Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center Leadership
Richard Peek, MD
Director, Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center
Director, VDDRC Scientific Catalyst Program
Professor of Medicine
Dr. Peek's VDDRC Research Snapshot
Keith T. Wilson, MD
Associate Director, Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center
Director, VDDRC Pilot and Feasibility Program
Professor of Medicine
Dana Borden Lacy, PhD
Associate Director, Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center
Co-Director, Scientific Catalyst Program
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Lori Coburn, MD
Assistant Director, Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center
Director, Academy of Investigators
Associate Professor of Medicine
Yash Choksi, MD
Assistant Director, Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center
Co-director, Pilot and Feasibility Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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, Managing Director |
| Jennifer Schafer, PhD | Cell Imaging Core, Managing Director |
| Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH | Flow Cytometry Core, Director |
| David K. Flaherty | Flow Cytometry Core, Manager |
| Kevin Schey, PhD | Mass Spectrometry/Omics Core, Co-Director |
| Jeffrey Spraggins, PhD | Mass Spectrometry/Omics Core, Co-Director |
| M. Kay Washington, MD, PhD | Translational Analysis Core, Director |
| James R. Goldenring, MD, PhD | Translational Analysis Core, Digital Histomorphology Service, Director |
| M. Blanca Piazuelo, MD | Translational Analysis Core, Tissue Morphology Service, Director |
| Tae Hyun Hwang, PhD | Translational Analysis Core, Digital Histomorphology Service, Director |
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 (HRP) |
| E. Michelle Southard-Smith, PhD | Homeostasis, Regeneration, and Pathophysiology (HRP) |
| 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 |
| Jason Mills, MD, PhD | Penn State College of Medicine |
| Juanita L. Merchant, MD, PhD | University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Medicine |
| Paul Monga, MD | University of Pittsburgh |
| D. Brent Polk, MD (Chair) | Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Cynthia Sears, MD | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases |