Creea Shannon completed her Master of Science degree in Data Science in May 2021 from Lipscomb University. She served as an intern for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy team. Her work helped ensure that clean energy transition improves health outcomes for vulnerable populations. 

As a STEM and health advocate, she has research interests in HIV and the prevention and treatment of diseases that are prevalent in underserved communities.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/creeashannon/

https://voice.vumc.org/grad-student-creea-shannon-seeks-to-inspire-youn…

Completed his Master of Science degree in Genome Science and Technology in January 2020. David is a Statistical Analyst in the Department of Biomedical Informatics. He is pursuing a Master’s degree.

Dr. Heimlich is a VGM postdoctoral fellow in DBMI’s CPM and a cardiovascular medicine fellow. He is also a member of the Harrison Society, VUMC’s physician-scientist training program. He is originally from Alpharetta, Georgia and completed his MD and PhD Training at the Medical College of Georgia prior to studying Medicine and Cardiology at VUMC. 

Brett joined Alex Bick’s lab in July 2022 and his work has focused on somatic mosaicism as it relates to cardiovascular diseases. He has been utilizing single cell sequencing techniques in combination with additional methods to gain novel insight into clonal populations of peripheral blood cells that may uniquely contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease. 

Chris Guardo (he/him) received his Bachelor of Science in mathematics and statistics from Belmont University (May 2022). Chris is a part-time student pursuing a master's degree and is an Associate Statistical Analyst in Wei-Qi Wei's lab.