Infection, Immunology, Inflammation, and Metabolism  

• Nancy Carrasco, MD 

Chair of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics  

• Eric Skaar, PhD 

Director of the Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation (VI4) 

Genetic and OMIC Discovery and Health Disparities  

• Nancy Cox, PhD 

Director of the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute (VGI)  

• Velma McBride Murry, PhD 

Professor of Human and Organizational Development and Health Policy 

Neuroscience  

• Angela Jefferson, PhD 

Professor of Neurology and Founding Director of the Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center (VMAC)  

• Lisa Monteggia, PhD 

Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)  

Structural Biology/Imaging  

• Borden Lacy, PhD 

Director of the Center for Structural Biology 

• Matthew Tyska, PhD 

Scientific Director of the Cell Imaging Shared Resource