Jatin (Jay) M. Vyas, MD, PhD, is the Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of Medicine at Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Associate Dean for Academic Innovation, and Director of Physician Scientist Programs at the Vagelos Institute. He attended Baylor College of Medicine in their Medical Scientist Training Program, where Jay received his PhD in 1994 and MD in 1996. Upon completing his MD, Jay moved to Boston to complete his medical internship and internal medicine residency in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases in the Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital program and served for 18 months as a Chief Resident in Medicine. Following a period of postdoctoral research training in the Harvard Department of Pathology and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Dr. Vyas joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2007 and was promoted to Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in 2024. During his tenure at Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital, he also served as the tenth Program Director of the MGH Department of Medicine Residency Program, supervising 207 interns and residents and 514 fellows annually while leading his NIH-funded lab focused on innate immunity to fungal pathogens. Jay is internationally recognized for his work in fungal immunology, investigating how our body responds to fungal pathogens. His work has elucidated the critical innate immune signaling pathways operating in macrophages, dendritic cells, and lung epithelial cells.  He moved to Columbia University in October 2024 and is responsible for creating a vibrant physician-scientist community, supporting physician-scientist development, and fostering intellectual curiosity among our trainees.