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Featured Student: Walker Rogers

Featured Student: Walker Rogers

By Lanie Mullins

Walker Rogers took the path less-traveled to becoming an academic. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Walker took his time figuring out where he wanted his career to take him. He completed his Bachelors of Science in Biology at the University of Columbus, where he spent time in biochemical ecology research with ornithologists. After graduation, Walker stepped away from academia and worked as a waiter at the 3 Michelin star restaurant The Inn At Little ...

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Featured Student: Stephen Vieno

Featured Student: Stephen Vieno

By Badi Quinteros

Dr. Stephen Vieno’s academic journey has spanned continents and disciplines and demonstrates a commitment to integrating medicine with data science. A native of Leesburg, Virginia, Stephen earned his medical degree — Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Bachelor of Surgery (BCh), and Bachelor of Obstetrics (BAO) — from the University of Galway in Ireland. There, he completed a pre-medical year followed by five years of medical training, with clinical rotations at University Hospital Galway and Sligo ...

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Featured Student: Philip Vinh

Featured Student: Philip Vinh

By Walker Rogers

Philip Vinh is a fifth-year PhD candidate at VIPBG working in the lab of Dr. Michael Neale. He grew up in the town of Windsor, Connecticut and attended the University of Connecticut, where he earned degrees in Biology and Chemistry. Before joining the VCU Department of Human and Molecular Genetics in 2020, Philip conducted research in a chemistry lab studying environmentally friendly alternatives to common chemicals. As a project coordinator, he also ...

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Featured Student: Yi (Daniel) Zhou

Featured Student: Yi (Daniel) Zhou

By Walker Rogers

Daniel Zhou is a fourth-year MD/PhD student in the Integrative Life Sciences – Behavioral & Statistical Genetics concentration at VIPBG. He works in the lab of Dr. Michael Neale, Distinguished Professor, whose research focuses on statistical modeling software for brain imaging, substance use, and psychiatric disorders. Daniel was born in Anyang, China, and he moved to Canada with his family when he was five years old. With the goal of becoming a ...

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Featured Student: Mallory Stephenson

Featured Student: Mallory Stephenson

By Walker Rogers

Mallory is a third-year doctoral candidate in the Integrative Life Sciences – Behavioral & Statistical Genetics program at VIPBG. She works in the lab of Dr. Alexis Edwards, whose research focuses on the genetic aspects of internalizing and substance use disorders. Mallory traces her love of science back to her grade school days in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia, where she attended a science and technology-focused magnet school. She was involved in both psychology ...

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Featured Student: MadhurBain Singh

Featured Student: MadhurBain Singh

By Walker Rogers

Madhur is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics and is pursuing the quantitative genetics concentration. His academic journey so far has taken him all the way from the state of Punjab in India to Oslo, Norway to Richmond, Virginia. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) degree and a master’s degree in International Social and Health Policy.

Madhur shifted from his career as a clinician ...

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Featured Student: Dana Lapato

Featured Student: Dana Lapato

By Jessica Bourdon

Dana Lapato is a Ph.D. candidate in the Human Genetics program at VCU with a concentration in quantitative analysis. Her interest in the field started with a love of math at young age that continued throughout her primary education. Over time, however, Ms. Lapato began to feel that math was a bit too abstract and gravitated toward genetics as her preferred subject matter. To her, genetics felt like a lovely marriage of math to ...

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Featured Student: Sage Hawn

Featured Student: Sage Hawn

By Jessica Bourdon

Sage Hawn is a Ph.D. candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at VCU. Her desire to be a scientist-practitioner dates back to her adolescent years. As a teenager, Ms. Hawn went on several mission trips and subsequently became interested in human behavior and, more specifically, the effects of trauma on human behavior. Wanting to be part of the solution, she majored in psychology as an undergraduate at VCU. By her senior year, Ms. Hawn’s ...

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Featured Student: Eric Vornholt

Featured Student: Eric Vornholt

By Jessica Bourdon

Eric Vornholt is a Ph.D. student in the Psychiatric, Behavioral, and Statistical Genetics program at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has always been interested in psychology and as an undergraduate at The University of Arizona, expanded this interest to include genetics and neuroscience. As part of his coursework, Mr. Vornholt became keenly aware of how much these two fields intersect, but also how much this intersection is under-studied. After coming to VCU, his primary research ...

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