Digestive Disease Research Center
Contact Us
Ruby Welch – Grant Manager
Phone: 343-6231 ruby.welch@vanderbilt.edu
Nikki Hirsch – Exec. Secretary
Phone: 875-7498
nikki.hirsch@vanderbilt.edu
Mission and Goals
The DDRC is a multidisciplinary center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center developed to serve the following purposes:
- Promote digestive diseases-related research in an integrative, collaborative and multidisciplinary manner
- Enhance the basic research capabilities of established DDRC investigators
- Attract investigators not involved in digestive diseases-related research to pursue these lines of investigation
- Develop and implement programs for training and establishment of young investigators in digestive diseases-related research
- Facilitate the transfer of basic research findings to the clinical area
