People

Principal Investigator

Eric R. Gamazon, PhD

We are a team of computational scientists, molecular biologists, clinicians, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. Our group is a combination of computational and web lab, reflecting our diverse research interests. Members come from vastly diverse backgrounds. 

Current Trainees / Members

• Garrett Kaas, PhD (Neuroscience), Research Assistant Professor

  • NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)

• Yunus Annayev, PhD (Biological and Biomedical Sciences)

  • Fulbright Scholar

• B. Lakshitha A. Perera, PhD (Chemistry), Postdoctoral Fellow

• Bo Wang, PhD (Physics)

• Shahab Razavi, PhD (Physics)

• Dan Zhou, PhD (Pathology and Pathophysiology)

• Becky Sale (Human Genetics)

• Hanna Abe (Human Genetics)

• Taylor Nagai (Human Genetics)

• Xavier Bledsoe (Medical Scientist Training Program)

  • Herbert M. Shayne Scholar (2020 - 2021)

• Michael Betti (Human Genetics)

• Mariah Antopia

  • Barry Goldwater Scholar

• Elma Jashim

• Namju (Justin) Kim

  • DSI-SRP Fellow, Vanderbilt Data Science Institute

Former Trainees / Collaborators

Danny S. Park, PhD

• Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UC San Francisco

  • Recipient of Illumina Accelerator Competition award (2017)

Christi Salisbury-Ruf, PhD

• Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University

PhD Thesis Committee

Andries Marees, PhD

• Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam

Yizhen Zhong, PhD

• Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University