Brittney Snyder, PhD
Britt Snyder, PhD, is an Assistant professor in the Division of Quantitative and Clinical Sciences in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She holds secondary appointments in the Divisions of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine and Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine. She is also an active member of the Center for Asthma Research. Dr. Snyder joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a postdoctoral fellow in 2018 after receiving a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Iowa. She was awarded fellowship funding through an NHLBI T32 in clinical and translational training in pulmonary medicine and is a former Vanderbilt Faculty Research Scholars awardee. She started as a faculty member in the Department of Medicine in 2021 and transitioned to the Department of OBGYN in 2025. She is currently an NHLBI K01 awardee and has an active NHLBI R03 award.
Research Information
Dr. Snyder is a maternal–child health epidemiologist whose research examines how pregnancy, perinatal biology, and early-life exposures shape the development of asthma and other respiratory outcomes across the lifespan. Her work integrates large-scale population-based datasets, longitudinal clinical records, and multi-omic data using advanced epidemiologic, causal inference, and predictive modeling methods. A central focus of Dr. Snyder's research program is elucidating upstream biological mechanisms of asthma and related respiratory diseases to improve early risk prediction and prevention. She leads NIH-funded studies that leverage diverse birth cohorts, health care–derived data sources, and national surveillance systems to investigate genetic, metabolic, immune, infectious, and maternal determinants of childhood respiratory health. Overall, her research aims to develop scalable, data-driven frameworks that translate integrated clinical and molecular insights into actionable strategies to improve respiratory health for women and children.
Current Funding
K01 HL161257 (PI), R03 HL177130 (PI)