{"id":34,"date":"2019-11-01T14:27:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T14:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch2026\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-12-08T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:04:12","slug":"research-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/research-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Cancer<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/robert-j-coffey\/\">Robert Coffey, M.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/josiah-ochieng\/\">Josiah Ochieng, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/james-g-patton\/\">James Patton, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/marjan-rafat\/\">Marjan Rafat, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/kimryn-rathmell\/\">Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/cynthia-reinhart-king\/\">Cynthia Reinhart-King, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/amos-m-sakwe\/\">Amos Sakwe, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/alissa-weaver\/\">Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/andries-zijlstra\/\">Andries Zijlstra, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Extracellular RNA<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/robert-j-coffey\/\">Robert Coffey, M.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/james-g-patton\/\">James Patton, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/heather-pua\/\">Heather Pua, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/kasey-c-vickers\/\">Kasey Vickers, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/alissa-weaver\/\">Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>EV Technologies<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/robert-j-coffey\/\">Robert Coffey, M.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/justus-ndukaife\/\">Justus C. Ndukaife<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/kevin-l-schey\/\">Kevin Schey, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/alissa-weaver\/\">Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/andries-zijlstra\/\">Andries Zijlstra, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>EV Biogenesis and Function<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/robert-j-coffey\/\">Robert Coffey, M.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/jason-macgurn\/\">Jason MacGurn, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/kristen-m-ogden\/\">Kristen Ogden, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/james-g-patton\/\">James Patton, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/matthew-j-tyska\/\">Matthew Tyska, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/alissa-weaver\/\">Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Disease Biomarkers<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/kevin-l-schey\/\">Kevin Schey, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/alissa-weaver\/\">Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/andries-zijlstra\/\">Andries Zijlstra, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Repair and Regeneration<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/edward-m-levine\/\">Edward Levine, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/james-g-patton\/\">James Patton, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/cynthia-reinhart-king\/\">Cynthia Reinhart-King, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/jennifer-sucre\/\">Jennifer Sucre, M.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>EV Therapeutics<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/ethan-lippmann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethan Lippmann, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/john-tanner-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Tanner Wilson, Ph.D<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/evresearch\/person\/jamey-young\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Young, Ph.D..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cancer Robert Coffey, M.D. Josiah Ochieng, Ph.D. James Patton, Ph.D. Marjan Rafat, Ph.D. Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D. Cynthia Reinhart-King, Ph.D. Amos Sakwe, Ph.D. Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D. Andries Zijlstra, Ph.D. &nbsp; 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