Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center
Welcome to the Digestive Disease Research Center (VDDRC) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, TN. The VDDRC is one of 17 Digestive Disease Research Centers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Mission and Goals
The VDDRC is a multidisciplinary center at VUMC developed to serve the following purposes:
- Promote digestive disease-related research in an integrative, collaborative and multidisciplinary manner
- Develop and implement programs for attracting, training, and retaining young investigators in digestive disease-related research
- Enhance the basic, translational, and clinical research capabilities of the VDDRC members
- Facilitate the transfer of basic research discoveries to improvements in prevention and/or clinical care
- Attract investigators not involved in digestive disease-related research to pursue these lines of investigation
VDDRC Leadership
Richard M. Peek, M.D.
Director
Keith T. Wilson, M.D.
Co-Director
Dana Borden Lacy, Ph.D.
Associate Director
- Gastrointestinal infections and injury
- Progenitor cells, development, regeneration, and pre-malignant lesions
- Obesity, Metabolism, and Nutrition
These facilities provide digestive disease investigators with the latest advancements in technology and aid in experimental design.
Providing Vanderbillt investigators the opportunity to explore nascent, meritorious hypotheses relates to digestive diseases with the ultimate goal being acquisition of external funding.
Funding Acknowledgment Examples
The VDDRC is supported by NIH Grant DK058404. We request that the VDDRC Grant DK058404 be acknowledged when services supported by this grant are utilized in publications, abstracts and presentations.
Acknowledging a specific core
"Cell Imaging Core Services performed through Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Digestive Disease Research Center supported by NIH grant P30DK058404."
A more general acknowledgment
"Core Services performed through Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Digestive Disease Research Center supported by NIH grant P30DK058404."
Acknowledging a Core Scholarship
“Core Services performed through Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Digestive Disease Research Center supported by NIH grant P30DK058404 Core Scholarship."