Leadership

The members listed below represent scientists and physicians across the Vanderbilt community who are leaders in areas relevant to the mission of the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4).

Director

Executive Positions

The Strategic Planning Committee

External Advisory Board

  • Lora Hooper, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Immunology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • Scott Hultgren, Ph.D.

    Professor of Molecular Microbiology
    Director of the Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research at Washington University in St. Louis

  • Susan Kaech, Ph.D.

    Professor, Salk Institute
    Director of the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

  • Richard Locksley, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Director of the Sandler Asthma Basic Research (SABRE) Center at the University of California, San Francisco

Staff

  • Jamie Block

    Program Manager
    Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology & Inflammation (VI4)

  • Fredrick Haywood

    Social Media and Communications Project Manager
    Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Pathogenesis