Our Team

Core Faculty

Digna Velez Edwards, PhD, MS

Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Director

Division of Quantitative Sciences (OB/GYN)

Director

Center for Women's Health Research

digna.r.velez.edwards@vanderbilt.edu
Todd Edwards, MS, PhD

Associate Professor

Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute

Director of Graduate Studies

Human Genetics PhD Program

todd.l.edwards@vumc.org

Staff

Sarah H Jones, MPH, CCRP

Senior Population/Public Health Manager

Institute for Medicine & Public Health, Epidemiology

sarah.h.jones@vumc.org
Caytie Gascoigne, MPH, CHES

Associate Population Public Health Manager

Center for Women's Health Research, Institute for Public Health & Medicine
James Jaworski, MPH

Statistical Genetic Analyst

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab
Salisha Marryshow Batson, MPH

Population Public Health Manager

Institute for Public Health & Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellows & Students

Gabrielle Hampton, MS

PhD Candidate

Human Genetics

Trainee

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab
Alexis Akerele, MS

PhD Candidate

Human Genetics

Trainee

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab
Katie Greene

PhD Candidate

Human Genetics

Trainee

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab
Alyssa Parker, BS

PhD Candidate

Human Genetics

Trainee

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab
Jeewoo Kim, BA

MD/PhD Candidate

Obstetrics and Gynecology, Human Genetics

Trainee

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab
Hannah Seagle, BS

PhD Candidate

Human Genetics Program

Trainee

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab
Christopher Otieno, MPH

PhD Candidate

Epidemiology Program

Trainee

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab
Harris Bland, MPH, MBA

Sr. Project Manager

Biomedical Informatics

PhD Candidate

Human Genetics

Trainee

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab
Toni Lewis, MS

PhD Candidate

FIGOR Scholar, Genetic Counseling

Trainee

Velez Edwards & Edwards Lab

Former Lab Members

Ayush Giri, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

ayush.giri@vanderbilt.edu
Michael Joseph Bray, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Washington University

mbray@wustl.edu
Kara Michels, PhD

Research Fellow

National Cancer Institue

kara.michels@gmail.com
Sudeshna Mukherjee, PhD

Public Health Analyst

Performance Measure and Evaluation Branch National Center for Health Workforce Analysis Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration

Sudeshna.mukherjee@gmail.com
Jacklyn N Hellwege, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

jacklyn.hellwege@vumc.org
Alexandra Sundermann, MD, PhD

OBGYN Resident

Duke University Health System, MD, PhD Epidemiology

alex.sundermann@Vanderbilt.Edu
Jacob M Keaton, PhD

Research Fellow

Division of Epidemiology

jacob.keaton@vanderbilt.edu
Kathy (Sifang) Zhao, MPH

Graduate Student

Epidemiology

sifang.zhao@vanderbilt.edu
Brian Mautz, PhD

Research Fellow

Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology

brian.mautz@vumc.org
Joe Breeyear, PhD

PhD Graduate

Human Genetics

Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellow
Jacqueline Piekos, PhD

PhD Graduate

Human Genetics