Director, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP)
Curriculum Director, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP)
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Educator Track

Madhvi Venkatesh, D.Phil., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, serves as the Director of the IGP. Dr. Venkatesh obtained her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom as an NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholar. Her dissertation work utilized cryo-electron microscopy and tomography to study the protein structure and localization of human pyruvate kinase isoforms and bacterial chemosensory proteins. After serving as the Associate Director of Graduate Education at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Venkatesh joined the IGP as its inaugural Curriculum Director in 2021. Dr. Venkatesh’s research agenda includes learning outcomes, continuous program improvement using evidence-based practices, and understanding student self-perceptions.

• : madhvi.venkatesh@vanderbilt.edu

Assistant Director, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP)
Director, Biomedical Umbrella Graduate Program Recruitment
Director, Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Educator Track

• : stephanie.richards@Vanderbilt.Edu
• : 615-343-6111

Program Manager, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP)
Program Manager, Quantitative and Chemical Biology Program (QCB)
Program Manager, Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy (VSSA)
Program Manager, International Trainee Support

• : d.miranda@vanderbilt.edu