Lens :: A New Way of Looking at Science || About Lens

Lens is published twice a year by Vanderbilt University Medical Center in cooperation with the VUMC Office of News and Public Affairs and the Office of Research. Lens® is a registered mark of Vanderbilt University.

To explore the frontiers of biomedical research, and the social and ethical dimensions of the revolution that is occurring in our understanding of health and disease. Through our Lens, we hope to provide for our readers – scientists and those who watch science alike – different perspectives on the course of discovery, and a greater appreciation of the technological, economic, political and social forces that guide it.

Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D.
Anesthesiology, Medicine, Pharmacology
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Interim Dean, School of Medicine

Gordon R. Bernard, M.D.
Medicine
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research

Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.
Pharmacology
Director, Center for Molecular Neuroscience

Peter I. Buerhaus, Ph.D., R.N.
Nursing
Director, Center for
Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies

Richard Caprioli, Ph.D.
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pharmacology
Director, Mass Spectrometry Research Center

Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D.
Pediatrics, Law
Co-Director
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society

John H. Exton, M.D., Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,
Pharmacology

William N. Hance, B.A., J.D.
Director, Office of News and Public Affairs

Scott W. Hiebert, Ph.D.
Biochemistry, Medicine
Associate Director for Basic Science Programs
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

George C. Hill, Ph.D.
Microbiology & Immunology
Associate Dean for Diversity
in Medical Education

Joel G. Lee, B.A.
Associate Vice Chancellor
Medical Center Communications

Lee E. Limbird, Ph.D.
Pharmacology
Professor of Cardiovascular Biology
Meharry Medical College

Mark A. Magnuson, M.D.
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics,
Medicine
Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology

Lawrence J. Marnett, Ph.D.
Biochemistry, Cancer Research
Director
Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology

John A. Oates, M.D.
Medicine, Pharmacology

Anne Enright Shepherd, M.A.
Executive Director of Communications
VUMC Development & Alumni Relations

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