生物化学是所有现代生物医学科学的基础。范德比尔特大学生物化学系的任务是教学，服务和研究。<br>博士学位。生物化学专业的学生将接受培训，担任生物医学研究的研究人员和教师，我们的系为范德比尔特IGP的所有博士提供此背景。范德比尔特学院的学生，无论未来的培训方向如何。生物化学学院的教师任职编辑委员会和拨款审查委员会。他们组织重要的科学会议，并在专业协会的国家委员会中任职。该部门内有两个编辑部：《质谱杂志》和《生物化学杂志》。最后，范德比尔特-英格拉姆癌症中心，分子毒理学中心，质谱中心，结构生物学中心和范德比尔
Biochemistry is an underpinning of all modern biomedical science. The mission of the Biochemistry Department at Vanderbilt University is teaching, service and research.<br><br>Ph.D. students in biochemistry are trained to take up roles as investigators and teachers in biomedical research, and our department provides this background for all Vanderbilt IGP Ph.D. students at Vanderbilt regardless of which direction their future training may take. Biochemistry faculty serve on editorial boards and grant review committees. They organize major scientific meetings and serve on national committees within professional societies. Two editorial offices are found within the department's walls: The Journal of Mass Spectrometry and The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Finally, the directors of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Center in Molecular Toxicology, Center for Mass Spectrometry, Center for Structural Biology, and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology are all Biochemistry faculty.