DDRC Associate Members
Membership in the Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center is open to all qualified faculty at Vanderbilt. Associate members are faculty who show promise for eventual transition to independent investigators, who conduct digestive disease-related research, and who make a contribution to VDDRC and other digestive disease-related programs through a demonstrated interest and/or participation in research, education, and/or patient care activities.
This level of membership is also available to provide technical skills and services to the members and/or serve as a resource for the clinical component of the VDDRC, in line with the guidelines for Silvio O. Conte Digestive Disease Research Centers.
Faculty | Primary Appointment |
| Sari Acra, MD, MPH | Department of Pediatrics |
| Rafael Arrojo e Drigo, PhD | VUSM Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |
| Julio Ayala, PhD | VUSM Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |
| Jordan Berlin, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematoloty and Oncology |
| Craig Brooks, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension |
| Yash Choksi, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Matthew Cottam, PhD | Department of Surgery |
| Jennifer Gaddy, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Kamryn Idress, MD | Department of Surgery |
| Alexander Hawkins, MD | Department of Surgery |
| Nick Markham, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Janet Markle, PhD | Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |
| Mona Mashayekhi, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Anna Means, PhD | Department of Surgery |
| Leslie Meenderink, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Daniel Moore, PhD | Department of Pediatrics |
| Maribeth Nicholson, MD, MPH | Department of Pediatrics |
| Danyvid Olivares-Villagomez, PhD | Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |
| Blanca M. Piazuelo, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Elizabeth Scoville, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Ashley Spann, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Marcus Tan, MBBS | Department of Surgery |
| Celestine Wanjalla, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Hendrik Weitkamp, MD | Department of Pediatrics |
| Nathan Winn, PhD | VUSM Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |
| Elma Zaganjor, PhD | VUSM Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |