Alan Cherrington

Dr. Cherrington received his undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of New Brunswick in 1967 and his PhD in Physiology from the University of Toronto in 1973, where he worked with Dr. Mladen Vranic. He then undertook postgraduate training with Dr. Rollo Park at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. In 1975 he joined the faculty of Vanderbilt where he currently holds the positions of Professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and in the Department of Medicine. He served as Chairman of the Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Department from 1998-2007. He currently holds the Jacquelyn A. Turner and Dr. Dorothy J. Turner Chair in Diabetes Research.