Principal Investigator
Chair, MDS/MPN International Working Group
Head, Hematology, Cellular Therapy and Stem Cell Transplantation
Beverly and George Rawlings Directorship in Hematology Research
Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology
Lab Manager

Agnes Gorska, MSc
Lab Manager
Senior Laboratory Scientist
Research Faculty

Melissa A. Fischer, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Haley Ramsey, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Research Fellows

Andrew Monteith, PhD
Vanderbilt-Incyte Research Alliance Fellow

Brianna N. Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Cancer Biology

Travis P. Spaulding, MD
Clinical Fellow, Department of Medicine
Residents

Kelly Pugh, MD
Resident, Department of Medicine
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Christina Snider, MD
Resident
Internal Medicine Resident, Harrison Society Fellow, Department of Medicine
Medical Students

Sarah Cook
VU Med Student

MSTP Student
Students

Donavan Brown, BS
Lovell Family Post-Baccalaureate Fellow

Sarah Olmstead
Summer MSTP Student

Jack Watke
Research Intern
Staff

Senior Laboratory Scientist

Research Assistant and Veterinary Technician
Former Lab Members
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Medicine Resident, Mt. Sinai Hospital

Merrida Childress, PhD
Clinical Genomics Scientist at Foundation Medicine Inc
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Faculty, Levine Medical Center

Andrew Sochacki, MD
Leader of Hematology Phase I at Cancer & Hematology Center of W. Michigan

Hematology Oncology Fellow Harrison Society, VUMC