Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Gordon R. Bernard, MD, is Executive Vice President for Research and Chief Research Officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). He joined the faculty at Vanderbilt in 1981 as a physician scientist and became Medical Director for the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care research programs in 1983. Dr. Bernard’s research has primarily focused on improving the care and outcomes of critically ill patients with sepsis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and he established the Vanderbilt Coordinating Center in 1987 to support the large multi-institutional and international clinical investigations he was leading. Dr. Bernard is a member of the American Association of Physicians and has written or co-authored more than 350 original articles and book chapters. He currently serves as Executive Vice President for Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). In the latter role, Dr. Bernard serves as the Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, and P.I. of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). In these roles, Dr. Bernard oversees the extensive, multifaceted clinical and translational research programs of VUMC including the Human Research Protections Program which manages the IRB. He has led the development of the iREx portal which helps to organize the increasingly complex environment of multicenter IRB oversight.
PRIM&R Service Award Presentation, and Plenary IV: Balancing Reputational Harm and Academic Freedom
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET