Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI—video clip

The DEIC is proud to initiate the ASCI Perspectives series with DEIC Member Dr. Patrick Nana-Sinkam’s (elected 2019; view profile) interview with Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI (elected 2022; view profile). Dr. Wilkins is Chief Equity Officer and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence; Associate Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Translational Science; and Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Vanderbilt University. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020. In the interview, Dr. Wilkins, a leading health equity researcher, discusses the origins of her research path and shares lessons learned.