Integrated Training in Engineering and Diabetes (ITED) Preceptors
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Research Interests: Elucidating gut-brain interactions that regulate body weight and energy homeostasis
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Research Interests: Regulation of nuclear receptors in the liver, gonads and hypothalamus by small signaling lipids
Lab website: https://www.blindlab.org/
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Research Interests: Biophotonics tools for applications to medicine and biology; development and deployment of low-cost, high-performing point-of-care technologies for rural and global health applications
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Richard Caprioli
BiochemistryPharmacology & ChemistryMedicineDirectorMass Spectrometry Research CenterResearch Description: Investigation of biological processes involving the synthesis, modification, storage and degradation of certain peptides and proteins using modern mass spectrometric methods of analysis to follow molecular events.
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Research Interests: Understanding how nutritional and other environmental factors affect pancreatic islet cell function and proliferation
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Ravindra Duddu
Civil and Environmental EngineeringMechanical EngineeringResearch Description: Computational Solid Mechanics, Multi-scale and Multi-physics Fracture Mechanics, Constitutive Modeling, Cohesive Zone Modeling of Fatigue Delamination, Extended Finite Element Method and Level Set Method, Computational Geophysics.
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Research Interests: Design and application of smart polymer-based technologies
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Maureen Gannon, Ph.D.
MedicineMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsCell and Developmental BiologyResearch Interests: Genes that regulate beta cell differentiation, proliferation, and survival
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Todd Giorgio, Ph.D.
Biomedical EngineeringChemical and Biomolecular EngineeringCancer BiologyResearch Interests: Protease-responsive biosensors for siRNA and drug delivery in vitro and in vivo, advanced materials for immunomodulation devices for sepsis treatment
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Scott Guelcher, Ph.D.
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringResearch Interests: Design, synthesis, and characterization of polymeric biomaterials for bone tissue engineering
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Research Interests: Connections between optimum nutrition and neuroscience; the roles of vitamin C in neuroprotection, neuromodulation and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease and other models of cognitive decline
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Frederick Haselton, Ph.D.
Biomedical EngineeringOphthalmology and Visual SciencesChemistryResearch Interests: To develop technologies for diagnostic and research applications at the nano and molecular level using both in vitro and in vivo systems
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Research Interests: Immune-mediated mechanisms by which obesity increases risk of disease
Lab website: https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/hasty-lab/
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Research Interests: Elucidating insulin-mediated molecular mechanisms that regulate mitochondrial morphology and molecular transfer with the ER
Lab website: https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/hinton-lab/
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Research Interests: Mathematical modeling, computational modeling, spatial organization, biochemical regulation
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Research Interests: Determining how mechanisms that modulate islet calcium handling can be targeted to treat diabetes
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Research Interests: Circadian rhythms, human genetics, structural biology, BRET (Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer), cell biology, evolution
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Research Interests: Structural biology of calcium signaling and transport through biological membranes
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Research Interests: Regulation of islet beta cell metabolism, function and cell architecture by microtubules
Lab website: https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/kaverina-lab/
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Research Interests: To employ tools and concepts from engineering to understand biomedically important processes that occur in the bloodstream, including cancer metastasis, inflammation, and thrombosis
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Bennett Landman, Ph.D.
Electrical and Computer EngineeringComputer ScienceBiomedical EngineeringRadiologyBiomedical InformaticsResearch Interests: Magnetic resonance imaging and statistical analysis, with emphasis on medical imaging
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Matthew Lang, Ph.D.
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsResearch Interests: Biological motors; cell signaling and immunology
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Ethan Lippmann, Ph.D.
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringResearch Interests: Understanding neurovascular diseases and designing rational therapeutic strategies to combat their progression
Lab website: http://www.lippmannlab.com/
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Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, biofluids, fluid-structure interaction, microfluidics; biomimetic aerial/underwater vehicles, biomedical flows
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Anita Mahadevan-Jansen
Biomedical EngineeringDirectorBiophotonics Center at VanderbiltResearch Description: Applications of optical techniques for diagnosis of pathology. Primary research areas use of fluorescence and Raman spectroscopics for cancer and precancer detection.
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Research Description: Protein structure and function; computational biology.
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Gregor Neuert, Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsBiomedical EngineeringResearch Interests: Quantitative and predictive understanding of dynamic signal transduction and gene regulation of the coding and the non-coding genome in model organisms and human disease
Lab website: https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/neuert-lab/
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Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D.
MedicineDirectorDiabetes and Endocrinology Postdoctoral (DEP) Training ProgramDirectorVDRC Metabolic Physiology Shared Resource (MPSR)Research Interests: Development of novel treatments for diabetes by merging human genetics with drug discovery
Lab website: https://www.vumc.org/kd-niswender-lab/niswender-lab-mission
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Jeffry Nyman, Ph.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery and RehabilitationBiomedical EngineeringResearch Interests: Lowering the number of bone fractures associated with osteoporosis, diabetes, cancer, genetic diseases, and aging
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Richard O'Brien, Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsDirectorMolecular Endocrinology Training Program (METP)Research Interests: The regulation of insulin secretion with a focus on two proteins, G6PC2 and ZnT8
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John Penn, Ph.D.
Ophthalmology and Visual SciencesCell and Developmental BiologyMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsResearch Interests: Molecular basis of retinal vascular disease
Lab website: https://www.vumc.org/ophthalmology/penn-laboratory
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Alvin Powers, M.D.
MedicineMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsDirectorVanderbilt Diabetes CenterDirectorVanderbilt Diabetes Research Center (VDRC)Research interests: Pancreatic islet biology: studies on development vascularization, and imaging and the potential for regeneration as a cure for type 1 diabetes
Lab website: https://www.powersbrissovaresearch.org/
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Research Interests: Role of arachidonic acid derived lipids in angiogenesis and tumorigenesis
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Research Interests: Cancer systems biology; computation; bioinformatics; mathematical modeling; high-dimensional data
Lab website: https://quarantalab.com/
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Marjan Rafat, Ph.D.
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringRadiation OncologyResearch Interests: Combining engineering and cancer biology concepts to examine the mechanisms driving tumor recurrence and metastasis
Lab website: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/rafatlab/
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Jeremy Rathmell, Ph.D.
Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsResearch Interests: Mechanisms by which extracellular cues influence lymphocyte death and differentiation in efforts to control inflammatory diseases and leukemia
Lab website: https://www.vumc.org/jeff-rathmell-lab/
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Research Interests: To understand the mechanisms that drive tissue formation and tissue disruption during diseases such as atherosclerosis and cancer
Lab website: https://cellmechanics.org/
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Henrique Serezani, Ph.D.
MedicinePathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyPharmacologyResearch Interests: Therapeutic strategies to control systemic (sepsis) and localized infections (skin and lung) in healthy individuals, individuals with immune deficiencies, and those suffering from chronic inflammatory diseases, such as diabetes
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Research Interests: Hepatic glucose flux regulation in obesity and type 2 diabetes
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Research Description: Development of next-generation imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) technologies to elucidate the molecular basis of health and disease.
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John Stafford, M.D., Ph.D.
MedicineMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsDirectorVanderbilt Student Research Training Program (SRTP)Research Interests: Defining the mechanisms for sex differences in dyslipidemia, fatty liver and atherosclerosis using animal models
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Roland Stein, Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsCell and Developmental BiologyResearch Interests: Determining how islet-enriched transcription factors impact islet alpha and beta cell identity and activity
Lab website: https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/roland-stein-lab/
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Research Interests: Using multi-disciplinary approaches including molecular biology, pre-clinical models, engineering, and imaging to investigate how the bone micro-environment regulates tumor establishment in bone and bone destruction with a specific focus on identifying new therapeutic targets
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Imam Uddin, Ph.D.
Biomedical EngineeringOphthalmology and Visual SciencesResearch Interests: Development of molecular imaging technologies including optical imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and nanoscale engineering to identify molecular targets for early disease detection and treatments in ophthalmology, vascular medicine and oncology
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David Wasserman, Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsDirectorMouse Metabolic Phenotyping CenterResearch Interests: Delineating the role of insulin and integrin signaling pathways in the control of metabolism in health and diabetes
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John Wikswo, Ph.D.
Biomedical EngineeringMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsDirectorVanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE)Research Interests: Biological physics, biomedical engineering, cardiac and cellular electrophysiology, cellular instrumentation and control, complex matter, electromagnetism, non-linear dynamics
Website: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/viibre/
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John Wilson, Ph.D.
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringResearch Interests: To cure, detect, treat or prevent myriad disease through the design of novel molecularly engineered materials that interrogate the immune system in defined and specific manners
Lab website: https://www.wilsonlabvanderbilt.com/
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Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms responsible for the coordinated development of complex organ systems
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Jamey Young, Ph.D.
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsDirectorIntegrated Training in Engineering and Diabetes (ITED) ProgramResearch Interests: Metabolic engineering; systems biology; diabetes, obesity and metabolic disorders; tumor metabolism; autotrophic metabolism; cell culture engineering
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Research Interests: Role of integrins and extracellular matrix in epithelial biology; cell-extracellular matrix interactions in kidney
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