Robert Coffey Jr., M.D., is Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is also a provider in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. His research interests include regulation of protein trafficking in colon cancer, the role of cancer stem cells in initiating tumor growth and mediating drug resistance, and development of laboratory methods to identify extracellular signaling strategies used by cancer cells.
