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What is the Student Care Network?
The Student Care Network is a holistic network of services and resources pertaining to health and wellness available to all Vanderbilt University students who have paid the Student Health Fee. Learn more about who is eligible here.
What are the primary Student Care Network offices?
Primary offices include Student Care Coordination, the University Counseling Center, the Student Health Center, and the Center for Student Wellbeing. Students also have access to a wide range of additional on-campus and community resources through the Student Care Network. Student Care Coordination can help students explore and connect with resources within the Student Care Network based on their individual needs and that meet students where they are in the change process; encouraging students to expand their perspective of helpful resources.
SCN Leadership
Lisa Clapper
Director, Student Care Network
Lisa Clapper is the Director of the Student Care Network and Student Care Coordination at Vanderbilt University. She earned her Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Butler University. Lisa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Case Manager. She brings several years of experience coordinating medical and mental health care for diverse populations, along with in-depth knowledge of health insurance, and well-being coaching. Lisa values the importance of proactively identifying challenges, barriers, and goals and working collaboratively with students to coordinate the best possible care to address their needs. Her approach to working with students is strengths-based, seeking to understand and develop the strengths and capabilities our students already possess in a way that empowers them to take a positive lead in their own care. Outside of work, Lisa enjoys spending time with her husband and cat, reading as much as she can, and ticking more boxes on her travel bucket list.
Rachel Eskridge
Director, Center for Student Wellbeing
E. Rachel Eskridge, M.Ed. is the Director of the Center for Student Wellbeing in the Office of the Dean of Students at Vanderbilt University. Previously, she worked for three years as the Outreach, Prevention, and Education Coordinator at the Vanderbilt Psychological and Counseling Center creating relationships, partnerships and programming across campus. She works specifically in the areas of substance use prevention, suicide prevention, stress management, faculty and staff training, and coordination of care for students of concern. Rachel particularly likes working with student leaders who have an interested in supporting mental health and wellbeing initiatives on campus.
Lisa Adams
Director, University Counseling Center
Bio coming soon!
Louise Hanson
Director, Student Health Center
Dr. Hanson completed her undergraduate degree at Cornell University and then came to Vanderbilt University for medical school, residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine. After several years in private practice in Nashville, she then moved to the Student Health Center in 1998, and became the medical director in July 2007. Dr. Hanson’s main clinical interests include LGBTI healthcare, asthma and allergies, hypertension, adult survivors of childhood cancer, and the management of a wide variety of other chronic health conditions. Additionally, she is a member of the Student Health Center’s multidisciplinary team for the care of patients with eating disorders. Dr. Hanson is married with two adult children. Outside of work she enjoys playing and watching sports.
SCN Staff
Hannah Proctor
Reproductive Health & Parenting Coordinator
Hannah Proctor is a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) who earned her midwifery education and Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University. Prior to her graduate education, she trained with a non-profit in Jackson, Mississippi to provide support in emergency departments for survivors of violence and sexual assault. After working as a full-scope CNM at an obstetric and nurse-midwifery practice in Knoxville, TN, she returned to Vanderbilt at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Assistant Director of the University’s Contact Tracing Program. Before beginning her current Coordinator role, she also worked at the School of Nursing’s simulation lab, collaborating closely with staff, faculty, and students.
This page was last updated August 2024