Scientist and Staff Directory
Meet our Fralin Biomedical Research Institute faculty, staff, and students
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Hanaa Abdelazim , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Heather Adams , bioDirector of Executive Office Operations
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William Adams , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Oscar Alcoreza , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Bradley Anglin , bioAudiovisual Coordinator
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Madeline Arpin , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Naciye Atay , bioGraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
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Liqa N. Athamneh, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Alex Atwood , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Setareh Bagherzadeh , bioLab Manager
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Chandra Baker , bioResearch Project Associate
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Vansh Bansal , bioGraduate Student, Clinical Psychology, College of Science
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Kimberly Baskette , bioResearch Associate
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Laura Bateman , bioSenior Administrative Assistant
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Christopher Bateson , bioSenior Systems Engineer
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Seth R. Batten, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Mary Elizabeth Baugh, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D. , homeVirginia Tech Carilion Research Professor; Director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center and the Center for Transformative Research on Health Behaviors
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Shawna Bilton , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Grace Blair , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Kim Blair , bioAssistant Vice President of Advancement
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Leanna Blevins, Ph.D. , bioAssistant Vice President for Health Sciences Education
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Deborah Boles , bioFinancial Services Associate
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Allison Bouslog , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Brent Bowden , bioFaculty of Health Sciences Program Coordinator
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Jeremiah Brown , bioGraduate Student, Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
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Alyssa Brunal-Brown , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Anne Buhle , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Kelsey Burke , bioOccupational Therapist
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Logan Campbell , bioResearch Assistant
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Alec Carlson , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Gabriela Carrillo , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Cassandra Carrin , bioAssistant Director of Computational Psychiatry Operations
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Joshua Cash , bioJunior Systems Administrator
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Mikel Leann Cawley , bioResearch Assistant
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John C. Chappell, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor
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Krishnashis Chatterjee, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Lata Chaunsali , bioGraduate Student, Molecular and Cell Biology
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Debbie Checchio , bioOffice Assistant – Finance/HR
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Amy Chen , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Yang Chen , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Matt Chittum , bioCommunications and Web Manager
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Pearl Chiu, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor
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Kritika Chugh , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Kareem Clark, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Linda Collins , bioResearch and Administrative Coordinator, Center for Heart and Reparative Medicine Research
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Katrina Colucci-Chang , bioGraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering
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Sherri L. Cook , bioAssociate Vice President for Virginia Tech Health Sciences & Technology, Finance and Operations
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Will Craft , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Zhuoya Cui , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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John Curtis , bioProposal Development Specialist
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Madeline D'Aquila , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Stacie Deaver , bioResearch Assistant
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Katherine Degen, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Whitney DeLong , bioProgram Assistant
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Stephanie DeLuca, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor and Co-Director, Neuromotor Research Clinic
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Zehra Demir , bioGraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering
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Alyssa Dewyer , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Yazdi Doshi , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Cameron Draper , bioAudiovisual Coordinator
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Candice Dwyer , bioGraduate Student, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech
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George Franklin Edwards III , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Scott A. Efkeman , bioOperations Coordinator
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Amnah Eltahir , bioGraduate Student, School of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University
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Zachary Erwin, M.S. , bioResearch Associate
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Miguel Escalante, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Cora Carman Esparza , bioGraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
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Savieay Esparza , bioGraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
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Dawn Evans , bioExecutive Assistant to Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D.
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Hassan Farah , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Shannon Farris, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Shengchuang Feng , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Carla Finkielstein, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor and Director, Virginia Tech Molecular Diagnostics Lab
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Quentin S. Fischer, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Jessica Florig , bioMRI Research Technologist Lab Technician
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Michael Fox, Ph.D. , homeProfessor and Director, School of Neuroscience, College of Science
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Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. , homeVirginia Tech Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology and Executive Director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Brendan Fusco , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '20
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Sofia Rincon Gallardo, M.Sc. , bioGraduate Student, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise
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Kirstin Gatchalian , bioProgram Manager
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Kijana George , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Miranda Gerrard , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '21
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Robert Gibson , bioAssociate Director, Business Development, LINK
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Daniela Gil , bioResearch Assistant
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Brian Gilmore, M.S. , bioSenior Research Associate
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Sarah Glenn , bioAssociate Director of Facility Development & Technical Operations
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Alexandra Goslow , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Robert Gourdie, Ph.D. , homeProfessor and Director, Center for Heart and Reparative Medicine Research
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Collin Gregg , bioResearch Assistant
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Rebecca Guynn , bioTBMH Education Support Specialist
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Stephanie Hairston , bioResearch Participant Coordinator/Receptionist
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Jennifer Hammel , bioGraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
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Katie Hardin , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Caroline Harrop , bioResearch Assistant
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Jacob Hartman , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Benjamin Heithoff , bioGraduate Student, Biological Sciences, College of Science
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Jeffrey Henry , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech School of Medicine '20
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Jackie Hernandez , bioHuman Resources Generalist
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Daniel Hoagland, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Gregory S. Hoeker, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Jamie Holt , bioResearch Assistant
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Maruf Hoque , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Kimberly Horn, Ed.D. , homeResearch Professor
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Brittany Howell, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Leah Huang , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Chris Huck , bioResearch Assistant
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Amy Suzanne Huffman , bioResearch Financial Analyst
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Andrew Ickes , bioDirector of Development
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Hal Irvin, Ph.D. , bioAssociate Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology Outreach
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Iskander Ismailov, Ph.D., M.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Wataru Ito, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Jesse Janoski , bioGraduate Student, Biological Sciences, College of Science
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Bob Jentsch , bioDesktop Technician
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Jasmine Johnson , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Scott Johnstone, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Jane Jourdan , bioLab Manager
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Julia Julien , bioResearch Assistant
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Hodja Kalikulov, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Diana Keith, Ph.D. , bioSenior Research Associate
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Elina Kim , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Brooks King-Casas, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor
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Rebecca King , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Ryan King , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Susanna Kiss , bioLab Manager
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Jason Krisch , bioDirector of Information Technology
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Stephen M. LaConte, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor
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Leslie LaConte, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Marek Ladislav, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Dinesh Lal , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Ph.D. , homeProfessor and Director, Center for Neurobiology Research
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Samy Y. Lamouille, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Jacob Lee , bioResearch Programmer
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Mina Lee , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Duryea Leftwich , bioResearch Financial Analyst
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Roberta Freitas Lemos, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Yanping Liang , bioResearch Associate
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Jonathan Lisinski , bioResearch Associate
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Min Liu , bioResearch Assistant and Lab Manager
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Terry Lohrenz, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Yi Luo, Ph.D. , bioResearch Associate
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Robyn Lynch , bioReceptionist/Research Participant Coordinator
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Yamilet Macias-Orihuela , bioGraduate Student, Biomedical Systems Engineering
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Dzenis Mahmutovic , bioResearch Technician
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Jessie Mann , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Spencer Marsh, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Patsy Marshall , bioSenior Administrative Assistant, Addiction Recovery Research Center
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Magan Marshall , bioFinance Services Assistant
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Gerry Martin , bioSystems Administrator
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Joelle Martin , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Heather R. Mason , bioProposal Development Specialist
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Stephanie Masters , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Thomas Maynard, Ph.D. , bioResearch Associate Professor
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Katie McCurry, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Richard McLane , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Daniel Meechan, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Natalie Melville , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Clayton Metz , bioPhotographer/Videographer
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Tre' Mills , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Zuzana Mironovova M.Sc. , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Sandeep Mittal, M.D. , bioResearch Professor
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Read Montague, Ph.D. , homeThe Virginia Tech Carilion Vernon Mountcastle Research Professor and Director of the Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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Alexei Morozov, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Kelle Motsko , bioResearch Assistant
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Konark Mukherjee, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Carmen Muñoz Ballester, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Jenny Munson, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor
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Jeremy Myslowski , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Michelle Nace , bioCT Technologist
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Tien Nguyen , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '21
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Dana Nichols , bioProfessional Development Coordinator
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Kyle Nolan , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Michael North , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Morgan North , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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Mark Orloff , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Rachel Padget, M.Sc. , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Yuchin Albert Pan, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor and Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund Eminent Research Scholar in Developmental Neuroscience
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Katy Pannoni, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Joun Park, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Sarah Henrickson Parker, Ph.D. , homeResearch Associate Professor
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John Pastor , bioDirector of Communications
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Dipankumar Patel, Ph.D. , bioResearch Scientist
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Paras Patel , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Laura Beth Payne, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Taryn Pelletier , bioHealth Sciences Program Coordinator
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Duy Phan , bioSenior Project Associate
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Alexandria Pilot, MPA , bioProgram and Administrative Coordinator, Center for Neurobiology Research
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Sam Plant , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '21
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Dustin Pluta, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Steven Poelzing, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor
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Megan Price , bioOccupational Therapist
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Kevin Pridham, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Danny Purcell , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '24
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Logan Quesenbery , bioDevelopment Associate
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Meredith Rahman , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '21
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Jenny Raines, Ph.D. , bioLab Manager
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Craig Ramey, Ph.D. , homeResearch Professor and Distinguished Research Scholar
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Sharon Landesman Ramey, Ph.D. , homeResearch Professor and Distinguished Research Scholar
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William Reis , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Stefanie Robel, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Abra Roberts , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Monet Roberts, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Mercedes Robinson , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '20
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Ubadah Sabbagh , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Chris Sayre , bioSystems Administrator
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Rebekah Sayre , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Mary Lou Schwarzer , bioResearch Associate
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Oleksii Shandra, Ph.D. , bioSenior Research Scientist
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Zhi Sheng, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Eunkyung Lucy Shin, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Sora Shin, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Michael Shlossman , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '21
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Ellen Shrontz , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Whitney Slightham , bioAssistant Director of Communications
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Carolina Smales , bioResearch Associate
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James Smyth, Ph.D. , homeAssociate Professor
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Hailey Snyder , bioResearch Assistant
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Rachana Deven Somaiya , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Inuk Song , bioGraduate Student
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Ye-Lim Lim , bioGraduate Student, Department of Psychology, College of Science
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Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D. , homeProfessor and Commonwealth Eminent Scholar in Cancer Research
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Aryo Sorayya , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Vaishnavi Sridhar , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '21
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Sarika Srivastava, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Lynn Stanwyck , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Jeff Stein, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Pamela Stell , bioSenior Human Resources Manager
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Randy Strauss , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Allison Strauss , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Megan Stuart, MPH , bioResearch Associate
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Carleigh Studtmann , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Jianmin Su, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Aileen Suarez , bioGraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
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Natalia Sutherland , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Sharon Swanger, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Nathan Swift , bioResearch Technician
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Kian Tehranchi , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '21
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Bhanu P. Tewari, Ph.D. , bioResearch Assistant Professor
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Devin Tomlinson , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Mackenzie Topolski , bioLab Manager
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Andrew Trent , bioCompliance Officer
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Mary Rebekah Trucks , bioSenior Occupational Therapist
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Jamie Turner , bioResearch Coordinator
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MacKenzie Tyree , bioTBMH Graduate Program Coordinator - Recruitment
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Robyn Umans, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Chukwuemeka Uwakaneme , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Veronica van Montfrans, Ph.D. , bioAssociate Director of TBMH Program Research Assistant Professor
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Troy Volanth , bioLaboratory Technician
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Dory Wallace , bioSenior Occupational Therapist
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John Wang, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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Thomas Wertalik , bioFacility Manager
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Kaylyn Wertz , bioNeuroimaging Research Technologist
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Christina Wheeler , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Jason White , bioSenior Research Associate
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Sarah Whitt , bioDirector of Sponsored Research
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Caroline Willi , bioLab Manager and Research Coordinator
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Trina Williams , bioOffice Assistant
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Zachary Williams , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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AnnaLin Woo , bioGraduate Student, Molecular and Cellular Biology
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Dawn Wright , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '22
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Xiaobo Wu , bioGraduate, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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In-Jee You , bioResearch Associate
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Kenneth Young , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Vivian Zagarese , bioGraduate Student, Psychology
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Michael Zeitz, Ph.D. , bioResearch Scientist
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Alexander Zhang , bioMedical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '23
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Xianlin Zou , bioGraduate Student, Biological Sciences, College of Science
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Ivan Zuidhoeck , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health