Alice Coogan Archive — Page 1 of 1

Portrait of Alice Coogan, a smiling woman with short brown hair wearing a purple jacket, white blouse, gold earrings, and a pendant necklace.
October 29, 2025

Alice Coogan to retire; Adam Seegmiller to succeed as chair of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

The Department of PM&I continues to be one of the leading and most innovative of its kind in the nation.

By John Howser
Automated specimen-handling equipment and enclosed conveyor tracks occupy a bright clinical laboratory, with a vertical lift structure connecting the transport system between levels.
March 5, 2024

New Vanderbilt Medical Laboratories facility, renovations will benefit patients

A new Vanderbilt University Medical Center clinical laboratory facility is open for business following a relocation to a 110,000 square-foot facility in MetroCenter. The new lab is located approximately five miles from VUMC’s main Nashville campus.

By Jill Clendening
Bright, modern laboratory space with rows of workstations, stools, storage cabinets, and a glass-fronted laboratory enclosure.
November 22, 2023

Lab transformation project underway; will modernize clinical lab operations

Close-up of rows of pink and white cylindrical rings with central holes, arranged in a repeating pattern.
October 13, 2021

Diagnostic Laboratory Services set for relocation, expansion

Vanderbilt’s Diagnostic Laboratory Services are undergoing a major relocation and expansion project.

By Kathy Whitney
Alice Coogan, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.
December 8, 2020

Coogan named chair of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

After an extensive national search Alice Coogan, MD, interim chair of the Department and professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (PM&I), has been named as the department’s next chair, effective immediately. Coogan will be the seventh chair of the department and the first female chair.

By John Howser
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling woman with short brown hair, wearing a pink top against a gray mottled background.
October 8, 2019

New leadership appointments for Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

By Bill Snyder