Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center Leadership
Richard Peek, MD
Director, Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center and Director, VDDRC Scientific Catalyst Program
Professor of Medicine
Keith T. Wilson, MD
Associate Director, Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center and Director, VDDRC Pilot and Feasibility Program
Professor of Medicine
Dana Borden Lacy, PhD
Associate Director, Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center
Co-Director, Scientific Catalyst Program
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Core Leadership
Faculty | Core |
| James Christopher Slaughter, PhD | Biostatistics Core, Director |
| Matt Tyska, PhD | Cell Imaging Core, Director |
| W. Gray Jerome, PhD | Cell Imaging Core, Co-Leader |
| Jennifer Schafer, PhD | Cell Imaging Core, Co-Leader |
| Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH | Flow Cytometry Core, Co-Director |
| David K. Flaherty | Flow Cytometry Core, Core Manager |
| Kevin Schey, PhD | Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics Core, Director |
| Wade Calcutt, PhD | Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics Core, Co-Leader |
| William Hayes McDonald, PhD | Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics Core, Co-Leader |
| Kristie M. Lindsey Rose, PhD | Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics Core, Co-Leader |
| M. Kay Washington, MD, PhD | Translational Analysis Core, Director |
| James R. Goldenring, MD, PhD | Translational Analysis, Digital Histomorphology Service, Leader |
| M. Blanca Piazuelo, MD | Translational Analysis Core/Tissue Morphology Service Director |
| Jeffrey Spraggins, PhD | Mass Spectrometry/Omics Core, Director |
| Tae Hyun Hwang, PhD | Translational Analysis Service/Digital Histomorphology Service |
Program Directors
Faculty | Program |
| Timothy L. Cover, MD | Gastrointestinal Infections and Injury (GII) |
| Mariana Byndloss, PhD, DVM | Gastrointestinal Infections and Injury (GII) |
| James Goldenring, MD, PhD | Homeostasis, Regeneration, and Pathophysiology |
| E. Michelle Southard-Smith, PhD | Homeostasis, Regeneration, and Pathophysiology |
| Kevin Niswender, MD, PhD | Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition (OMN) |
| Julio E. Ayala, PhD | Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition (OMN) |
Internal Advisory Board
Faculty | Primary Appointment |
| Raymond Harris, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension |
| John Kuriyan, PhD | VU Department of Biochemistry |
| Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD | VUSM Department of Biochemistry |
| Alvin C. Powers, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Wesley Self, MD, MPH | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Ravi Shah, MD | Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine |
External Advisory Board
Faculty | Primary Appointment |
| Juanita L. Merchant, MD, PhD | University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Medicine |
| Cynthia Sears, MD | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| D. Brent Polk, MD | Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Jason Mills, MD, PhD | Baylor College of Medicine |
| Paul Monga, MD | University of Pittsburgh |