Professional Bio
Kimberly Dahlman, PhD is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine Division of Hematology and Oncology at Vanderbilt Health, Assistant Director of Cancer Education at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), and Co-Director of the third- and fourth-year undergraduate medical education curriculum at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM). Dr. Dahlman also serves as co-Director of the Research Education Core of the Meharry-Vanderbilt-Tennessee State University Cancer Partnership, Director of the HERO high school, VERTICAL post-baccalaureate, the V-EXCEL and Rowen undergraduate, and the VISTO medical student research programs at VICC. Nationally, Dr. Dahlman is Past-President of the Association of Biochemistry Educators and is Treasurer for the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). She was awarded the Dean Bonnie M. Miller Immersion Award and Denis M. O’Day award for Team Implemented Curriculum from VUSM, the Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching and Innovation from IAMSE, and the Stephen Abrahamson Award for Innovation from the Keck School of Medicine. She is also an elected member of the Academy for Excellence in Education at VUSM. Dr. Dahlman received her PhD in Cancer Biology from Vanderbilt University and completed her postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2010, Dr. Dahlman returned to Vanderbilt as faculty where she launched a cancer research laboratory to investigate the mechanisms of response and resistance to novel cancer therapeutics until 2025. Dr. Dahlman has a passion for the intersection of foundational science and patient care and has demonstrated leadership in this area at the bench and in the classroom. Dr. Dahlman’s areas of expertise are cancer education, foundational science integration in undergraduate medical education curricula, professional identity formation, and program evaluation.
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Education
PhD - Cancer Biology - Vanderbilt University, 2006
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307