Principal Investigator
P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Lee E. Limbird Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Geanne Freitas, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Shalini Dogra, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Deborah Luessen, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Xia Lei, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Research Faculty
Aidong Qi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Masoud Ghamari-Langroudi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Alice Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Instructor
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Zixiu Xiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Graduate Students and Research Interns
Research Staff
Matthew Loch
Lab Manager
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Marc Quitalig
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Aditi Buch
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Li Peng
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Jonathan Dickerson, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist II
Isabel Gallinger
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Daniel Foster
Jason Putnam
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Daniel Foster
Curran Johnston
Research Assistant
Co-mentored by: Daniel Foster
Mason Rodriguez
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Daniel Foster
Kaylee Stillwell
Research Assistant II
Co-Mentored by: Jerri Rook
Anthony Ferranti
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Daniel Foster
Jennifer Du
Student Researcher
Co-Mentored by: Daniel Foster
Janet Mariadoss
Student Researcher
Co-Mentored by: Daniel Foster
Meiying Zhu
Rook Lab Manager
Co-Mentored by: Jerri Rook
Allie Han
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Hemangi Rajpal
Undergrad Researcher
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Kendall Jensen
Research Assistant
Co-mentored by: Daniel Foster
Natasha Billard
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Colleen
Niswender
Ashlyn Blevins
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Jerri Rook
Kelly Weiss
Research Specialist Sr.
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Mallory Maurer
Research Assistant
Co-Mentored by: Colleen Niswender
Collaborating WCNDD leadership
Craig Lindsley, Ph.D.
Director, WCNDD
William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine
Professor of Pharmacology & Chemistry
Director, WCNDD Medicinal Chemistry
Jerri M. Rook, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of In Vivo and Behavioral Pharmacology
Colleen Niswender, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, WCNDD Molecular Pharmacology
wCNDD Support Staff
Sheila Elder
Administrative Officer