DRTC Seminar Series

The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center hosts a weekly seminar series featuring DRTC faculty and guest speakers, every Friday at 12 p.m. CST in 512 Light Hall  (unless otherwise noted) on the Vanderbilt campus. 

Below are the speakers for 2026-2027.

DATESPEAKERPOSITION
Sept. 11, 2026Matthew Dickerson, PhDResearch Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Sept. 18, 2026Raymond Blind, PhDIngram Associate Professor of Cancer Research; Director, Quantitative & Chemical Biology PhD Pathway
Sept. 25, 2026Andrew Perry, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine
Oct. 2, 2026DRTC Core Updates
Oct. 9, 2026DRTC Core Updates
Oct. 23, 2026Julia Panzer, PhDAssistant Research Professor, Department of Diabetes Immunology, City of Hope Helford Hospital
Room: Light Hall 407 ABCD
Oct. 30, 2026Maureen Gannon, PhDProfessor of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Nov. 6, 2026Maggie Ng, PhDAssociate Professor of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology
Nov. 13, 2026Samuel Bailin, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Nov. 20, 2026Emily Hodges, PhDAssociate Professor, Biochemistry; Member, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute
Dec. 4, 2026Erica Cai, PhDAssistant Research Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine
Dec. 11, 2026TBDRoom: Light Hall 214
Dec. 18, 2026Julio Ayala, PhDAssociate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Jan. 8, 2027Jennifer Below, PhDProfessor of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology
Jan. 15, 2027Sarah Jaser, PhDWilliam R. Long Director, Division of Pediatric Psychology; Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Psychology
Jan. 22, 2027Jason Samuels, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Jan. 29, 2027David Jacobson, PhDProfessor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Feb. 5, 2027TBD
Feb. 12, 2027Lindsay Mayberry, PhDAssociate Professor, Medicine and Biomedical Informatics
Feb. 19, 2027TBD
Feb. 26, 2027Jaclyn Tamaroff, MDAssistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
March 5, 2027TBD
March 12, 2027TBD
April 2, 2027Jamey Young, PhDProfessor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
April 9, 2027Katie Coate, PhDAssistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
April 16, 2027Joseph Bass, MD, PhDDirector, Center for Diabetes and Metabolism; Chief of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine; Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Northwestern Medicine
April 23, 2027Nancy Carrasco, MDProfessor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
April 30, 2027TBD
May 7, 2027Jordan Wright, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
May 21, 2027James Wells, PhDDirector for Research, Division of Endocrinology; Chief Scientific Officer, Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM); Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's
May 28, 2027TBD
June 4, 2027TBD