ASCI / Emerging-Generation Awards, 2022
The Emerging Generation Awards (E-Gen Awards) recognize post-MD, pre-faculty appointment physician-scientists who are meaningfully engaged in immersive research.
About the awardee
Andrew S. Terker, MD, PhD, is currently a research fellow in the Division of Nephrology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He completed his medical school training and graduate work at Oregon Health and Science University, where he studied distal nephron regulation of sodium and potassium transport in David Ellison’s laboratory. He arrived at Vanderbilt in 2017 where he completed his internal medicine residency and is currently working in Ray Harris’ laboratory. He studies the interaction of environmental and genetic effects on kidney injury and electrolyte balance. He spends his time away from the laboratory hiking, biking, climbing, and skiing with his wife, Samantha, and his three sons, Brody (8), Judah (5), and Ari (3).