© The Calkins Laboratory † Dr. David J. Calkins, Ph.D. † Dept. Of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences † Vanderbilt University School of Medicine †

Tracey Hong M.D, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2009-2013)

M.S. Management Science and Engineering with a concentration in Health Systems Monitoring, Stanford University School of Engineering

Ruben Banalagay, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2008-2010)

Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University

Jason Dapper Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow (2009-2012)

Research Lab Specialist, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Memphis Tennessee

Carl Weitlauf Ph.D., Staff Scientist (2011-2015)

Instructor, Biology, Math, and Natural Sciences, Nashville State Community College

Ph.D. Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University

B.S. Psychobiology and Liberal Arts Chemistry, University of Evansville

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Epilepsy Division of Neurology, Vanderbilt University

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Medical Center of South Carolina

Nicholas Ward Ph.D., Graduate Student (2011-2014)

Ph.D. Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University

Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychological sciences, Vanderbilt University

B.S. Biological Sciences, Notre Dame University

Karen Ho Ph.D., Graduate Student (2009-2014)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences,University of Rhode Island

Ph.D. Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University

B.S. Biology, Boston University

Allison Umfress M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Class of 2016

Ophthalmology Resident, VUMC, Surgery-Preliminary; Ophthalmology

Tina Tian, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2009-2013)

Samuel Crish II Ph.D., Staff Scientist (2008-2010)

Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Universities College of Pharmacy (2010-present)

Grace Shih, M.D., Medical Emphasis Student (2009-2012)

Ophthalmology resident at the University of Southern California Eye Institute

Sarah MacNamee Ph.D., Undergraduate Research Assistant (2008-2010)

Neuroscientist Sales Professional Research Solutions & Biotechnology Inscopix, Inc

B.A. In Neuroscience at Vanderbilt University

Matt Whitfield Ph.D., Undergraduate Research Assistant (2004-2006)

Senior Software Engineer, Moderna Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA

Tatiana Sidorova, Staff scientist (2006-2011)

Staff scientist (pharmacology) in the Murray Lab, Department of medicine, Vanderbilt University

Cherie Fathy M.D./M.P.H, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2011)

Transitional Year Intern, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Brockton Signature Hospital

Kelsey Karas, Research Assistant (2015-2016)

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2013-2015)

B.A. Psychology, Vanderbilt University

M.A. Clinical Counseling, William James College, Class of 2018

Julie Koh Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow (2005-2007)

Director Corporate and Foundation Relations at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Daniel Long M.D., Medical Emphasis Student (2004-2006)

Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt, Division of Anatomic Pathology

Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Rebecca Sappington Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2008)

Associate Professor, Vanderbilt Eye Institute

Victoria Vest, Research Assistant (2016-2019)

Pursuing Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University

Karis D’Allesandro, Research Assistant (2018-2019)

Pursuing Ph.D. in Neurobiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Vincent Yao, Research Assistant (2018-2019)

Vanderbilt IGP Graduate Student 2020

Melissa Cooper, Graduate Student (2014-2019)

Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU Langone Health

Rohini Chakravarthy M.D., Undergradute Research Assistant

Vanderbilt School of Medicine Class of 2020

Internal Medicine/Urban Health Residency, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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