Alyssa Hasty has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics since 2003, and has been an investigator of the Tennessee Valley Veteran's Administration Research Institute since 2014. She is an active member of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, the Digestive Diseases Research Center, the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4), and a member of the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center.
Hasty's research interests are in diabetes and obesity, most recently focusing on the role of macrophages in promoting inflammation and insulin resistance in obesity. Hasty has been very active in mentoring students as director of graduate studies in MPB, and mentoring faculty as director of career development of the DDRC and as chair of the Women on Track steering committee. Hasty completed the Hedwingam van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program at Drexel University.