Dr. Dahlman is Associate Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of the post-clerkship phase of the undergrade medical education curriculum at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), and Assistant Director for Cancer Education at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. She is a basic science educator who previously led the Integrated Science Course Program at VUSM for 10 years and received the IAMSE Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching and Innovation in 2020 and the Denis O’Day Award from VUSM for her efforts. Internationally, she is Past-President of the Association of Biochemistry Educators and is an IAMSE Board Member. She is a mentor to many basic science educator faculty and has co-authored a book chapter on “Medical Educators as Role Models” with Dr. Aviad Haramati that will be published in 2025.