His principal research interests are in prostaglandin receptor structure, function, and pharmacology. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and received his postdoctoral training at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France. Matthew D. Breyer is a VA Merit Awardee and Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University. His principal research interests are in eicosanoid regulation of renal physiology. He holds an M.D. from Harvard University, and received his postdoctoral fellowship training at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.