Lisa M. Vandemark

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		Lisa M. Vandemark, Ph.D., RN Assistant Professor Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing 99 Jonathan Lucas Street MSC 160 Charleston, SC 29425-1600 Telephone: (843) 792-7739 Fax: (843) 792-1741 vandema@musc.edu
Dr. Lisa M. Vandemark is a research assistant professor in the College of Nursing. Dr. Vandemark received her Ph.D. in Geography from Rutgers University, an MSN in psychiatric nursing from the Catholic University of America, an M.S. in Human Ecology from the University of Brussels, Belgium; and a B.S. in nursing from Rutgers University.
From 2000- 2005, Dr. Vandemark was a study director at the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine in Washington, DC where her work focused on the use of geographic information and tools for community and sustainable development in the United States and in developing countries. In 2003, she served as a consultant to the International Satellite Information Service at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on geospatial capacity-building and partnerships development in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Vandemark currently serves as a research consultant for Ubon Ratchathani University in Thailand, and she has been awarded a U.S. Fulbright research grant for her work in Thailand in 2008-2009.
Prior to joining the NRC, Dr.Vandemark was a policy Fellow at the National Science Resources Center at the Smithsonian Institution; a program director at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University; and a psychiatric nurse at McLean Hospital and the Quincy Mental Health Center in Massachusetts.
At the National Academies, Dr. Vandemark sat on the Women in Science and Engineering Staff committee where she mentored young scientists, and participated in outreach to middle and high schools in the District of Columbia to interest girls and minorities in science and math careers. As a psychiatric nurse, Dr. Vandemark is deeply concerned about health disparities including access to quality health care and the unmet need for community-based services in many geographic areas. Her background as a professional geographer sensitizes her to the complex interactions among cultural and environmental conditions that determine the quality of our lives.
Dr. Vandemark joined the Medical University of South Carolina in 2006. Her interests include community-based research about the distribution of disease, exposure, and the availability of health care services and capacity-building in nursing for place-based research and policy-related activities.

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