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Department of Pharmacology Lab Members

Mia Abernathy

Associate Director , School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Human Resources

Jenny Aguilar

CURRENT POSITION: Consultant , Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Mohamed (Rafi) Ahmed

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Wendell (Scott) Akers

Adjunct Professor (Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy)

John D. Allison

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Lyndsey Anderson

CURRENT POSITION: Research Fellow, The Lambert Initiative for Annabinoid Therapeutics , Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia

Malcolm Avison

Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Elena Bagatelas

Graduate Student, Kavalali Lab, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Joseph Balsamo

Defended Dissertation from the Bachmann Laboratory on 5/20/22

Jeffrey R. Balser

Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Salisha Baranwal

Graduate Student, Donthamsetti Laboratory

Joey V. Barnett

Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology

Joey V. Barnett

Professor, Emeritus, Pharmacology

Tom Beckermann

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow (Nam Lab) , Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Andrea Belovich

CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor , Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine

Brian Bender

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Scientist , Sosei Heptares

Kensey Bergdorf

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow , Vanderbilt University

Kevin Bersell

CURRENT POSITION: Medical Student , Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Katherine Betke

CURRENT POSITION: Medical Student , Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH

Raymond Blind

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Gordon Borck

Senior LAN Manager , Department of Pharmacology

Olivier Boutaud

Research Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Alan R. Brash

Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Erin Breland

Defended Dissertation from Maria Hadjifrangiskou's lab on 06/22/2017 ,

Jordan Brown

CURRENT POSITION: Medical Writer, Meditech Media

Benjamin P. Brown

Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Ron Bruntz

CURRENT POSITION: Research Assistant Professor , University of Kentucky, Lexington

Jamal Bryant

Defended Dissertation in the Lee Laboratory on May 8, 2024

Michael Bubser

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Kennady Bullock

Defended Dissertation in the Richmond Laboratory on May 17, 2024

Jeff Bylund

CURRENT POSITION: Science & Technology Advisor , 10x Genomics

Erin S. Calipari

Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

David Calkins

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Robert Carson

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Alex Castillo

Grants Manager , School of Medicine Basic Sciences, POD3

Ryan Ceddia

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow , Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Natali L. Chanaday

Adjunct Assistant Professor (University of Pennsylvania)

Qiuyan Chen

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow (John Tesmer's Lab) , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Sanika S. Chirwa

Adjunct Professor (Meharry Medical College Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology)

Brooke Christensen

Graduate Student, Calipari Lab, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Valentina Cigliola

Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Benjamin Coleman

CURRENT POSITION: Analyst , Proactive Worldwide

P. Jeffrey (Jeff) Conn

Professor, Emeritus, Pharmacology

Rachel D. Crouch

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences)

Rachel Crouch

CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences , Lipscomb University

Mark Crowder

Defended Dissertation from the Collins Laboratory on March 2, 2023.

J. Scott Daniels

Adjunct Associate Professor (SVP, Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, Inotiv)

Sean S. Davies

Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Sean Davies

Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Claire DelBove

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Researcher , Vanderbilt University

Blake Dieckmann

M.S., (2016)

Michele Dixon

Administrative Officer, Team Lead , School of Medicine Basic Sciences, POD3

Tri Do

Graduate Student, Knollmann Laboratory

Trang Doan

Administrative Officer, Team Lead , School of Medicine Basic Sciences, POD3

Shalini Dogra

Research Instructor , Department of Pharmacology

Prashant C. Donthamsetti

Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Christian Egly

Defended Dissertation from the Knollmann Laboratory on 7/27/2022

Brynna Eisele

Defended Dissertation from the York Laboratory on 10/25/2021

Anna Eitel

Graduate Student, Hamm Lab, Biochemistry Graduate Program

Sheila Elder

Administrative Officer , Pod 3/WCNDD Team Lead

Ronald (Ron) B. Emeson

Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Darren W. Engers

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Julie L. Engers

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Elizabeth Ennis

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Scholar , School of Pharmacy, Bioengineering, University of California, San Francisco

Elizabeth Ennis

CURRENT POSITION: Pharmacologist , FDA

Kirsty Erickson

Graduate Student, Siciliano Lab, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Joel Everett

M.S. (2015)

Zahra Farahbakhsh

Graduate Student, Siciliano Lab, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Tromondae (TK) Feaster

CURRENT POSITION: Pharmacologist , U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD

Andrew Feigley

CURRENT POSITION: Chemist , U.S. Department of Labor

Anthony Ferranti

Graduate Student, Niswender Laboratory

Eric Figueroa

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Research Associate , University of California, San Francisco

Barbara M. Fingleton

Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Bryan Fioret

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Scientist , United Therapeutics Corporation

Rachel Fischer

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Scientific Program and Registry Manager , Melanoma Research Alliance

Nicole Fisher

Defended Dissertation from the Niswender Laboratory on 10/15/2020

Andrea Flores

Graduate Student, Arinze laboratory (Meharry Medical College Student)

Oakleigh Folkes

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Research Associate , Yale University

Laura Geben

Defended Dissertation from the Ihrie Laboratory on July 20, 2023.

Masoud Ghamari-Langroudi

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Breanne Gibson

CURRENT POSITION: Clinical Scientist , Cumberland Pharmaceuticals

Elizabeth Gibson

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Research Investigator , Bristol Myers Squibb

Taneisha Gillyard

Graduate Student, Cone laboratory (Meharry Medical College Student)

Tiffany Lawrence Givens

Chief of Staff , School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Office of the Dean

Bryan Glazer

Graduate Student, Quaranta Lab , Biomedical Informatics Graduate Program

Aaron Gochman

Graduate Student, Knollmann Laboratory

Margo Goldfarb

Graduate Student, Iverson Laboratory

Craig Goodwin

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Channing Der's Lab) , Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Odaine Gordon

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Scientist , AbbVie

Michael Grannan

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Scientist , Voyager Therapeutics

Celeste Greer

Research Instructor , Pharmacology

Brad Grueter

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Yuanjun Guo

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Associate Scientist , Amgen

Eugenia V. Gurevich

Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Natalie Guzikowski

Graduate Student, Kavalali & Monteggia Lab , Neuroscience Graduate Program

Heidi E. Hamm

Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Ebony Hargrove-Wiley

Graduate Student , Fingleton Lab, Program in Cancer Biology

Karen Ho

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Scientist , Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Service, LLC.

Christopher Hofmann

Defended Dissertation from the Niswender Lab on 08/09/2021

Aiden Houcek

Graduate Student, Kavalali Lab, Biological Sciences Program

Tina M. Iverson

Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Zev Jarrett

Graduate Student, Grueter Laboratory

Matthew Jenkins

Graduate Student, Ferrell Laboratory

Renjie Jin

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Hussain Jinnah

BS, Vanderbilt University (2012)

Carrie K. Jones

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Evelyn Kandov

Graduate Student, Siciliano Lab, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Matthew Karolak

CURRENT POSITION: Preclinical Disease Modeling and Drug Development , University of Washington

Ege T. Kavalalı

Professor & Chair , Department of Pharmacology

Olivia Kelly

Graduate Student, Hamm Laboratory

Krystian Kozek

CURRENT POSITION: Associate , Pioneering Medicines at Flagship Pioneering

Munir Gunes Kutlu

Research Instructor , Department of Pharmacology

Erwin J. Landon

Associate Professor, Emeritus , Pharmacology

Erwin J. Landon

Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Emeritus

Rob Lavieri

CURRENT POSITION: Manager, Scientific Project Management , Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Ethan Lee

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Michele LeNoue-Newton

CURRENT POSITION: Staff Scientist , Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center

Kangjun (KJ) Li

Graduate Student , Denton Laboratory

Lee E. Limbird

Adjunct Professor (Fisk University Dean for Graduate Studies)

Craig W. Lindsley

University Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Amanda Linkous

Research Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Sudan Loganathan

Graduate Student, Wang laboratory (Meharry Medical College Student)

Jaybree Lopez

Graduate Student, Sando Lab, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Paula B. M. Luis

Research Instructor , Department of Pharmacology

Kelvin Luong

MS, Vanderbilt University (2021)

James Luther

Associate Professor of Medicine

Jinqi (Jackey) Ma

Graduate Student, Grueter Laboratory

Zhenzhong (Zack) Ma

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Mary Macedonia

Graduate Student, Quaranta Laboratory

Tu (Chou) Mai

CURRENT POSITION: Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics Fellow , Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago

James Maksymetz

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow , Genentech

Lawrence Marnett

Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry

Peter Martin

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Matthew Mazalouskas

CURRENT POSITION: Research Scientist, , Elanco Animal Health

A. Scott McCall

Defended Dissertation from the Hudson laboratory on 6/17/2015 ,

Oliver McIntyre

Research Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Mike McLean

Associate Professor of Neurology

Jens Meiler

Research Professor of Chemistry

Shan Meltzer

Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Patrick Melugin

Graduate Student, Siciliano Lab, Neuroscience Graduate Program

David Merryman

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Tiffany Miller

Administrative Manager , School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Human Resources

Ginger Milne

Research Associate Professor of Medicine

Sukhbir S. Mokha

Adjunct Professor (Meharry Medical College Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology)

Lisa M. Monteggia

Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Annah Moore

Defended Dissertation from the Hohman Laboratory on 5/22/2020

Stephanie Moore

CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor

Snigdha Mukerjee

Research Instructor , Department of Pharmacology

Matthew Murphy

Defended Dissertation from the Murray Laboratory on March 23, 2023.

Bretton Nabit

Defended Dissertation in Winder Laboratory on May 6, 2024

Alex Nackenoff

CURRENT POSITION: Biotechnology Equity Research Associate , Raymond James

Michael Nedelcovych

CURRENT POSITION: Vice President , Equity Research at Cowen Inc

Gregor Neuert

Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Paul Newhouse

Professor , Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Quynh Anh Nguyen

Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Thuy Nguyen

Defended Dissertation from the Roberts and Aschner laboratories on 8/19/2016

Colleen M. Niswender

Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Suzanne Nolan

Research Instructor , Department of Pharmacology

Martin L. Ogletree

Adjunct Professor (Professional Affairs Committee Jeanes Hospital Board of Directors Chair; Quality and Professional Affairs Committee Temple University Health System Member; Points & Assists, LLC Owner

Kendra Oliver

CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University

Morgan Ottley

Graduate Student, Sando Lab , Neuroscience Graduate Program

Harrison Parent

Graduate Student, Niswender Laboratory

Shan Parikh

MD/PhD Candidate , Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Lauren Parr

Graduate Student, Osheroff Laboratory

Rafael Perez

Defended Dissertation from the Winder laboratory on 3/24/2020

Nicole Perry-Hauser

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow , Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Kristin Peterson

Defended Dissertation from the Hasty laboratory on 2/28/2019

Jared Phillips

Graduate Student, Hohman Laboratory

Michelle Piazza

Graduate Student, Monteggia & Neul Lab, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Francis J. (FJ) Prael, III

CURRENT POSITION: Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow , NIBR

Ai-Dong Qi

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Vito Quaranta

Professor, Emeritus, Pharmacology

Meagan Quinlan

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Research Fellow , University of Washington

Rene Raphemot

CURRENT POSITION: Regulatory Coordinator , MilSpouse

Peter W. Reed

Associate Professor, Emeritus , Pharmacology

Peter W. Reed

Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Emeritus

Ann Richmond

Professor , Department of Pharmacology

L. Jack Roberts

Professor Emeritus , Department of Pharmacology

Alice L. Rodriguez

Instructor , Pharmacology

Jerri M. Rook

Research Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Jason Russell

Graduate Student, Jones Laboratory

Elaine Sanders-Bush

Professor, Emeritus, Pharmacology

Richard (Rick) Sando

Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Christine Saunders

Research Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Sara Savage

CURRENT POSITION: Research Associate , Baylor College of Medicine

Claus Schneider

Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Nathalie C. Schnetz-Boutaud

Research Instructor , Department of Pharmacology

Jon Schoenecker

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Lisa Murphy Scudder

CURRENT POSITION: Technology Specialist , Greenberg Traurig

Corey Seacrist

CURRENT POSITION: Account Manager , Poly-Med, Inc

Rebecca Klar Senter

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Director , Axial Therapeutics

Mabel Seto

Defended Dissertation from the Hohman Laboratory on 3/14/22

Pankaj Sharma

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Aparna Shekar

CURRENT POSITION: Project Leader , Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Ok-ho Shin

Research Instructor , Department of Pharmacology

Megan Shuey

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Research Fellow , Vanderbilt University

Kayla Shumate

CURRENT POSITION: Translational Scientist

Cody A. Siciliano

Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Minati Singh

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Cassandra Smith

Graduate Student, Sando Lab , Neuroscience Graduate Program

Byeongwoon Song

Adjunct Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Cierra Spencer

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Research Scientist , UCB Pharmaceuticals

Benjamin (Ben) W. Spiller

Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Brittany Spitznagel

CURRENT POSITION: Research Instructor of Pharmacology , Vanderbilt University

Jordan Stacy

Graduate Student, Iverson Lab, Biochemistry Graduate Program

Amy Stark

Graduate Student, Penn Laboratory

Bradley Steiner

Graduate Student, Hadjfrangiskou laboratory

David Stevens

CURRENT POSITION: Senior Scientist

Bobbi Stidham

Graduate Education Program Manager

Kanzo Suzuki

Adjoint Assistant Professor (Tokyo University)

Ebrahim Tahaei

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow , The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

David Taylor

Graduate Student, Wang laboratory

Laura Teal

Defended Dissertation from the Jones Laboratory on June 29, 2023

Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi

Adjunct Associate Professor (Tennessee State University Department of Biological Sciences, Director of Cancer Immunology Laboratory)

Kimberly D. Turner

Assistant Dean of Administration, School of Medicine Basic Sciences, POD 3

Sheryl Anne Vermudez

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Research Fellow , Boston Children's Hospital

Anna E. Vilgelm

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Anna E. Vilgelm

Adjoint Assistant Professor (The Ohio State University)

Sergey A. Vishnivetskiy

Research Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Brian E. Wadzinski

Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology

Mark Wallace

Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Treniqka Walters

Graduate Student, Arinze laboratory (Meharry Medical College Student)

Emily Warren

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow , Brown University

Alex G. Waterson

Research Professor , Pharmacology

Shane Watson

Graduate Student, Sando Lab, Neuroscience Graduate Program

C. David Weaver

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Abigael Weit

Graduate Student, Monteggia Lab , Neuroscience Graduate Program

Quinn Wells

Associate Professor of Medicine

Jack N. Wells

Professor of Pharmacology, Emeritus

Cody Wenthur

CURRENT POSITION: Research Associate , Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

Cody Wenthur

CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor, Director of Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation, MS , University of Wisconsin - Madison

Margaret M. Whalen

Adjunct Professor (Tennessee State University Department of Chemistry)

Rebecca (Becca) Winfree

Defended Dissertation from the Hohman Laboratory on 8/9/22

Nathan Winters

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps Institute

Jing Wu

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Research Scholar (Curt Sigmund's Lab) , Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa

Zixiu Xiang

Research Assistant Professor , Pharmacology

Chi Yan

Research Assistant Professor , Pharmacology

Tao Yang

Research Professor of Medicine

Fei Yang

Graduate Student, Sando Lab , Neuroscience Graduate Program

Zhanjiang Yang

Research Assistant Professor , Pharmacology

Yun Young (Susan) Yim

CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Montana Young

Graduate Student, Hamm Laboratory

Fiona E. Yull

Associate Professor , Pharmacology

Jennifer Zachry

Defended Dissertation from the Calipari Laboratory on November 7, 2022

Jose Zepeda

Graduate Student, Grueter Laboratory

Chen Zheng

Research Instructor, Pharmacology

Yuantee Zhu

Graduate Student, Elefteriou laboratory

Isaac Zike

CURRENT POSITION: Biotech Venture Capital , RiverVest Venture Partners

Laurence Zwiebel

Professor of Biological Sciences