Ihrie Lab Summer 2021. Photo by Joe Howell
The lab and PI are committed to welcoming and supporting trainees of all genders, races, and groups. We strive to educate ourselves on topics of racial and social justice, to advocate for positive change, and to connect with those in our city and community who share our passion for science.
Rebecca Ihrie, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator. Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, and (by courtesy) Neurological Surgery
Pronouns: she/they
Asa Brockman
Program Manager
Pronouns: he/him/his
Moesha Parsons
Research Assistant
Laura Geben (Winalski)
Graduate Student, Training Program in Pharmacology
Vanderbilt Program in Molecular Medicine
Mary Bronwen Chalkley
Graduate Student, Cell & Developmental Biology and Program in Developmental Biology (comentored with Ess laboratory)
Vanderbilt Program in Molecular Medicine
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Jerome S. Arceneaux
MD/PhD Student, Meharry Medical College
National Vice President, 2021-2022 | Student National Medical Association
SNMA Student Trustee, 2020-2024
Todd Bartkowiak, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, K00 awardee (NCI, comentored with Irish Laboratory), Cell & Developmental Biology
Silky Chotai, M.D.
Resident, Vanderbilt Neurological Surgery
Bret C. Mobley, M.D.
Neuropathologist
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Rohit Khurana
Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Science
Jennifer Kong
Undergraduate Researcher, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Taylor McDonald
Undergraduate Researcher and MARC Scholar, Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, & Society
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Lab Alumni
Akshitkumar Mistry, M.D.
Neurosurgery Chief Resident, F32 awardee (NCI), SCRIPS awardee
Current position: Surgeon/scientist, University of Louisville
Julia Gallagher
Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience
Current position: Medical student
Rachel Mersfelder
Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, & Society
Current position: Medical student, Vanderbilt University
Rebecca (Becca) Embalabala
Research Assistant
Current position: IGP Graduate Student, Vanderbilt University
Justine Sinnaeve, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, Training Program in Developmental Biology and Cancer Biology Graduate Program
Current position: medical writer, Ashfield Healthcare Communications
Ethan Chervonski
Research Assistant I
Littlejohn Fellowship awardee, Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar, Founder’s Medalist, Class of 2019
Current position: medical student, NYU
Gabriella Ess
High School Researcher, School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt
2020 Valedictorian, Hume-Fogg High School
Current position: Undergraduate, Emory University
Gabrielle Rushing, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, Tumor Microenvironment T32 and Neuroscience Graduate Program, F31 awardee (NINDS), Clinical Neuroscience Scholar
Current position: Associate Director – Research, Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
Madelyn Bollig
Undergraduate Honors Researcher, Chancellor’s Scholar, Coca-Cola Scholar
Current Position: Medical student, Northwestern University
Sasha Israel
Undergraduate Researcher
Amanda Jurewicz
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences
Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar, Founder’s Medalist, Class of 2017
Current Position: Medical Student, NYU
Divya Dayanidhi
High School Researcher, School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt
2017 Salutatorian, MLK Jr. Magnet High School
Current Position: Undergraduate, Duke University
Elizabeth Gill
Undergraduate Researcher, Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy
Diego J. Aviles
Medical Student, Vanderbilt University and MMC-VICC-TSU Partnership Research Program
Current position: Resident in obstetrics and gynecology, Pennsylvania Hospital
Allison Morgan
Undergraduate Researcher
Current position: Medical student, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Eleanor Polikowsky
Undergraduate Researcher
Current position: MD / MPH student, Tulane University
Eric Yoon
Summer Undergraduate Researcher, Fulbright Scholar, S. Korea
Current position: Medical student, Emory
Caroline Roe
Research Assistant
Current position: Program Manager, Irish Lab@Vanderbilt and Mass Cytometry Center of Excellence
Susana Castro Pando
Student, Vanderbilt International Summer Research Academy and Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru
Current position: Graduate Student, UT / MD Anderson Cancer Center
Justin Evans, M.S., J.D.
Masters Student, Cancer Biology Program
Current Position: Clerk / Incoming Associate – Goldberg Segalla