Catalyst Fund Review Committee

2023 - 2025 Members

Arts & Humanities

  • Image of Jad Abumrad

    Jad Abumrad

    Distinguished Research Professor, Cinema & Media Arts,
    Distinguished Research Professor, Communication of Science & Technology


  • Image of Michael Bess

    Michael Bess

    Chancellor's Professor, History,
    Professor, European Studies,
    Professor, Communication of Science & Technology,
    Associate Chair, History


  • Image of Leah Lowe

    Leah Lowe

    Associate Professor, Theatre, Directing & Dramaturgy,
    Director, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy


  • Image of Ole Molvig

    Ole Molvig

    Assistant Professor, History,
    Assistant Professor, Communication of Science & Technology, Physics


  • Image of Lynn Ramey

    Lynn Ramey

    Professor of French and Cinema and Media Arts,
    Chair of the Department of French and Italian


  • Image of Paul Stob

    Paul Stob

    Professor of Communication Studies,
    Director of Culture, Advocacy, and Leadership,
    Director of A&S College Core


Bioscience & Healthcare

  • Image of Justin Balko

    Justin Balko, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology,
    Associate Professor of Medicine,
    Associate Professor of Cancer Biology


  • Image of Dr. Colin M. Barker

    Colin M. Barker, M.D.

    Director, Interventional & Structural Cardiology,
    Cardiovascular Medicine


  • Image of Ryan Buckley

    Ryan J. Buckley, M.D.

    Director, Medical Innovators Development Program,
    Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine,
    General Internal Medicine and Public Health


  • Image of Erin Calipari

    Erin S. Calipari, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Pharmacology,
    Director of Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research,
    Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics


  • Image of Rob Carnahan

    Robert Carnahan, Ph.D.

    Professor, Pediatrics,
    Professor, Radiology & Radiologic Sciences,
    Associate Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center,
    Pediatrics


  • Image of Edward Chaum

    Edward Chaum, Ph.D., M.D.

    Margy Ann and J. Donald M. Gass Professor of Ophthamology,
    Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences,
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology,
    Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences


  • Image of Shabnam Eghbali

    Shabnam Eghbali, M.D.

    Resident Physician, Internal Medicine,
    Internal medicine


  • Image of Daniel Fabbri

    Daniel Fabbri, Ph.D., FAMIA

    Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Informatics,
    Associate Professor Department of Computer Science,
    Director of Informatics Innovation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
    Biomedical Informatics


  • Image of Bryan Hartley

    Bryan Hartley, M.D.

    Assistant Professor Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences,
    Interventional Radiology


  • Image of Jo Ellen Holt

    Jo Ellen Holt

    Director, Skills & Simulation Lab,
    School of Nursing


  • Image of Tae Hyun Hwang

    Tae Hyun Hwang, Ph.D.

    Professor,
    Director of Molecular AI, Section of Surgical Sciences


  • Image of Bjorn Knollman

    Bjorn Knollmann, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Medicine,
    William Stokes Chair in Experimental Therapeutics


  • Image of Douglas Kojetin

    Douglas Kojetin, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Biochemistry,
    Associate Professor, Center for Structural Biology,
    Associate Professor, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology,
    Director of Graduate Studies for Biochemistry,
    Biochemistry


  • Image of Alexander Langerman

    Alexander J. Langerman, M.D., S.M.

    Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
    Director of The Surgical Analytics Lab Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering,
    Director of The Program on Surgical Ethics Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society


  • Image of Ken Lau

    Ken Lau, Ph.D.

    Professor,
    Director of the Center for Computational Systems Biology


  • Image of Taekyu Lee

    Taekyu Lee, Ph.D.

    Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry


  • Image of John McLean

    John McLean, Ph.D.

    Professor of Chemistry,
    Stevenson Professor of Chemistry,
    Co-Director, Automated Biosystems Core,
    Chair of Chemistry


  • Image of George Nicholson

    George T. Nicholson, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
    Pediatric Cardiology


  • Image of Kevin Sexton

    Kevin W. Sexton, MD

    Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Informatics,
    Vice Chair of Innovation, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University,
    Surgery


  • Image of Ravi Shaw, MD

    Ravi Shah, MD

    Director, Clinical and Translational Research in Cardiology,
    Associate Director, Bioinformatics and Study Design, HTBC


  • Image of Gitanjali Srivastava

    Gitanjali Srivastava, MD

    Professor of Medicine,
    Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism,
    Program Director, Obesity Medicine Fellowship Program,
    Medical Director, Vanderbilt Obesity Medicine,
    Co-Director, Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center


  • Image of Sahar Takkouche

    Sahar Takkouche, M.D., M.B.A.

    Associate Chief Medical Officer, Wilson and Sumner Counties,
    Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism


  • Image of Jonathan Wanderer

    Jonathan P. Wanderer, M.D., MPhil, FASA, FAMIA

    Professor of Anesthesiology,
    Professor of Biomedical Informatics,
    Multispecialty Anesthesiology, Informatics Research Division,
    Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, VUMC HealthIT,
    Anesthesiology


  • Image of Alex G. Waterson

    Alex G. Waterson, Ph.D.

    Research Professor, Pharmacology,
    Research Professor, Chemistry,
    Pharmacology


  • Image of Matthew Weinger

    Matthew Weinger, M.D.

    Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, and Medical Education,
    Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
    Norman Ty Smith Chair Patient Safety & Medical Simulation


  • Image of Lauren Williamson

    Lauren Williamson, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor,
    Vanderbilt Vaccine Center


  • Image of Adam D. Yock

    Adam D. Yock, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
    Director of Technology and Innovation, Department of Radiation Oncology,
    Radiation Oncology


Engineering & Physical Sciences

  • Image of Audrey Bowden

    Audrey Bowden

    Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
    Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences


  • Image of Abhishek Dubey

    Abhishek Dubey

    Associate Professor of Computer Science,
    Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering


  • Image of Gabor Karsai

    Gabor Karsai

    Distinguished Professor of Computer Science,
    Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering,
    Co-Associate Chair for Computer Engineering,
    Executive Council, Institute for Software Integrated Systems


  • Image of E. Duco Jansen

    E. Duco Jansen

    Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
    Professor of Neurological Surgery


  • Image of Yiorgos Kostoulas

    Yiorgos Kostoulas, Ph.D., M.B.A.

    Director of the Division of Engineering Science and Management,
    Professor of the Practice of Engineering Management,
    General Engineering


  • Image of Dan Lin

    Dan Lin

    Professor of Computer Science


  • Image of Dave Merryman

    Dave Merryman

    Walters Family Professor,
    Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
    Professor of Pharmacology,
    Professor of Medicine,
    Professor of Pediatrics


  • Image of Johnathan Sprinkle

    Johnathan Sprinkle

    Chair, Computer Science,
    Professor of Computer Science,
    Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering


  • Image of Robert Webster

    Robert Webster

    Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
    Associate Provost for Graduate Education,
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
    Professor of Electrical Engineering,
    Professor of Otolaryngology,
    Professor of Neurological Surgery,
    Professor of Urologic Surgery,
    Professor of Medicine,
    Mechanical Engineering


  • Image of James Weimer

    James Weimer, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Computer Science,
    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
    Computer Sceince


  • Image of Yuankai (Kenny) Tao

    Yuankai (Kenny) Tao

    Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
    SPIE Faculty Fellow in Engineering,
    Director of Graduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering


Social Sciences

  • Image of T. S. Harvey

    T. S. Harvey, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Medical and Linguistic Anthropology,
    Arts & Sciences, Anthropology


  • Image of Dan Levin

    Dan Levin

    Professor, Psychology & Human Development,
    Co-Director, Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Program


  • Image of Chris Vanags

    Chris Vanags , Ph.D.

    Director, Research Initiatives, Peabody College of Education,
    Research Assistant Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences,
    Peabody College of Education


  • Image of Steven Wernke

    Steven Wernke, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Anthropology,
    Chair, Anthropology


  • Image of Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

    Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Ph.D.

    Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Political Science,
    Director, LAPOP Lab,
    Associate Provost, Office of Research & Innovation