Dr. David Robertson, Elton Yates Professor of Medicine, serves as program director for the Clinical Research Center. He serves as director of Vanderbilt's Medical Science Training Program and Vanderbilt's Center for Space Physiology and Medicine. Dr. Robertson is an accomplished clinical investigator with research interests in the Autonomic Nervous System, Blood Pressure Regulation, Noradrenergic Neuronal Function, Catecholamines and Neurodegenerative Disease.

Dr. Robertson currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the World Life Foundation, the NASA Microgravity Human Research Committee, the Merck Advisory Board, and the editorial boards of American Journal of Medicine, Autonomic Neuroscience and Clinical Autonomic Research. He is also associate editor for the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.