Eric Austin, MD, MSCI
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics
- Co-Director, Mid-Career Faculty Development
Dr. Eric Austin is a Pediatric Pulmonary and Pulmonary Vascular Physician Scientist. His research focuses upon inherent and extrinsic features of risk of, and resilience to, pulmonary hypertension in children and adults. With collaborators, Eric explores risk and resilience with clinical trial and observational research studies, incorporating genetic, genomic, and other biochemical features. Clinically, under his leadership, the Pediatric PH Program is a Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet) Center as well as an accredited pediatric center of excellence in the national Pulmonary Hypertension Care Centers (PHCC) Program of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA). He mentors trainees from medical school level through junior faculty, co-directs a Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease T32, and directs the Vanderbilt University Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) Program. Eric is a standing member of NHLBI’s Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Physiology study section and is the current President of the Society for Pediatric Research.
