Jonathan Kropski, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine AND Cell and Developmental Biology

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dr. Jonathan Kropski received his undergraduate degree from Davidson College and his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship at Vanderbilt University. His research interests include the genetic basis of interstitial lung disease, rare/familial lung diseases, and molecular mechanisms of lung injury, repair and fibrosis. His laboratory utilizes genetic, genomic, bioinformatic approaches as well as cell and transgenic animal models to investigate the molecular mechanisms regulating lung injury and repair mechanisms.

Jason Gokey, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy,Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Jason is an early-career investigator who studies the role of the Hippo-Yap/Taz pathway in the lung epithelium.

Scott McCall, MD/PhD

PSTP Fellow, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Scott is a senior PSTP fellow studying HIF-regulation of cell fate decisions in the distal lung.

Franck Kamga, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Franck is a postdoctoral fellow focused on the role of inflammatory signaling in epithelial regeneration.

Rafael Fernandez, MD/PhD

Resident, Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Rafi is a PSTP soon-to-be Pulmonary fellow interest in telomere biology and its role in pulmonary fibrosis.

Merced Malabanan, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy,Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Merced is our Research Program Manager focused on clinical/translational studies.

Ujjal Singha, PhD

Research Instructor, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Ujjal is a senior scientist leading organoid and iPSC work in the group.

Taylor Sherrill, MS

Laboratory Manager, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Taylor is our laboratory manager and an expert in animal models.

Carla Calvi, MS

Senior Research Specialist, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Carla is a senior scientist who leads studies focused on orphan GPCR regulation of alveolar repair.

David Nichols, BS

Research Assistant, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

David is an expert histotechnician who oversees histology studies and manages our biorepository.

Gianluca diGiovanni, BS

Research Assistant, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Luca is a Research Assistant who works closely with Jason on Yap/Taz related projects.

Lab alumni

Kelli Clemons, Research Assistant - Med/Peds Resident, East Carolina University

Justin C. Hewlett, MD - postdoctoral fellow - Assistant Professor, Rare Lung Disease Clinic Director, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A. Chris Habermann, Research Assistant - U. Tennessee School of Medicine

Nichelle I. Winters, MD/PhD - postdoctoral fellow - Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Nashville, TN