Spring 2026 VI4 Seminar Series
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Light Hall 512
March 10
Emily Goldberg, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology
University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI)
Host: Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology
March 24
Richard E. Lee, PhD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Endowed Chair in Medicinal Chemistry
Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Host: Adult ID & Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology
April 7
Robert Lafyatis, MD
Professor, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Host: Rheumatology
April 21
Daniel Perez, PhD
Caswell S. Eidson Chair in Poultry Medicine
Georgia Research Alliance
Distinguished Investigator
University of Georgia
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Host: Adult ID
May 5
John Wherry, PhD
Director, Institute for Immunology and Immune Health
Richard and Barbara Schiffrin President’s Distinguished Professor
Chair of the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics
University of Pennsylvania
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
May 19
Barb Katzenback, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology
University of Waterloo
Host: PMI
June 2
Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD
Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard
T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Host: Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center
