Tamar Kavlashvili
Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry
Tata graduated from the University of Iowa in 2017 with her Bachelor of Science with Honors in Cell and Developmental Biology and Clinical & Translational Science certificate. At Iowa, she carried out undergraduate research on a research fellowship for 3 years with Dr. Shujie Yang at Carver College of Medicine. She studied epigenetic regulation of progesterone receptor expression and its signaling in gynecologic cancers. As an undergraduate she published 2 articles and presented her research at 2 international conferences. In 2017, Tata joined the Vanderbilt IGP program and in 2018 joined the department of biochemistry as a graduate student in the Dewar Lab.
In her free time, Tata likes to ski when she gets a chance and run or bike when she doesn’t. She also enjoys cooking, hiking, drinking matcha lattes and spending time with her friends.