Centers & Institutes

Vanderbilt is home to more than 85 centers and institutes that work to tackle major challenges and meet important societal needs by bringing together faculty from a broad range of disciplines and producing cutting edge research.

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A center or institute is generally defined as a unit of the university engaged in combined aspects of research, scholarship, instruction, outreach or related service. Most commonly, a center or institute will have a substantial research/scholarship component to its mission, and also may have affiliated education programs.

Find out more about Vanderbilt centers and institutes by exploring the list below (updated June 2024).

Center or Institute NameGovernance
Rogers Center for the American PresidencyCollege of Arts & Science
Institute for National Defense and Global SecuritySchool of Engineering
Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Protein DynamicsSchool of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug DiscoverySchool of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Vaccine CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer's CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Institute of Infection, Immunology, and InflammationVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Genetics InstituteVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Epidemiology CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for ImmunobiologyVanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Bone BiologyVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research and TherapeuticsVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Tuberculosis CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Institute for Medicine and Public HealthVanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Health Services ResearchVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Institute for Global HealthVanderbilt University Medical Center
Epithelial Biology CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center (VDDRC)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative SciencesVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Precision MedicineVanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Cognitive MedicineVanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Biomedical Ethics and SocietyVanderbilt University Medical Center
Brock Family Center For Applied InnovationVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Transplant CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Sleep CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Hypertension Center of ExcellenceVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Human NutritionVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular InstituteVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Eye InstituteVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Breast CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication StudiesVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (ViSE)School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE)Provost Office
Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE)School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center (VBC)School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator (VPA)Law School
Vanderbilt Lab for Immersive AI TranslationSchool of Engineering
Wond'ryProvost Office
Initiative for Race Research and JusticePeabody College
Robert Penn Warren Center for the HumanitiesCollege of Arts & Science
Center for Research on Inequality and HealthCollege of Arts & Science; School of Nursing
Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)College of Arts & Science
Vanderbilt Data Science InstituteProvost Office
The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public PolicyProvost Office
Center for LanguagesCollege of Arts & Science
Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach (CSEO)Peabody College
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI)College of Arts & Science
Center for Structural Biology (CSB)School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Center for Innovative TechnologyCollege of Arts & Science
Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education (ACCRE)Provost Office
Meharry Vanderbilt AllianceVanderbilt University Medical Center
W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French StudiesCollege of Arts & Science
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Child DevelopmentVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Matrix Biology (VCMB)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging ScienceVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping CenterSchool of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for EntrepreneurshipOwen Graduate School of Management
Turner Family Center for Social VenturesOwen Graduate School of Management
Tennessee Center for AIDS ResearchVanderbilt University Medical Center
Quantitative Systems Biology Center (QSBC)School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact LabPeabody College
Lamb Center for Pediatric ResearchVanderbilt University Medical Center
Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA)Peabody College
Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research (PEER)Peabody College
The Frist Center for Autism and InnovationSchool of Engineering
Vanderbilt Vasculitis CenterVanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer (CMIC)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Drug Safety and ImmunologyVanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Asthma ResearchVanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB)School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell BiologySchool of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction ResearchSchool of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Mass Spectrometry Research CenterSchool of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Center for Extracellular Vesicle ResearchSchool of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Brain InstituteSchool of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt O’Brien Kidney Center (VOKC)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Learning Incubator: A Vanderbilt Endeavor (LIVE)Peabody College
IRIS CenterPeabody College
Center for Healthcare Market InnovationOwen Graduate School of Management
Vanderbilt Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate (VSEC)School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Center on Mechanobiology (V-CoM)School of Engineering
Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive TechnologySchool of Engineering
Center for Environmental Management StudiesSchool of Engineering
Vanderbilt Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety (CRISS)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Knowledge Management (CKM)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Experiential Learning and AssessmentVanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx StudiesCollege of Arts & Science
Financial Markets Research CenterOwen Graduate School of Management
Institute for Software Integrated SystemsSchool of Engineering
Institute for Space and Defense ElectronicsSchool of Engineering
Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC)Vanderbilt University Medical Center
John A. Oates Institute for Experimental TherapeuticsVanderbilt University Medical Center