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Faculty

Executive Oversight Committee

  • David Samuels, PhD

    David Samuels, PhD

    Human Genetics Director of Graduate Studies

  • Jennifer (Piper) Below, PhD

    Jennifer (Piper) Below, PhD

    Human Genetics Program Director

  • Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH

    Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH

    Human Genetics Oversight Committee Member

  • Alexander Bick, MD, PhD

    Alexander Bick, MD, PhD

    Human Genetics Oversight Committee Member

  • Rosalind (Roz) Johnson

    Rosalind (Roz) Johnson

    Human Genetics Program Coordinator

Primary Faculty

  • Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH

    Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH

    Associate Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Derek Archer, PhD

    Derek Archer, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

  • H. Scott Baldwin, MD

    H. Scott Baldwin, MD

    Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Katrina Overall McDonald Chair in Pediatrics

  • Ruben Barricarte, PhD

    Ruben Barricarte, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Jennifer (Piper) Below, PhD

    Jennifer (Piper) Below, PhD

    Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine; Director of Vanderbilt Genetics Institute

  • Veronique Belzil, PhD

    Veronique Belzil, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Neurology; Director, Vanderbilt ALS Research Center, Neuromuscular Division

  • Jada BennTorres, PhD

    Jada BennTorres, PhD

    Associate Professor of Anthropology

  • Alexander Bick, MD, PhD

    Alexander Bick, MD, PhD

    Professor and Director, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Gianni Castiglione, PhD

    Gianni Castiglione, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

  • Kathryn (Katie) Coate, PhD

    Kathryn (Katie) Coate, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

  • Nancy Cox, PhD

    Nancy Cox, PhD

    Professor Emeritus, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Nicole Creanza, PhD

    Nicole Creanza, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

  • James Crowe, MD

    James Crowe, MD

    Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology

  • Kathyrn Dahir, MD

    Kathyrn Dahir, MD

    Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

  • Martha Dudek, MS, LCGC

    Martha Dudek, MS, LCGC

    Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Logan Dumitrescu, PhD

    Logan Dumitrescu, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

  • Todd Edwards, PhD

    Todd Edwards, PhD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Epidemiology

  • Katherine L. Friedman, PhD

    Katherine L. Friedman, PhD

    Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Biological Sciences

  • Eric Gamazon, PhD

    Eric Gamazon, PhD

    Associate Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Andrew Glazer, PhD

    Andrew Glazer, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Claudia Gonzalez-Hunt, PhD

    Claudia Gonzalez-Hunt, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology

  • Reyna Gordon, PhD

    Reyna Gordon, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology; Department of Psychology Director, Music Cognition Lab

  • Emily Hodges, PhD

    Emily Hodges, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry

  • Timothy Hohman, PhD

    Timothy Hohman, PhD

    Professor, Department of Neurology

  • Nikhil Khankari, PhD

    Nikhil Khankari, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Annet Kirabo, DVM, PhD

    Annet Kirabo, DVM, PhD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology; Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

  • Ela Knapik, MD

    Ela Knapik, MD

    Professor, Department of Medicine, Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology; Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Amanda Lea, PhD

    Amanda Lea, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Frank Kelly Dean's Faculty Fellow in Climate Studies

  • Bingshan Li, PhD

    Bingshan Li, PhD

    Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

  • Jirong Long, PhD

    Jirong Long, PhD

    Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine

  • Janet Markle, PhD

    Janet Markle, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology

  • Bradley Malin, PhD

    Bradley Malin, PhD

    Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Computer Science; Vice Chair for Research Affairs in the Department of Biomedical Informatics.

  • Frank Mason, PhD

    Frank Mason, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology

  • Jeffrey L. Neul, MD, PhD

    Jeffrey L. Neul, MD, PhD

    Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

  • Chor Yin (Maggie) Ng, PhD

    Chor Yin (Maggie) Ng, PhD

    Associate Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology

  • Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, PhD

    Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, PhD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension

  • Dan Roden, MD

    Dan Roden, MD

    Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology; Director, Oates Institute for Experimental Therapeutics; Senior Vice President, Personalized Medicine

  • Antonis Rokas, PhD

    Antonis Rokas, PhD

    Professor, Department of Biological Sciences; Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Biological Sciences

  • Douglas Ruderfer, PhD

    Douglas Ruderfer, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology; Biomedical Informatics Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  • David Samuels, PhD

    David Samuels, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

  • Megan Shuey-Henthorn, PhD

    Megan Shuey-Henthorn, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology

  • Jeffrey R. Smith, MD, PhD

    Jeffrey R. Smith, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology

  • Michelle Southard-Smith, PhD

    Michelle Southard-Smith, PhD

    Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Medicine

  • Ran Tao, PhD

    Ran Tao, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics

  • Digna Velez Edwards, PhD

    Digna Velez Edwards, PhD

    Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bioinformatics

  • Colin Walsh, MD

    Colin Walsh, MD

    Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics

  • Quinn Wells, MD, PharmD, MSCI

    Quinn Wells, MD, PharmD, MSCI

    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt System for EHR-based Research in Cardiovascular Health (V-SERCH)

  • Xin (Maizie) Zhou, PhD

    Xin (Maizie) Zhou, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Data Science

  • Laurence Zwiebel, PhD

    Laurence Zwiebel, PhD

    Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Affiliate Faculty

  • Lisa Bastarache, MS

    Lisa Bastarache, MS

    Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Scientific Director for PheWAS Core

  • Jacklyn Hellwege, PhD

    Jacklyn Hellwege, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Jibril Hirbo, PhD

    Jibril Hirbo, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine