Freida Bolstein, MD, PhD joined the Davis and Cox Labs as a postdoctoral fellow supported on the Vanderbilt Genomic Medicine Training Program. She received a PhD and MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Evolutionary Anthropology from the University of Michigan. Freida’s doctoral research focused on creating biomarkers for the causal chain – susceptibility, exposure, and disease – using omics data in longitudinal, epidemiological cohorts. She is especially interested in gene-environment interactions in multifactorial diseases.

Website: freidablostein.com

Michele LeNoue-Newton received her PhD in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University in 2015 and then joined the Precision Oncology team within the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC).  She has spent the last 6 years at VUMC serving as project manager and clinical data manager on large collaborative data sharing initiatives within VICC and as site project coordinator for several retrospective clinical research studies. In addition, she has worked on precision medicine knowledgebase development, clinical decision support tools, and data harmonization efforts within the oncology space. She joined the CIPHI team as a Research Program Manager in January of 2023. 

Yelena Cox, MBA, previously worked for over six years in medical research, both on the clinical and regulatory side, before making the switch to application development. She currently works as an Application Developer under Dr. Robert Carroll in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at VUMC. She holds the Certified Professional in IACUC Administration (CPIA) credential. 

Matthew Russell Martino joined the Department of Biomedical Informatics at VUMC in February 2023. He provides operational support of VUMC research projects and development of the VA OMOP CDM (with DBMI's Center for Improving the Public's Health through Informatics team).

Previously, he worked at the Nashville Zoo for the last decade. During his time there, he was head of the Haitian Giant Galliwasp (Celestus warreni) SSP program acting as studbook keeper, population manager, and caretaker of the 300 animals. He published the first and second edition of the studbook for this species and used the data compiled in the studbooks to maintain long-term genetic diversity amongst the population. He also successfully bred and reintroduced the Tennessee native and state endangered Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri). 

He received his BS degree in Zoology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.