Past Lab Members

In Memoriam: Leah Stephens- Lee Lab manager (2013-2023)

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWdpnHBBZ24

Graduate Students

Rubin Baskir, PhD – Program Officer, All of Us Research Program, NIH
Kensey Bergdorf, PhD – West Virginia Science and Technology Policy Fellow
Jamal Bryant, PhD – Sanofi, Cambridge Massachusetts
Tony Chen, PhD – Managing Editor, npj Digital Medicine
Christopher Cselenyi, MD, PhD – Faculty & Attending Psychiatrist, Columbia University
Kenyi Saito-Diaz, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow with Nadia Zeltner, University of Georgia
Brian Hang, PhD – Science Teacher, JT Moore Middle School, IN
Trevor Hann, MS – Assistant Professor of Biology, Dickinson State, ND
Alison Hanson, MD, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow with Rafael Yuste, Columbia University
Heather Hartmann, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow with F. Peter Guengerich, Vanderbilt University
Kristin Jernigan, PhD – Associate Professor of Biology, Columbia State College
Sara Kassel, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow with Charles Roberts, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Amanda Lawson, MS – Medical Student, University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Matthew Loberg, PhD – MSTP student – clinical years at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Leif Neitzel, PhD – Assistant Professor Research, Michigan State University
Victoria Ng, PhD -Senior Scientist, Merck
Curtis Thorne, PhD – Associate Professor, The University of Arizona

Postdoctoral Fellows

Emilios Tahinci, PhD – Market Insight and Strategy Manager, Eastman Chemical Company
Matthew Broadus, PhD – Director, Discovery Biology at Casma Therapeutics
Amanda Hansen, PhD – Regional Sales Manager, STEMCELL Technologies
Annastasia Hyde, PhD – Associate Director, Therapeutic Development, Sarah Cannon Research Institute

Research Assistants

Jun Dou – Business Intelligence Analyst, Provincial Health Service Authority, Canada
Starina Dsouza – Vanderbilt University Medical School
Audrey Frist – Senior Manager, Eurofins
Lily Goldsmith – Medical Student, University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Jeanne Jodoin, PhD – Patent Specialist, Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston MA
Jessica Keel, MD – Children National Health Systems, Washington DC
Erin Loggins Winkler, MD – Winston Salem NC
Kelly Meyers, ANP – TriStar Skyline Medical Center,TN
Josh Tarkoff, MD – Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, FL

Undergraduate Students

Arrush Choudhary, MD – Resident Physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Emily Crispi – Associate Project Manager, Fortrea
Victoria Offei-Dua – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Eddie Ross – Graduate student, Stephen Moose lab, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Kevin Sun- Medical Student, University of Southern California
Alison Zhong – University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Junqin Zhu- Stanford PhD Program

High School Students

Taylor Ayala – Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Maya Misra – University of Oxford, UK
Elija Hong – Yale University
Sam Lustig – Vanderbilt University
Riya Narayan – Vanderbilt University
Gemma Orton – New York University
Austin Southard-Smith – Washington University, St. Louis graduate school
William Conor Rork -Rice University
Duncan St. Clair
Aasha Zinke – Boeing, Composite Fabrication Manufacturing Engineer
Trudy Zou – Medical student, Physician Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh
Alya Zouaoui -UX Researcher & Designer at Synechron

Vanderbilt Summer Undergraduate Programs

CheyAnne Youngblood – University of Iowa
Eduardo Santos -Academic Advisor at Saint Augustine’s University
Alex Hall, MD
Vibol Heng, MD/PhD candidate – Thomas Jefferson University
Ashley Spann, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kelly Tomins – Stanford University
Danny Ge – University of Illinois College of Medicine
Anna Smith – Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Tashinga Vhumisai- Sewanee: The University of the South
Peiro Stefano Geraun Gasco – Universidad del Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Peru

Past Lab Members

In Memoriam: Leah Stephens- Lee Lab manager (2013-2023)

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln

Graduate Students

Rubin Baskir, PhD – Program Officer, All of Us Research Program, NIH

Kensey Bergdorf, PhD – West Virginia Science and Technology Policy Fellow

Jamal Bryant, PhD – Sanofi, Cambridge Massachusetts

Tony Chen, PhD – Managing Editor, npj Digital Medicine

Christopher Cselenyi, MD, PhD – Faculty & Attending Psychiatrist, Columbia University

Kenyi Saito-Diaz, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow with Nadia Zeltner, University of Georgia

Brian Hang, PhD – Science Teacher, JT Moore Middle School, IN

Trevor Hann, MS – Assistant Professor of Biology, Dickinson State, ND

Alison Hanson, MD, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow with Rafael Yuste, Columbia University

Heather Hartmann, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow with F. Peter Guengerich, Vanderbilt University

Kristin Jernigan, PhD – Associate Professor of Biology, Columbia State College

Sara Kassel, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow with Charles Roberts, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Amanda Lawson, MS – Medical Student, University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Matthew Loberg, PhD – MSTP student – clinical years at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Leif Neitzel, PhD – Assistant Professor Research, Michigan State University

Victoria Ng, PhD -Senior Scientist, Merck

Curtis Thorne, PhD – Associate Professor, The University of Arizona

Postdoctoral Fellows

Emilios Tahinci, PhD – Market Insight and Strategy Manager, Eastman Chemical Company

Matthew Broadus, PhD – Director, Discovery Biology at Casma Therapeutics

Amanda Hansen, PhD – Regional Sales Manager, STEMCELL Technologies

Annastasia Hyde, PhD – Associate Director, Therapeutic Development, Sarah Cannon Research Institute

Research Assistants

Jun Dou – Business Intelligence Analyst, Provincial Health Service Authority, Canada

Starina Dsouza – Vanderbilt University Medical School

Audrey Frist – Senior Manager, Eurofins

Lily Goldsmith – Medical Student, University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Jeanne Jodoin, PhD – Patent Specialist, Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston MA

Jessica Keel, MD – Children National Health Systems, Washington DC

Erin Loggins Winkler, MD – Winston Salem NC

Kelly Meyers, ANP – TriStar Skyline Medical Center,TN

Josh Tarkoff, MD – Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, FL

Undergraduate Students

Arrush Choudhary, MD – Resident Physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Emily Crispi – Associate Project Manager, Fortrea

Victoria Offei-Dua – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Eddie Ross – Graduate student, Stephen Moose lab, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Kevin Sun- Medical Student, University of Southern California

Alison Zhong – University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Junqin Zhu- Stanford PhD Program

High School Students

Taylor Ayala – Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine

Maya Misra – University of Oxford, UK

Elija Hong – Yale University

Sam Lustig – Vanderbilt University

Riya Narayan – Vanderbilt University

Gemma Orton – New York University

Austin Southard-Smith – Washington University, St. Louis graduate school

William Conor Rork -Rice University

Duncan St. Clair

Aasha Zinke – Boeing, Composite Fabrication Manufacturing Engineer

Trudy Zou – Medical student, Physician Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh

Alya Zouaoui -UX Researcher & Designer at Synechron

Vanderbilt Summer Undergraduate Programs

CheyAnne Youngblood – University of Iowa

Eduardo Santos -Academic Advisor at Saint Augustine’s University

Alex Hall, MD

Vibol Heng, MD/PhD candidate – Thomas Jefferson University

Ashley Spann, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Kelly Tomins – Stanford University

Danny Ge – University of Illinois College of Medicine

Anna Smith – Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Tashinga Vhumisai- Sewanee: The University of the South

Peiro Stefano Geraun Gasco – Universidad del Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Peru