Completed his medical degree in April 2019 from Florida International University. He is a Radiation Oncology Physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Sam is pursuing a Master’s degree (completed his postdoc fellowship in DBMI in 2024). 

Parker is a Franklin, TN native who completed his B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia and his Doctor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is currently a General Surgery resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with plans to pursue fellowship in Pediatric Surgery. Parker is interested in biomedical and clinical informatics with the goals of furthering surgical research in children and improving the perioperative work environment. (Completed DBMI postdoc fellowship in 2024). 

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.