*under-represented minorities
Postdocs
Hwei-Jan Hsu
Postdoc, 2006-2010
Associate Research Fellow & Deputy Director, Institute of Cellular and Organism Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
XiaoQian Hu
Postdoc, 2009-2010
*Alissa Armstrong
Postdoc, 2011-2016
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of South Carolina
*Lesley Weaver
Postdoc, 2014-2020
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Indiana University Bloomington
PhD students
Leesa L. Sampson (née LaFever)
PhD student, 2007-2010
Associate Director, Vanderbilt Genome Editing Resource, Vanderbilt University
Kate Laws
PhD student, 2011-2016
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Randolph-Macon College (starting 9/2022)
Tianlu Ma
PhD student, 2016-2020
Science Policy Analyst, Office of Autism Research Coordination, Department of Health & Human Services
Master’s students
Min-Young Kim
ScM student, 2009-2011
Biotechnology Affairs & Registration Specialist, Pioneer, DuPont, Inc., Korea
Grace Hwang
ScM student, 2011-2012
Postdoctoral fellow in Rosalind Segal’s laboratory, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Shaina Palmere
ScM student, 6/2012-3/2013
Ken Ning
MHS. student, 2020-2021
Duotian Qin
MHS student, 2021-2022
Jahnavi Shubhendu Gupta
MHS student, 2021-2022
ScM student, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Undergraduate trainees
Emily Benesh (née Cross)
Vanderbilt Summer Academy student, 2005
Engagement Manager, Cerner Corporation
Vicente Kenyi Saito Diaz
Visiting undergraduate student (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru), 2008
Postdoc, Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Georgia
*Obinna Ofoche
Undergraduate summer student (University of Maryland College Park), 2010
Physician, Internal Medicine, James J. Petters Veterans Affairs Medical Center
*Brianda Montelongo
NIDDK STEP-UP summer student, 2011
Soo-Ah Park
Visiting undergraduate student (Towson University), 2013-2014
Paige Marsh
Undergraduate student, 2013
Aline Dantas
Summer undergraduate student, “Ciência sem Fronteiras”/Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, 2015
Ondina Palmeira
Visiting undergraduate student, “Ciência sem Fronteiras”/Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, 2015-2016
Eden Sheinin
Undergraduate student, 2019-2020
High school students
Uyen Pham (Hillwood High School, Nashville, TN)
Vanderbilt School for Science and Math student, 2007
Hala Zein-Sabatto (Hillwood High School, Nashville, TN)
Vanderbilt School for Science and Math student, 2008
FIRST Postdoctoral fellow, Emory University School of Medicine