Our Team
Principal Investigator
Christopher Williams, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Associate Dean for Physician Scientist Education and Training
Department of Medicine Diversity Liaison
Current Lab Members
Nathaniel Berle
Research Assistant
Diana Neely, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Chase Jones
Research Assistant
Parwan Machingal
Undergraduate Student
Karly Kammann
Undergraduate Student
Alumni
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Shruti A. Anant | Medical student, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Caitlyn W. Barrett, PhD | National Director of Research and Programs for CureSearch |
| Anthony James Bilotta, MD, PhD | MD PhD student, UTMB, Galveston, Internal Medicine Residency, University of Massachusetts Research Track |
| Amber Bradley, MS | Instructor, Lipscomb University |
| Rachel E. Brown, MD, PhD | PGY2 Harrison Scholar, Internal Medicine Residency, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Jasmine Chaparro | Medical Student, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Benjin David Facer | Vanderbilt Medical, Radiation Oncology Residency Ohio State University |
| David J. Fei-Zhang | MD/MBA Northwestern University |
| Kan He, PhD | |
| Malek Jacobs | IGP Student, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Cody Emmett Keating, MS | Senior Research Specialist, Emory University |
| Corey Li | Medical Student, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health |
| Mukul K. Mittal, PhD | Sanofi Data Scientist, Oncology clinical trial |
| Bobak Parang, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Internal medicine, Hem/Onc, Cornell University |
| Shenika V. Poindexter, PhD | Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Xavier University |
| Vishruth K. Reddy, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA |
| Maya Ricketts | MD Candidate, Meharry Medical College |
| Sarah Short, PhD | Assistant Professor, University of Iowa |
| Niyati Vachharajani, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina |
| Amanda D. Williams, PhD | Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Lipscomb University |
Featured Alumni
Alumni from the Williams Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have gone on to successful scientific research careers.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Iowa
Bobak Parang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Cornell University