Dr. Harrison is the Betty and Jack Bailey Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center since January 2011. Dr Harrison is an established investigator and has served on the editorial boards of multiple journals. He has received numerous awards - most recently the 2018 Basic Research Science Award from the American Heart Association for “lasting contributions that changed the direction of research in hypertension and its complications. His career has been devoted to basic research related to vascular function and hypertension. Dr. Harrison has been actively involved in Medical and Scientific Education throughout his career. He has had over 60 post-doctoral fellows train in his laboratory, and many of these have developed their own successful research careers.