Ruth Q. Wolever

Ruth Q. Wolever, PhD, NBC-HWC, serves as the Director of Vanderbilt Health Coaching: Practice, Research and Education and holds the position of Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the departments of Physical Medicine & Rehab, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Nursing. Additionally, Ruth is a Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, a Scientific Advisor at Wondr Health, and previously held the role of Chief Science Officer at eMindful Inc. With a robust background in clinical health psychology, Ruth has extensive experience in research, having built a successful research team at Duke Integrative Medicine, where research funding significantly increased during tenure. Educationally, Ruth completed a PhD in Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Miami and holds a postdoctoral fellowship from Duke University School of Medicine.