Chris Williams named VICC director for Research Education
Chris Williams, MD, PhD, associate dean for Physician-Scientist Education and Training at Vanderbilt University, has been named to lead Research Education at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
Chris Williams, MD, PhD, associate dean for Physician-Scientist Education and Training at Vanderbilt University, has been named to lead Research Education at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine continues to make impressive strides in research funding, rankings and faculty accomplishments, Dean Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, said Friday during the spring faculty meeting.
Ashley Spann, MD, MSACI, assistant professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, is the inaugural recipient of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Hepatology Award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
Drs. Sara Horst and Ashley Spann of the Department of Medicine's Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition are among the 12 Vanderbilt faculty members currently serving two-year terms on 55 specialty steering boards, comprised of from 627 clinicians, constituted by Epic Systems Corp.
Bob Coffey, MD, an internationally recognized expert on colorectal cancer from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was invited to present his research to representatives of President Joe Biden’s reignited Cancer Moonshot initiative.
Growing evidence supports a gut-lung axis: a connection between the gut, including its microorganisms (microbiota), and lung disease outcomes.
Four Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members have been elected this year to membership in the American Society for Clinical