Current Lab Members:
Ben "Tally" Ho Park, MD, PhD - Director, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Formerly, the Donna S. Hall Chair in Breast Cancer, formerly the Cornelius Abernathy Craig Chair in Medicine, now the Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr. Chair in Oncology, Lab Director, Komen SAB member, BCRF SAB member
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Marc "of the Covenant" Rosen - Research Specialist (Denmeade Lab)
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Sarah "Get a book and" Reed - MSTP Student |
Riley "Coyote" Bergman - MSTP Student
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- Kristen "I dream of Jeanie with the light brown" Harris - Medical student
Bryce "Bryce Baby" Thomas, Graduate Student
James "The Yin and the" Yang, Intern at VUMC
Ayanna "lot when I'm sleepy" Desai, Undergraduate
Zabrina "Although I can speak formally, I
prefer to use s" Lang, Graduate student
prefer to use s" Lang, Graduate student
Kaelyn "dar year" Allen, Graduate student
William "Proceed with Cau-" Shin, Medical student
Nikhil "and dime" Deshmukh - Research Assistant
Kate "acholamine" Crist - Research Assistant
Ainsley "bananas" Foster - Research Assistant
Monique Armelle Z "What's up" Dacanay - VERTICAL PostBacc Fellow
Ben "there, done that; and don't ask me how, ask me" Wilander - PostDoc Fellow
Past Lab Members
Ella "phant in the room" Mogannam - High school
student
student
Alex "Atomic #5 is the element" Bowron, Visiting Medical Student
Christin "It's locked, but I have the" Keeton- VERTICAL postbacc fellow. Christin will be applying to medical schools this year. Thanks Christin for a great 2 years in the Park Lab!
Ethan "Crazy like a" Fox - Research Assistant. Ethan will be attending medical school at UT! (Tennessee) Congrats Ethan!
Mayan "-dying support for research includes dressing like a cow to raise funds" Rashid, summer highschool student. Mayan will be finishing her highschool years and applying to colleges soon. Good luck Mayan!
Nika "lodean" Chokoshvili, Visiting medical student from Georgia (the country not the state!). Nika will graduate next month and apply for residencies in the states. Hope he matches at VUMC!
Vani "lla wafers" Arora, Research Assistant, Medical Student at UMaryland!
Lauren "Hee" Ha, Research Assistant, Duke Medical student!
Eshani "Facebook is now" Mehta - Eshani is now applying to med schools.
Priscilla "Don't look" Baek - Undergraduate; Priscilla is applying to medschool this upcoming year!
Tessa "Lon Perles" Chomsky, High school summer student, Tessa will be attending Williams College. Congrats Tessa!
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Sam "ple-size" Massick, undergraduate summer student; lost to follow up
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Brad "ass" Davidson - Graduate Student
Brad is now working for the AACR! Congrats Brad!
Brad is now working for the AACR! Congrats Brad!
Justin "breaking news" Kemp - Research Specialist
Justin is now a medical student at Weill/Cornell! Congrats Justin!
Justin is now a medical student at Weill/Cornell! Congrats Justin!
Adam "Smasher" Miranda - Graduate Student
Adam is now working at NIH! Congrats Adam!
Adam is now working at NIH! Congrats Adam!
Annalise "on life" Miller- Research Assistant
Annalise is now medical student at Medical College of Georgia! Congrats Annalise!
Dixon "open the" Dorand, MD, PhD - Heme/Onc Fellow
Dixon is now an Oncologist with Tennessee Oncology. Congrats Dixon!
Dixon is now an Oncologist with Tennessee Oncology. Congrats Dixon!
Donna "Gosh" Dang, PhD - Donna is now in Philly working for the Pew Charitable Trust as a Principal Associate! Congrats Donna!
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Steve "I can't sleep without my C-" Papke; Research Assistant (and cute baby Logan!)
Steve is now in PA school! Congrats Steve! |
Joshua "I like my meat really well" Donaldson, MD, PhD.
Josh is now at the FDA! Congrats Josh!
Josh is now at the FDA! Congrats Josh!
Anvith "I'm am so" Reddy - MSTP Roton; Anvith is finishing up his MD, PhD program at VU
Alden "stick a fork in me, I'm" Dunham - Medical Student (University of South Florida). Alden (or AJ), will be an internal medicine resident a U.Colorado. Congrats AJ!
Samantha "you don't" Seibert - Medical Student (Meharry Medical College). Samantha is a family medicine resident at Atrium Health. Congrats Samantha!
Nathaniel "I'll be" Baek, Vanderbilt Undergraduate. Nathaniel will be attending medical school this fall at Loyala University! Congrats Nathaniel
Adrianna "Cost" Kowblansky, Research Specialist. Adrianna will be attending George Washington Medical School! Congrats Adrianna!
Rahul "I'm not into D'Ramaswamy, Medical Student. Rahul has graduated and will be an Intern in Internal Medicine at Washington University. Congrats Rahul!
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Alexandra "you da" Manoni - Research Specialist. Alexandra will entering Temple Medical School in the Fall! Congrats Alexandra! |
Morgan "Stanley" Pantone- Research Specialist. Morgan is now a Graduate Student at UMiami! Congrats Morgan! (or condolences)
Swathi "Mario" Karthikeyan
Graduate Student,
Swathi is now a Senior Scientist at Retro Biosciences
Graduate Student,
Swathi is now a Senior Scientist at Retro Biosciences
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Xiaopeng "Don't stare at the" Sun, Graduate Student Roton, Xiaopeng just defended his PhD in the Balko lab. Congrats XP!
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Jenna "if you can I" Canzoniero, M.D., M.S. - Faculty member at Johns Hopkins! Congrats Jenna! (or condolences?)
Dong Ho "larious" Shin - Research Technician; Dong Ho graduated from medical school at UCLA and is now an anesthesiology resident at Cornell!
Kori "ander" Porosnicu Rodriguez - Medical Student
Kori is finished med school at Hopkins and is now a neurology resident at Hopkins!
Kori is finished med school at Hopkins and is now a neurology resident at Hopkins!
Nick "name" Mai- Medical Student
Nick is an Oncology Fellow and now Faculty at MSK!
Nick is an Oncology Fellow and now Faculty at MSK!
Fatima "and pa" Bouftas JHU Undergrad; Fatima is now a medical student at Pritzker at the University of Chicago!
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Berry "Belly" Button, Ph.D. - CMM Graduate Student
Berry is now living the life with Remy (and Trent) back in Arizona. Congrats Berry!
Berry is now living the life with Remy (and Trent) back in Arizona. Congrats Berry!
Kelly "do you want to build a" Kyker-Snowman, Ph.D. - CMM Graduate Student
Kelly is now a faculty member at Rutgers! Congrats Kelly!
Kelly is now a faculty member at Rutgers! Congrats Kelly!
Tasha "Attila the" Hunter, MD
Oncology Fellow
Tasha is now a faculty member at the University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Congrats Tasha!
Oncology Fellow
Tasha is now a faculty member at the University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Congrats Tasha!
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Lauren "I like the Grand Slam breakfast at" Dennison
Graduate Student Lauren is now Senior Associate, Portfolio Strategy at Paragon Therapeutics! Congrats Lauren! |
Dan "cing with myself" Shinn, Research Technician
Dan was a student at Weil School of Medicine, Cornell University, and is now an orthopedic surgery resident at Rush University!
Congrats Dan!
Dan was a student at Weil School of Medicine, Cornell University, and is now an orthopedic surgery resident at Rush University!
Congrats Dan!
Karen "Cray" Cravero, Ph.D. - CMM Graduate Student. Karen is now a dermatology resident at Thomsas Jefferson! Congrats Karen!!
Alex "Radi" Cole - Alex was a medical student at University of Miami, and now a family medicine resident at Memorial. Congrats Alex!!
Brian "kilo" Dalton, MD, PhD - Instructor in Oncology. Brian is now on Faculty at Hopkins within the Division of Heme Malignancies. Congrats!
David "big league" Chu, Ph.D.- 2020
Bracha "one or two" Avigdor, Ph.D. - Bracha is now a postdoc at Johns Hopkins. Congrats Bracha!
Hannah "K-r" Asghari, MD Resident
Hannah was a Medical Oncology Fellow at Moffit Cancer Center, and is now a faculty member in Medical Oncology at City of Hope!
Congrats Hannah!!
Hannah was a Medical Oncology Fellow at Moffit Cancer Center, and is now a faculty member in Medical Oncology at City of Hope!
Congrats Hannah!!
Taylor "made" Groginski, Research Technician
Taylor is now a cardiology fellow at UF Jacksonville!
Congrats Taylor!
Taylor is now a cardiology fellow at UF Jacksonville!
Congrats Taylor!
Dan "piz" Zabransky - MD/PhD
Dan is now faculty at Johns Hopkins!
Congrats Dan (or condolences)
Dan is now faculty at Johns Hopkins!
Congrats Dan (or condolences)
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Thomas
"take it on the" Chen, Pharm D, MD Tom is now a faculty member at U Chicago! |
Riaz "el Dazzle" Gallani, M.D.
Riaz is now a faculty member at Boston Childrens Hospital/Broad.
Riaz is now a faculty member at Boston Childrens Hospital/Broad.
Patricia "festi" Valda Toro
Patricia is now a pulmonary fellow at Penn! Congrats Patricia!
Patricia is now a pulmonary fellow at Penn! Congrats Patricia!
Austin "Powers" Mattox, Medical/Graduate student Roton
Austin is now an ENT resident at Yale! 
Heather "missing" Parsons, MD, MPH - Heather is now a faculty member at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute but soon to be head of breast cancer at Fred Hutch/UWash!
Janelle "Brokeback" Montagne
Rotating Pathobiology Student, Janelle is now a postdoc at Hopkins! |
Justin "case, you better leave ear" Lee - Research Tech, Justin completed his MD,PhD at UCLA, and is now a radiology resident at UCLA!
Hong Yuen "am I right or am I" Wong, PhD - Graduate student, Now, Research Assistant Professor, Hurley Lab, VUMC
Arielle "club" Medford - MD Student
Faculty, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Faculty, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Nivi "clam" Chowdhury
Rotating Pathobiology Student
Nivi is now working in biotech!
Rotating Pathobiology Student
Nivi is now working in biotech!
Alessandro "AL" Leal, MD, Rotating CMM Graduate Student
Alex is now a Heme/Onc Fellow at NYU!
Alex is now a Heme/Onc Fellow at NYU!
Gio "thermal" Cragnotti
- Research Technician
Gio was a medical student at
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and is now a physician at the Cleveland Clinic! Congrats Gio!
- Research Technician
Gio was a medical student at
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and is now a physician at the Cleveland Clinic! Congrats Gio!
Eric "sister" Christenson - Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Cancer Center. Congrats Eric!
Ian "Testing the" Waters - Graduate Student
Ian is now a medicine resident at UMich! Congrats Ian!
Ian is now a medicine resident at UMich! Congrats Ian!
