveraging data science and health technology to improve health care at the individual and population-wide levels By Melissa Shapiro “The role of data science and technology continues to grow exponentially in health care delivery,” says School of Nursing Dean Pamela Jeffries,… Read More

    Jun. 5, 2014