(615) 322-8240, fax (615) 343-5737
Peabody Box 40, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203-5701
Jan Rosemergy, PhD, 238 MRL, 322-8238, Director
Nick Williams, 405A MRL, 322-6526, Webmaster
Courtney Evans, 237 MRL, 322-5658,Communications Assistant
Kylie Beck, 202A MRL, 322-5275, Graphic Designer
Tony Maupin, 218 MRL, 322-8094, Media Specialist,
Overall objective is to promote Center cohesiveness and to ensure interdisciplinary research communication among Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigators, and between the Center and the external scientific community and the lay public.
Maintains national, state, local dissemination database; maintains Center website, manages electronic communication, including Centerwide "Monday Morning Message" and specialized distribution lists; develops and disseminates print materials describing Center and research projects; disseminates reprints; writes news releases and manages media releases. If you become aware of a "bad news" situation, please immediately notify Jan Rosemergy who will immediately notify Vanderbilt News and Public Affairs; click here for policy "When News Isn't Always Good."
Jan Rosemergy, 322-8238
Nick Williams, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Webmaster, 322-8144
Plans, schedules, coordinates, and manages the Center's research events: Lectures on Human Development and Developmental Disabilities (researchers may contact us to schedule meetings with guest lecturers), Grand Rounds, Neuroscience Graduate Seminars, research conferences and meetings. Services: event planning; handling correspondence; arranging transportation, lodging, and meals; planning agenda and arranging meeting facilities; producing and disseminating preliminary and final conference programs; handling publicity; organizing registration; arranging audiovisual support; and processing reimbursement of lecturers or conference participants. To reserve MRL 241 (largest event space), see MRL 241 reservation form.
Jan Rosemergy, 322-8240
Consultation during proposal writing, prior to investigators submitting research protocols to Vanderbilt's Institutional Review Board; case consultation regarding specific concerns that arise while research is in progress; and consultation on policy formation. Continuing education events, in collaboration with Genetics and Health Policy Center, Center for Clinical and Research Ethics, research training programs, and Institutional Review Board.
For consultation: Ellen Clayton, M.D., J.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Law, Rosalind E. Franklin Professor of Genetics and Health Policy, Director of Genetics an Health Policy Center, 5028 MCE, 936-2425
For education: Jan Rosemergy, 322-8238
Coordinates and supports Kennedy Center Membership Committee, Core Advisory Committee, Deans Advisory Committee, National Scientific Advisory Board
Jan Rosemergy, 322-8238
Membership Committee
Governance
Provides partial financial support and office space for visiting faculty scholars collaborating with Center investigators; for periods of 2 to 12 weeks; scholar required to present public lecture.
To initiate request: Jan Rosemergy, 322-8238
Designs and produces illustrations, graphs, posters, newsletters, brochures, flyers; scanning and layout; color printing; logo and web design.
Procedures: See detailed information on our graphics procedures, including fees for services. For more information or to request services, contact Kylie Beck, 615-322-5275.
Original photography, print or slide duplication; consultation, installation, training on photographic or video imaging equipment; videotape production; digital video (DV), S-VHS, and VHS editing; character generation; audio enhancement; video processing; S-HS and audiotape duplication; audiovisual support for research events. Fees for services: $50/hr for videoediting and production; you will be sent an invoice and will need to assign center and account numbers and return it.
Jobs can be left and picked up via Tony Maupin's in-box, 422 MRL; leave detailed instructions, including desired delivery date, investigator's name and contact name (if different), phone number.
We are committed to providing cost-effective and high-quality services to Center investigators. When you use a service, if you are satisfied with its quality, we hope you will let the staff member who provided the service know this. If you are not satisfied, we also hope you will tell the service provider what was unsatisfactory so that services can be improved. If you are not comfortable giving direct feedback to the service provider, or if you have done so without results, please contact Jan Rosemergy, 322-8238, so that corrective action can be taken.