VDDRC Full Members
Membership in the Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center is open to all qualified faculty at Vanderbilt. Full VDDRC members must attain the rank of Assistant Professor or above and must conduct peer-reviewed, independent, and funded digestive disease-related basic, translational, or clinical research or be a project leader for a program project grant (PPG).
They must make a significant, ongoing contribution to the Digestive Diseases Research Center through participation in the research and scientific catalyst programs of the VDDRC, collaborative research, digestive disease biomedical education, and/or patient-care activities.
Faculty | Primary Appointment |
| Holly Algood, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Rafael Arrojo e Drigo, PhD | Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |
| Julio E. Ayala, PhD | Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |
| Megan Behringer | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Jennifer Below, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology |
| Raymond Blind, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Evan Brittain, MD, MSCI | Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Jonathan Brown, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Kristopher Burkewitz, Ph.D. | Department of Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Mariana Byndloss, PhD | Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |
| James E. Cassat, MD, PhD | Department of Pediatrics |
| Eunyoung Choi, PhD | Department of Surgery |
| Lori Coburn, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Yash Choksi, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Robert Coffey, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Sheila Collins, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Timothy L. Cover, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| James Crowe, MD | Department of Pediatrics |
| Kathleen DelGiorno, PhD | Department of Cell and Developmental Biology |
| C. Robb Flynn, PhD | Department of Surgery |
| Jeremy Goettel, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| James R. Goldenring, PhD, MD | Department of Surgery |
| Xingyi Guo, PhD | Department of Biomedical Informatics |
| Girish Hiremath, MD, MPH | Department of Pediatrics |
| Tae Hyun Hwang, PhD | Program in Cancer Biology |
| Tina M. Iverson, PhD | VUSM Department of Pharmacology |
| Manhal Izzy, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Xiaoyu Jiang, PhD | Department of Radiology |
| Izumi Kaji, PhD | Department of Surgery |
| John R. Koethe, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Ken Lau, PhD | VUSM Department of Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Ethan Lee, MD, PhD | VUSM Department of Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Youngmin Lee, MD, PhD | Department of Surgery |
| Yingchang (Kevin) Lu, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology |
| Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, PhD | Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering |
| Janet Markle, PhD | Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |
| Kevin Niswender, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Kristen Ogden, PhD | Department of Pediatrics |
| Kristin Patrick, PhD | Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Pathogenesis |
| Richard M Peek, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Mary Philip, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology |
| Claus Schneider, PhD | VUSM Department of Pharmacology |
| Martha Shrubsole, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology |
| Bhuminder Singh, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Michelle E. Southard-Smith, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine |
| Eric V. Skaar, PhD, MPH | Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |
| Matt Tyska, PhD | VUSM Department of Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Jörn-Hendrik Weitkamp, MD | Department of Pediatrics |
| Christopher Williams, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| John Wilson, MD | Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |
| Keith Wilson, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Fang Yan, MD | Department of Pediatrics |
| Danxia Yu, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology |
| Nicholas Zachos, MD, PhD | Department of Surgery |
| Elma Zaganjor, PhD | Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Wei Zheng, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology |
| Wenhan Zhu, PhD | Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |