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Vanderbilt Exploratory Research Center

Director

Angela L. Jefferson,
PhD

Director

Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center

Faculty

Lealani Y. Acosta,
MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Neurology

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Kimberly M. Albert,
PhD

Instructor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Donald J. Alcendor,
PhD

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

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Derek B. Archer,
PhD

Instructor of Neurology

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Jennifer 'Piper' E. Below,
PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Richard M. Breyer,
PhD

Professor of Medicine

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Ricardo F. Capone,
PhD

Instructor of Biochemistry

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Bruce D. Carter,
PhD

Professor of Biochemistry

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Catherine E. Chang,
PhD

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Daniel O. Claassen,
MD, MS

Associate Professor of Neurology

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Tameka A. Clemons,
PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology

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Alexander C. Conley,
PhD

Instructor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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P. Jeffrey Conn,
PhD

Professor of Pharmacology

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Christos Constantinidis,
PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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Nancy J. Cox,
PhD

Professor of Medicine

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R. Ryan Darby,
MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

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L. Taylor Davis,
MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

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Manus J. Donahue,
PhD

Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

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Laura L. Dugan,
MD

Professor of Medicine

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Logan Dumitrescu,
MS, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

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E. Wes Ely,
MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

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Katherine A. Gifford,
PsyD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

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Tracey L. Goddard,
MSN, APRN

Assistant in Neurology

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Daniel E. Gustavson,
PhD

Instructor of Medicine

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Jin H. Han,
MD, MSC

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

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Fiona E. Harrison,
PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Alyssa H. Hasty,
PhD

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

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Timothy J. Hohman,
PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology

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Chris G. Hughes,
MD, MS

Professor of Anesthesiology

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Carrie K. Jones,
PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

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Laura M. Keohane,
PhD

Assistant Professor of Health Policy

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Howard S. Kirshner,
MD

Professor of Neurology

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Bennett A. Landman,
PhD

Professor of Electrical Engineering

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Victor J. Legner,
MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Craig W. Lindsley,
PhD

Professor of Pharmacology

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Ethan S. Lippmann,
PhD

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Dandan Liu,
PhD

Associate Professor of Biostatistics

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Jason A. MacGurn,
PhD

Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

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Paul A. Newhouse,
MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Mayur B. Patel,
MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery

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Wellington Pham,
PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

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Renã A. S. Robinson,
PhD

Associate Professor of Chemistry

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Jerri M. Rook,
PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

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Charles R. Sanders,
PhD

Professor of Biochemistry

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Matthew S. Schrag,
MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

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Anil Shanker,
PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology

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Akiko Shimamoto,
MS, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology

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Sepideh Shokouhi,
PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Sandra F. Simmons,
PhD

Professor of Medicine

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Sarah M. Szymkowicz,
PhD

Research Instructor in Psychiatry

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Warren D. Taylor,
MD, MHSc

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Consuelo H. Wilkins,
MD, MSCI

Professor of Medicine

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Danxia Yu,
PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Chengwen Zhou,
PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

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Staff

Sope Adeleye,
B.A.

Research Coordinator

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Humza Ahmed,
B.S.

Neuroimaging Analyst

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Maddy Berkowitz-Cerasano,
B.A.

Research Coordinator

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Samantha Brown,
B.S.

Research Coordinator

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Paige Crepezzi,
BSN, RN IV

Research Nurse Specialist

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Natalie Givens,
B.S.

Research Coordinator

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Avery Haller,
MPH

Program Manager

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Shania Hansen,
B.S.

Statistical Genetic Analyst

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Samantha Huffaker,
MS, PhD

Senior Program Manager

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Michelle Houston,
MA

Program Manager

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Vaibhav Janve,
PhD

Staff Scientist

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Varuna Jasodanand,
B.A.

Neuroimaging Analyst
Emily Mahoney,
B.S.

Neuroimaging Analyst

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Sameeksha Malhotra,
B.A.

Research Coordinator

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Shannon Mercado,
B.A.

Program Manager

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Kimberly Pechman,
PhD

Staff Scientist

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Jordan Rahm,
B.A.

Research Coordinator

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Natalie Rieschick,
B.A.

Senior Administrative Assistant

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Niranjana Shashikumar,
MS

Neuroimaging Analyst

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Heather Spilburg,
MEd

Program Manager

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Alexis Smith,
B.S.

Statistical Genetics Analyst

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Marilyn Steinbach,
B.S.

Research Coordinator

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Benjamin Sweely,
MS

Neuroimaging Analyst

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Shelbie Wenner,
B.S.

Research Coordinator

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Trainees

Jorge Bahena,
PhD

PhD Student

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Corey Bown,

PhD Student

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Corey Bolton,
PsyD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Francis Cambronero,

PhD Student

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Jackie Eissman,

PhD Student

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Elizabeth Moore,

MD/PhD Student

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Huddson Robb,

PhD Student
Mabel Seto,

PhD Student

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Rebecca Weiner,

PhD Student

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Lexi Yates,

PhD Student

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