Our Team

Faculty

Jessica Blackburn, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine

Michael Lester, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine

Vasiliy Polosukhin, MD, PhD

Research Professor of Medicine

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine

Bradley Richmond, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine

Staff

Katrina Douglas, BA

Tiffany Tufenkjian, MS

Savannah Gregory, LPN

Amy Mullican, RN

Trainees

Current Trainees

• Amelia Goodfellow, MD (clinical fellow)

• Kyle Lira, PhD (postdoctoral fellow)         

• Dana Aziz (VU undergraduate student)         

• Abir Shahid (VU undergraduate student)

High school student Precious McGee, center, rotated in the lab in 2026 as part of the Aspirnaut Program.

Trainee Alumni

• Precious McGee (Aspirnaut student)

• Marshall Guo

• David Ray

• Matthew Seeber

• Maddie Xin

Collaborations and Memberships​​​​​​​

• Vanderbilt Department of Medicine
• Vanderbilt Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine
• Vanderbilt Epithelial Biology Center
• Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
• Vanderbilt University Institute for Imaging Science

• Department of Veterans Affairs Post-Deployment Cardiopulmonary Evaluation Network (PDCEN)
• Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL)
• Vanderbilt Center for Population Science and Randomized Clinical Trials (V-POLARIS)
• Pulmonary Research Infrastructure for Shared Resources and Mentorship (PRISM)