Principal Investigator

Eric J. Vallender, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Office: TR409
Phone: (601) 984-5893
Email: evallender@umc.edu

Education

• BS, University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign, 2000, Biochemistry (with High Distinction)
• BA, University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign, 2000, Anthropology
• PhD, University of Chicago, 2006, Genetics
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, 2006-2009, Neuroscience

Current Lab Members

Graduate Students

• Jon Person (PhD Student, Neuroscience)
  Entering fall 2021
  Undergraduate/graduate degree: BA, University of Mississippi, Biological Science, Psychology; MS, Mississippi College, Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Youness Touissi (PhD Student, Neuroscience)
  Entering fall 2023
  Undergraduate/graduate degree: MD, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Medicine

Former Lab Members

• Robert Gilmore
  Current Position: Research Software Engineer at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Shaurita D. Hutchins
  Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Lisa Ogawa McLean, PhD, LATg
  Current Position: Senior Advisor - Biology, Lilly Genetic Medicine at Eli Lilly and Company (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• Xiao Zhang, PhD
  Current Position: Visiting Faculty at W.M Keck Science Department