Jacobson unveils leadership changes at Faculty Meeting
Lee Limbird, Ph.D.
Dr. Raymond Burk
Dr. Raymond DuBois
A new associate vice chancellor for Health Affairs, a leader for the Center for Nutrition and change at the helm of the Division of Gastroenterology were unveiled at this week's Faculty Meeting.
Dr. Harry R. Jacobson, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, announced the changes at the combined meeting of the faculties of the Schools of Medicine and Nursing earlier this week at Langford Auditorium.
Lee E. Limbird, Ph.D., professor and chair of Pharmacology, has been named associate vice chancellor for Research.
Dr. Raymond F. Burk, professor of Medicine, has been named director of the newly formed Vanderbilt Center for Molecular and Clinical Nutrition.
Dr. Raymond N. DuBois Jr., professor of Medicine, has been named director of the Division of Gastroenterology.
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Limbird is an internationally-recognized scientist who has been a member of the VUMC faculty since 1979.
Under her guidance the Department of Pharmacology has grown in stature as a leader in research, consistently ranked at or near the top of nationally recognized Pharmacology departments in NIH funding.
In her new position as vice chancellor for Research, Limbird will work to promote VUMC's research mission, both internally and externally.
"Vanderbilt is home to a great deal of talent. There are a lot of creators here, both scientists and clinicians, with the capabilities to solve a lot of problems," Limbird said. "This new role will give me the chance to help create interdisciplinary opportunities and to develop the resources necessary to enhance discovery."
Over the course of her career, Limbird has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, and American Journal of Physiology and as an associate editor of Molecular Pharmacology.
In 1987 Limbird was selected to receive the John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology given by the American Society for Pharmacologists and Experimental Therapeutics in recognition of outstanding research in the area of Pharmacology.
Limbird has also been honored with a NIH Young Investigator Award, an NIH Merit Award, and an Established Investigator Award of the National Association for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.
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Burk, tabbed to head the newly formed Vanderbilt Center for Molecular and Clinical Nutrition, has served as director of VUMC's Division of Gastroenterology since 1987.
A 1968 graduate of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Burk was professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio prior to joining the Vanderbilt faculty 10 years ago.
He is a member of, among others, the American Institute of Nutrition, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He serves on the editorial boards of Hepatology and The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
In 1993, Burk received the Osborne and Mendel Award of the American Institute of Nutrition and is the 1988 winner of the Lederle Award in Human Nutrition of the American Institute of Nutrition.
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DuBois succeeds Burk as director of the Division of Gastroenterology.
DuBois received his medical degree in 1985 from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and has been a member of the Vanderbilt faculty since 1991. Prior to Vanderbilt, DuBois served as a Howard Hughes research associate at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
DuBois' current research interests include the genetic regulation of epithelial cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis in the intestine and liver. He also focuses on the molecular basis for colorectal cancer and determining the role of the cyclooxygenase-2 gene in colorectal carcinogenesis.
DuBois is a past winner, in 1992, of the Boehringer-Ingelheim New Investigator Award and two years ago received the American Gastroenterological Association's Young Investigator Award.