Council Members

Wellness Council Co-Chairs

Alyssa Hasty, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
David Samuels, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Meet the Wellness Council Members

Members

Jordan Anderson-Daniels, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Disease

Ronan Bracken

Graduate Student, Jonathan Brown Lab, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Hannah Daniels

Postdoctoral Researcher, Walter Chazin Lab, Department of Biochemistry

Jonathan Davies

Graduate Student, Plate Lab

Vivian Gama, Ph.D.

Associate Professor / PI, Cell and Developmental Biology

Alyssa Hasty, Ph.D.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Olof Isberg

Graduate Student, Jeff Spraggins Lab, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Felysha Jenkins, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean, DEI, Basic Sciences

Rosalind Johnson

Program Manager, Vanderbilt Brain Institute

Louise Lantier, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center

Tiffany Lawrence Givens

Director of Human Resources, Vanderbilt Basic Sciences

Robert Mann

Graduate Student, Ascano Lab

Spencer Rothfuss

Graduate Student, Wan Lab, Chemical & Physical Biology Program

David Samuels, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Stacey Satchell

Senior Academic Life Coach, The Graduate School at Vanderbilt

Ciera Scott, Ph.D., HSP

Assistant Director for Community Engagement, University Counseling Center

Tamaki Silver, Psy.D., HSP

Psychologist , University Counseling Center

Michelle Southard-Smith, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine

RC Stabile, Ed.D.

Associate Director of Trainee Well-Being, BRET

Kate Stuart

Associate Director, Office of Career Development, BRET

Paola Torres Manzo, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Darren Tyson, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry.

Inaugural Wellness Council Members – 2021

Chairs of the Council

Ege Kavalali, Ph.D., Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Linda Sealy, Ph.D., Senior Advisor to the Dean on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Faculty

Bruce Damon, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology
Michelle Southard-Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine
James Dewar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry (not an author of this report)

Postdoctoral fellows/Research Instructors

Baris Alten, Ph.D
Samuel Centanni, Ph.D
Vivianne Morrison, Ph.D
Indrayani Waghmare, Ph.D

Graduate Students

Slavina Goleva
Lindsay Redman
Erica Tross
Rebecca Weiner

Staff

Faith Bishop
Barbara Hill
Tiffany Lawrence Givens
Kate Stuart
Jane Wright

The Graduate School

Stacey Satchell. Graduate Life Coach

University Counseling Center

Ciera V. Scott, Ph.D., HSP, Licensed Psychologist
Tamaki Silver, Psy.D., HSP, Licensed Psychologist