Members

Ihrie Lab. Photos by Joe Howell

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.

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Rebecca Ihrie, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator. Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, and (by courtesy) Neurological Surgery

Pronouns: she/they

rebecca.ihrie@vanderbilt.edu

Asa Brockman

Program Manager

Pronouns: he/him/his

 

 

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Research Assistant

 

 

 

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Graduate Student, Training Program in Pharmacology

Vanderbilt Program in Molecular Medicine 

 

 

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Graduate Student, Cell & Developmental Biology and Program in Developmental Biology (comentored with Ess laboratory)

Vanderbilt Program in Molecular Medicine 

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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MD/PhD Student, Meharry Medical College

National Vice President, 2021-2022 | Student National Medical Association

SNMA Student Trustee, 2020-2024 

 

Bartkowiak_Todd sq cropTodd Bartkowiak, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, K00 awardee (NCI, comentored with Irish Laboratory), Cell & Developmental Biology

 

 

 

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Silky Chotai, M.D.

Resident, Vanderbilt Neurological Surgery

 

 

 

Bret headshotBret C. Mobley, M.D.

Neuropathologist

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

 

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Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Science

 

 

 

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Undergraduate Researcher, Molecular and Cellular Biology

 

 

 

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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

 

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Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience

Current position: Medical student

 

 

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Rachel Mersfelder

Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, & Society

Current position: Medical student, Vanderbilt University

 

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Research Assistant 

Current position: IGP Graduate Student, Vanderbilt University

 

 

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Graduate Student, Training Program in Developmental Biology and Cancer Biology Graduate Program

Clinical Neuroscience Scholar

Current position: medical writer, Ashfield Healthcare Communications

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Research Assistant I 

Littlejohn Fellowship awardee, Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar, Founder’s Medalist, Class of 2019

Current position: medical student, NYU

 

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Gabriella Ess

High School Researcher, School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt

2020 Valedictorian, Hume-Fogg High School

Current position: Undergraduate, Emory University

 

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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

 

7-23-2018 - Photos of Amanda Blythe, a student in the Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy, with her mentor, Rebecca Ihrie, PhD, assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, in Ihrie's lab at 761 Preston Research Building. (Vanderbilt University / Steve Green)

Madelyn Bollig

Undergraduate Honors Researcher, Chancellor’s Scholar, Coca-Cola Scholar

Current Position: Medical student, Northwestern University

 

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Undergraduate Researcher

 

 

 

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Amanda Jurewicz

Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences

Cornelius Vanderbilt ScholarFounder’s Medalist, Class of 2017

Current Position: Medical Student, NYU

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Divya Dayanidhi

High School Researcher, School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt

2017 Salutatorian, MLK Jr. Magnet High School

Current Position: Undergraduate, Duke University

 

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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

 

 

2018-01-Caroline-Roe-photo-v1-smallCaroline 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