About Alvin

Dr. Alvin Jeffery is an Assistant Professor of Nursing and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University. He recently completed a Medical Informatics Post-Doctoral Fellowship with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Nashville, TN in collaboration with Vanderbilt University’s Department of Biomedical Informatics. He has a background in pediatric critical care nursing and as a staff educator at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He holds board certifications in nursing professional development, pediatric critical care nursing, and as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Jeffery completed his PhD (Nursing Science & Health Services Research) at Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing in 2017 and is currently funded by an AHRQ K12 focused on Learning Healthcare Systems. He is participating in a 2-year term as an Emerging Leader with the Alliance of Nursing Informatics.